Meaning of finnock | Babel Free

Definitions

A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.

Scotland

Examples

“Previous to their descent, I caught in all, not far from the tideway, about half-a-dozen finnocks, on two or three different occasions.”

“Have⟳ you ever had a day's finnock-fishing? If you have⟳ not, and you happen⟳ to be a keen disciple of Izaak Walton, take⟳ my advice and seize the first opportunity of doing so.”

“Emigrating smolts were captured by fyke net in 1998 and early 1999. […] The returns to date⟳ suggest⟳ that the sea survival of stocked fish⟳ returning as finnock is consistently lower than that of wild smolts and that the survival of both groups to mature sea trout is almost non-existent at present⟳.”

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