How to Use brown trout in a Sentence

brown trout

noun
  • The bulk of anglers’ catch tends to be 10- to 16-inch brown trout.
    Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Cuts were made instead to plants of brown trout and lake trout.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The upper ends of the two long coves of the lake are good spots to try for rainbow and brown trout.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
  • The park rents kayaks to paddle around the pond, where anglers like to fish for brown trout.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • After five minutes of to-and-fro, Boutell iced a 29-inch brown trout.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Pack your fishing rod and catch a few brown trout for a fresh dinner.
    Outside Online, 15 June 2021
  • Some of the rivers and creeks in the area are excellent fisheries for rainbow and brown trout.
    Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 6 June 2020
  • Twenty inches is a benchmark of size for a German brown trout, one of the sport's most prized species.
    Jon Gluck, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2017
  • The wildlife agency says tiger trout are born from brown trout and brook trout, and the species is considered sterile.
    Cortney Moore, Fox News, 30 June 2023
  • All rainbows are catch and release and the brown trout daily limit is four.
    Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The trout species, and especially lake and brown trout, are available all year.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Gardunio said 85 percent to 90 percent of the fish in the Gunnison Gorge are brown trout, and the rest are rainbows.
    Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The plan was to spend the night at the lake, go chasing some German brown trout the following day and head back to the couple’s Roseburg home.
    Donovan Brink, oregonlive, 20 July 2021
  • So, wildlife agencies are paying $25 a head for every brown trout caught.
    Mark Olalde, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Likewise, the golden grail for anglers from Europe and Asia isn’t the brown trout, or the blue marlin, or even the largemouth bass.
    Kirk Deeter, Field & Stream, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Chevelon Canyon Lake is known for trophy-size rainbow and brown trout.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 8 June 2018
  • Tiger trout are a cross between a female eastern brook trout and a male German brown trout.
    cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Anglers who consume brook and brown trout caught in the Monroe County creek should do so no more than once a month.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
  • Anglers on area streams are reporting brook and brown trout.
    Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • Only a few comments were made in favor of brown trout or other species.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Along with channel catfish, the lake is stocked with rainbow trout, rock bass, bass carp, brown trout and brown bullhead.
    Sean Quinton, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2018
  • One of his catches, a speckled brown trout, was mounted on his office wall.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Anglers should bring their rod and fish the East Fork of the Jemez for brown trout, and hikers will enjoy walking along the riverside trail.
    Outside Online, 6 July 2021
  • Big brown trout and rainbow gorging themselves at the surface.
    John Merwin, Field & Stream, 23 June 2020
  • Anglers should not consume the brown trout more than once a week, after an analysis of fish caught in the river in 2020.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
  • This included 21 trophy-sized smallmouth bass and a brown trout, along with dozens of suckers and carp.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 14 June 2023
  • The bonus brook and brown trout are surprising fishermen.
    cleveland.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The lake is renowned for its angling for chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead (rainbow trout) and brown trout.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Since then, she’s caught rainbows up to 12 pounds and brown trout to 15 pounds—all from Arkansas rivers with fly fishing tackle.
    Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Bounties have been placed on the heads of brown trout in parts of Arizona and on pike minnows in Oregon and Washington, but neither are close to gone.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023

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