How to Use king salmon in a Sentence

king salmon

noun
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  • Just before freeze-up in the fall, king salmon will be stocked in area lakes.
    — Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2018
  • For years, the number of king salmon returning to the Yukon has declined to the point of near collapse.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The state planned a massive 735-foot wall of concrete across the fourth-biggest king salmon run in the state of Alaska.
    — Mike Wood, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Used it to break down some yellowtail, cleaned up a ton of king salmon, and chopped parsley just for the fun of it.
    — Betsy Andrews, Bon Appétit, 2 June 2022
  • Wild king salmon is back in the markets again, good news for anyone who likes its rich, meaty flesh and a good dose of Omega 3s.
    — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2018
  • Fishing in Bird Creek is open on the lower part of the stream only, and king salmon may not be retained.
    — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2019
  • The meal My Southwestern-style king salmon melted in my mouth.
    — Brian E. Clark, latimes.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • As happens with many big chinook, also called king salmon, the fish nearly took all the line off the reel.
    — Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The arrival of zebra and quagga mussels led to the collapse of alewives and king salmon in Lake Huron in the early 2000s.
    — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • In stores, prices for local king salmon fillet last season ranged from around $25 to $32 a pound.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Dangling from the roof of his smokehouse were thin ruby strips of king salmon and orange chum backs.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The Salmon Lovers package has heart-healthy king salmon, also starting at $80.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The second course includes the options of prime rib, roasted chicken or or a king salmon.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The tenacious king salmon will likely be coming back for many, many autumns to come.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The king salmon derby will offer an ounce of gold and $1,000 to the winner and other prizes will be up for grabs, Slinker said.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2021
  • The effect of weak Kenai king salmon runs in recent years is shaking out all around the region.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2018
  • Ship Creek is now closed to king salmon fishing, but anglers can still keep pinks or silvers.
    — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Boats normally on the water are still in the harbor, and the king salmon are running, but tourists aren’t here to bring in their catches.
    — USA Today, 1 June 2020
  • On a midsummer day in Tanana, people hauled king salmon from their Yukon River fish wheels, then cut and hung them to smoke on the beach.
    — Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Over 100 Southeast trollers are still out on the water fishing for winter king salmon.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Though alewife and king salmon stocks have dropped, the fishery — including the kings — remains strong, Tanner said.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2017
  • For king salmon measuring less than 20 inches long, the limit is 10 per day.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
  • Jewel Lake was recently stocked with about 2,000 king salmon, Blain-Roth said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Photos from the trip show Alito and Singer each proudly posing with a thick king salmon.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
  • Perhaps a bottom-cruising king salmon would find our bait, or maybe a stray halibut.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2018
  • Some scientists say that even if the ocean were full of king salmon, the Southern Residents would still be in trouble.
    — Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Entrée choices include rack of lamb, boneless rib-eye and Ora king salmon.
    — Julie Giuffrida, latimes.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The first course—lobster salad chaudfroid for Radice, yuzu-and-dill-cured king salmon for Jongens—was chewed with quiet nods.
    — Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • This year’s coupling of a king salmon crash with a chum salmon crash is unprecedented, Trainor said.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2020
  • These giant whales sit at the top of the North Pacific food chain, but their primary food source is chinook salmon, also known as king salmon.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Oct. 2023

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