How to Use kokanee in a Sentence

kokanee

noun
  • Kokanee have yet to emerge, and there is some concern over the number of kokanee available in the lake.
    — sacbee, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The Whiskey Creek arm has had the best kokanee action in the 50-foot range.
    — sacbee, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Pink or orange hoochies or wriggle hoochies are most effective for the kokanee at depths to 25 feet.
    — By Roger George and Dave Hurley, sacbee, 15 May 2017
  • With kokanee anglers off the water there are plenty of unimpeded trolling lanes available.
    — sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Huge kokanee in excess of 2 pounds are possible, but the numbers are limited at the present time.
    — By Roger George and Dave Hurley, sacbee.com, 6 June 2017
  • Huge kokanee is excess of 2 pounds are possible, but the numbers are limited.
    — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • Fitzpatrick pulls the water from the ground and uses it first in the kokanee pond, then cleans and reuses it for other ponds of various warm-water fish.
    — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The kokanee bite finally turned on with warmer water temperatures.
    — sacbee, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The water temperature is hanging in the low 40s, a little cold for kokanee.
    — sacbee, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The big news is kokanee to 16 inches are already being taken by topliners near the mouth of the river along with holdover rainbows.
    — Bee Staff, sacbee, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Fishermen in waders stalked its rocky periphery, hunting for 10-pound kokanee salmon and huge, 30-pound lake trout.
    — Freda Moon, New York Times, 20 July 2017
  • This isn't Jim's first steelhead, although his retirement in Sisters demands more interest in trolling for kokanee and fly-fishing for redside trout.
    — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • So, in 2018, IDFG started a restoration project on Payette that involved stocking more kokanee and taking smaller lake trout (under 27 inches) out of the population.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026

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