: one associated with a lake
especially
: a fish (such as a lake trout) living in or taken from a lake
Examples of laker in a Sentence
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Catching lakers on big streamers in these areas is also possible for the devoted fly guy.
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Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
It’s always been my dream to be a laker 💜💛
— 35 (@Chriswood_5) September 6, 2023
The team has 14 players under contract with three others on two-way deals.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
While other states reduced chinook plants, the Wisconsin DNR kept chinook stocking constant but cut lakers and browns.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
Those changes — a bag limit of one laker over 20 inches with a bait restriction of no live minnows — could be adopted as early as next month before winter lake trout season ends March 31.
—Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
So, the next time you jig or troll up a few lakers, put them on ice and give this recipe a try.
—Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 28 Apr. 2020
In a change this year, the USFWS has opted not to stock lake trout in the mid-lake reef complex and instead will plant the fish, about 375,000 lakers, onshore at Kewaunee and Manitowoc.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2020
Leave the panfish wands and the walleye sticks at home when chasing lakers.
—Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2019
As executive director of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, which owns and manages the Irvin, Townsend emphatically maintains the 81-year-old laker will not miss another season, despite being sidelined for the past two.
—Peter Passi / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2019
Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
It’s always been my dream to be a laker 💜💛
— 35 (@Chriswood_5) September 6, 2023
The team has 14 players under contract with three others on two-way deals.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
While other states reduced chinook plants, the Wisconsin DNR kept chinook stocking constant but cut lakers and browns.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
Those changes — a bag limit of one laker over 20 inches with a bait restriction of no live minnows — could be adopted as early as next month before winter lake trout season ends March 31.
—Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
So, the next time you jig or troll up a few lakers, put them on ice and give this recipe a try.
—Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 28 Apr. 2020
In a change this year, the USFWS has opted not to stock lake trout in the mid-lake reef complex and instead will plant the fish, about 375,000 lakers, onshore at Kewaunee and Manitowoc.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2020
Leave the panfish wands and the walleye sticks at home when chasing lakers.
—Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2019
As executive director of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, which owns and manages the Irvin, Townsend emphatically maintains the 81-year-old laker will not miss another season, despite being sidelined for the past two.
—Peter Passi / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2019
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First Known Use
1823, in the meaning defined above
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