How to Use silver salmon in a Sentence

silver salmon

noun
  • Working the banks of the rivers and lakes nearby, gorging themselves on silver salmon.
    John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 18 July 2016
  • Valdez also holds derbies for silver salmon and a special one-day pink salmon event just for kids.
    Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2021
  • It's been an age-old adage among many fishermen that when the fireweed top out, the silver salmon are hitting their peak.
    Alaska Dispatch News, 24 July 2017
  • The local school canceled classes five days in a row, and a stretch of the Kenai River was closed for weeks during a peak for trout and silver salmon fishing.
    Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Take a walk in downtown Anchorage to Ship Creek to join the anglers going after king or silver salmon.
    Josh Niva, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2018
  • Cordova doesn’t have an overland highway, and many fishermen are still in town for the city’s silver salmon fishery.
    James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Every summer, the beaches bristle with dip nets, rods and reels; Alaskans come to fill their freezers, and guides lead guests on quests for fat king and silver salmon or Cook Inlet halibut.
    Kirsten Swann, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
  • Mary Alice says that her family caught a few salmon early in the season and will resume their subsistence later in the summer when there are silver salmon in the water.
    Anna Rose MacArthur, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2018
  • Here anglers can zip out into the open ocean to hunt for king or silver salmon and halibut or venture down quieter streams in search of rainbow trout, dolly varden pink and sockeye salmon, and more.
    Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2021
  • Coho, also known as silver salmon, now total only about 1% of their historic population along the coasts of California and Oregon.
    Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Coho salmon, also known as silver salmon, are prized among fishermen and an important indicator species — the canary in the coal mine for coastal watersheds along the northern Pacific Ocean.
    Rosanna Xia Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Coho salmon, also known as silver salmon, are prized among fishermen and an important indicator species.
    Rosanna Xia, Star Tribune, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Coho, which are also known as silver salmon, were once so plentiful that Miwok Indians used the area as a seasonal fishing village, competing with grizzly bears for the bounty.
    Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Coho, also known as silver salmon, were once so plentiful that Miwok Indians used the area as a seasonal fishing village, competing with grizzly bears for the bounty.
    Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2019

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