brown trout
noun
: a speckled European trout (Salmo trutta) widely introduced as a game fish
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web 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 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 Lake fishing mostly involves species like bass, panfish, or rainbow trout, while rivers are almost exclusively fished for salmon or trout species, like rainbow, cutthroat, or brown trout, among others. Amanda Monthei, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2019 Officials already were battling invasive species below the dam, suppressing green sunfish that apparently swept through the turbines, and rewarding anglers with a bounty on brown trout. Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022 Tom Rosenbauer released a brown trout back into the water while fly-fishing in a stretch of the Mettawee River that runs through his property. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022 The agency also warned against eating brown trout harvested from Black Earth Creek near Madison more than once a week in March. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2022 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 In Wisconsin the Department of Natural Resources uses state hatcheries each year to raise and stock about 1.2 million chinook salmon, 515,000 coho salmon, 430,000 steelhead, 410,000 brown trout and 50,000 brook trout. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022 See More
Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 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 Lake fishing mostly involves species like bass, panfish, or rainbow trout, while rivers are almost exclusively fished for salmon or trout species, like rainbow, cutthroat, or brown trout, among others. Amanda Monthei, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2019 Officials already were battling invasive species below the dam, suppressing green sunfish that apparently swept through the turbines, and rewarding anglers with a bounty on brown trout. Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022 Tom Rosenbauer released a brown trout back into the water while fly-fishing in a stretch of the Mettawee River that runs through his property. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022 The agency also warned against eating brown trout harvested from Black Earth Creek near Madison more than once a week in March. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2022 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 In Wisconsin the Department of Natural Resources uses state hatcheries each year to raise and stock about 1.2 million chinook salmon, 515,000 coho salmon, 430,000 steelhead, 410,000 brown trout and 50,000 brook trout. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1726, in the meaning defined above