How to Use grayling in a Sentence
grayling
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The family brought most of their food with them but caught grayling and pike and harvested six moose over the years.
— Author: Roger Kaye, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2020 -
Almost anyone can coax a grayling out of Tangle Lakes or one of the creeks along the Denali Highway.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022 -
Every fisherman knows the largest grayling reside in beaver ponds.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2022 -
The river’s glare from the faint morning sunlight flashed off the grayling’s dorsal fin and flanks, morphing from silver to blue to green to purple.
— Colin Kearns, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2020 -
Some feature walleyes, others lake trout, northern pike, Arctic grayling and more.
— Star Tribune, 3 June 2021 -
The grayling and cutthroat trout have been hitting well on a variety of lures including spoons, spinners, and flies.
— Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 11 June 2017 -
The ridge looked out on a stunning expanse of lowland and the winding banks of Bluefish River, named after the Arctic grayling that flourished there.
— Heather Pringle, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017 -
The ridge looked out on a stunning expanse of lowland and the winding banks of Bluefish River, named after the Arctic grayling that flourished there.
— Heather Pringle, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017 -
Studies have also shown that arctic grayling are an important food for lake trout.
— Kelsey Lindsey, Alaska Dispatch News, 11 Sep. 2017 -
Science and skill will always prevail over luck and superstition — never did get that big grayling out of Ugashik.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022 -
In addition to small amounts of pink and sockeye salmon, fishers in the Yukon River and its tributaries are also catching sheefish, grayling, burbot, pike, and whitefish.
— Victoria Petersen, Wired, 30 July 2022 -
The northernmost state is home to larger-than-average Arctic grayling and rainbow trout, plus plenty of Pacific salmon.
— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Salmon, rainbow trout, Arctic grayling, and lake trout all support the local environment and economy.
— Conocophillips Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022 -
The fish used include rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brook trout, tiger trout, splake and Arctic grayling, and are specifically raised for fishing, TheGuardian reported.
— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2021 -
By sampling water from PVC pipes drilled into the ground beneath the ice, the scientists found evidence of of flatworms, stoneflies and other small creatures eaten by grayling and other fish.
— Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2018 -
This leads to higher saline content and higher water temperatures, which can be lethal for many species of riverine life, such as Danube salmon, barbel, and European grayling, among many others.
— Paul Hockenos, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022 -
Local lake and stream populations of trout, whitefish, char and grayling are relatively easy to monitor and control.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2018 -
Fishermen can encounter native fish like cutthroat trout, Arctic grayling and mountain whitefish.
— Fox News, 21 May 2022 -
The plain's lands and waters are breeding, nesting, spawning, calving, feeding and denning grounds for caribou, polar bears, musk oxen, wolves, waterfowl, shorebirds, snowy owls, arctic grayling — more than 200 species in all.
— Bill Sherwonit, Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017 -
Anglers looking to combine a vigorous hike with some lake fishing could try Symphony Lake in the Eagle River area, where anglers can take up to five grayling a day, only one exceeding 12 inches.
— Mike Campbell, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 July 2017 -
But for serious fisherman, this 60-acre oasis supports a healthy population of trout including rainbows, brookies and cutthroat, as well as artic grayling.
— Roger Naylor, azcentral, 8 June 2018
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