How to Use steelhead in a Sentence

steelhead

noun
Definition of steelheadnext
  • The long rod arched and throbbed as a steelhead thrashed to the surface.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2018
  • There are two schools of thought on where to fish for steelhead.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The kelp grows on a floating farm, along with mussels and pens full of steelhead trout.
    — Gary Dzen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2018
  • The salmon and steelhead are all filleted and sold at the market.
    — Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019
  • The steelhead rolled over, a smoke of blood issuing from its head.
    — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 11 Dec. 2020
  • And the four-claw steelhead accurately gets to the root of the weed to fully remove it from the ground.
    — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
  • Clear and wild, never dammed, the river is home to salmon and steelhead, and forests alive with elk and birdsong.
    — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2018
  • Hatcheries in the state need 2,680 steelhead for spawning.
    — Eric Barker, idahostatesman, 16 Aug. 2017
  • After hooking nice steelhead, let the fish jump and run a bit to wear itself out.
    — cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
  • That's not new for April fishing, but this spring the walleye and steelhead trout have been in abundance.
    — cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • There are both spring and fall seasons for steelhead in Idaho.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The site is home to steelhead and cutthroat trout, blue herons, ducks, owls, coyotes, deer, turtles and beavers.
    — Gwozniac, oregonlive, 30 July 2023
  • The Northeast Ohio rivers are low and the current is slow, but some steelhead trout are being caught from the rivers and around the mouths of the tributaries.
    — cleveland.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Unless the dams are removed, Smith says, salmon and steelhead face the threat of extinction.
    — Cari Shane, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The two had disagreed about how to cook the steelhead, which is clear in their different exit quotes.
    — Vulture, 14 May 2021
  • Free catch-record cards will be available for salmon and steelhead fishing.
    — oregonlive, 1 June 2020
  • Plenty of Chinook as well as trophy steelhead are found here, about 800 miles from the sea.
    — Stephanie Granada, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The steelhead would have come in from the lake and are not native to the creek, nor Lake Erie for that matter, having been introduced there in the 1880s.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 13 May 2022
  • So for the last 110 years, salmon, steelhead and other fish that used the river above where the dams were for spawning, have been unable to get there.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Wood ducks will court on the ponds and steelhead will surge into our Great Lakes tributaries.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The Pacific Northwest is known for its salmon and steelhead runs.
    — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 11 June 2018
  • The skin-on whitefish fillets ($19) and butter-poached steelhead trout ($23) are grilled crunchy-crisp.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Steelhead Where: Not nearly as many anglers play the spring steelhead game along the Great Lakes shoreline as do the fall.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Returns of adult steelhead that went to sea as juveniles a year ago so far rank among the lowest in 50 years.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2017
  • An 8-weight will not be too much for smaller steelhead and salmon, and might be just barely enough for bigger ones.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Trollers are using spoons, Cripplures and Rapalas to bag trout and steelhead.
    — By Roger George and Dave Hurley, sacbee.com, 15 May 2017
  • Salmon and steelhead runs crashed in part because of ocean conditions, hitting lows not seen since the 1990s.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • If rain doesn't spoil the river fishing this weekend, the steelhead trout fishing should be fair to good in the Northeast Ohio streams.
    — cleveland.com, 3 May 2018
  • Spring-run are threatened, and winter-run Chinook are endangered under the Endangered Species Act along with steelhead trout.
    — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
  • People in the encampments have trapped endangered steelhead trout with shopping carts, cut down trees, started wildfires that threatened nearby homes, discarded needles and built makeshift structures in areas prone to winter flooding.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024

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