sea-salmon

It was a coil of hempen twine, two cords, really, at the end of which was tied a barbless, heavy fishhook'the kind sea-fishers used to take shark and the great sea-salmon.

Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998

It was a coil of hempen twine, two cords, really, at the end of which was tied a barbless, heavy fishhook, the kind seafishers used to take shark and the great sea-salmon.

The Oathbound Lackey, Mercedes 1988

Following the sea-salmon, the rivers are next visited in January by shoals of very large sea-mullet -- blue-black backs, silvery bellies and sides, and yellow fins and tails.

Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884

The saw-fish, to which I have before alluded as harrying the swarms of sea-salmon, also make havoc with the Jew-fish, and very often are caught on Jew-fish lines.

Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884

During November and December the bars of these rivers are literally black with incredible numbers of coarse sea-salmon -- a fish much like the English sea bass -- which, making their way over the bars, swim up the rivers and remain there for about a week.

Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884