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Examples of brook trout in a Sentence
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While in that part of the state, Hendricks donned a wetsuit and went underwater to capture life in the Savage River — a brook trout foraging among boulders for aquatic insects; minnows devouring a caterpillar; a wood turtle, a crayfish and the large salamander known as the Eastern hellbender.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
Native trout are the ones that have been here for thousands of years, such as brook trout in the mountains of the Northeast and cutthroat trout throughout the Rockies.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
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Tiger trout are a cross between a brown trout and a brook trout.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2024
How to catch them: Mackinaws, also known as lake trout, are actually char, like brook trout.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Fortunately, brook trout bag limits are usually larger and separate from other trout species in Idaho, so keeping a stringer full isn’t a problem.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
After a few more spot treatments with rotenone, Soda Butte was declared brook trout free.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 24 Aug. 2023
The current Arkansas brook trout record is 5 pounds, which means Gray’s trout would have been a new state record if it hadn’t been released.
—Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
Soda Butte Creek is a stronghold for the iconic Yellowstone cutthroat trout, but it’s been threatened by invasive brook trout for years.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 24 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1820, in the meaning defined above
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“Brook trout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brook%20trout. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
brook trout
noun
: a common speckled cold-water char of eastern North America
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