bull-trout

The bull-trout, for some obscure reason, is not at all responsive to his efforts, except in its kelt stage.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

Modern science, however, recognises two "races" only, _Salmo trutta_, the sea-trout proper, and _Salmo cambricus_ or _eriox_, the bull-trout, or sewin of Wales, which is most prominent in such rivers as the Coquet and Tweed.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

Although salmon and salmon streams form the subject and "main region of his song," he yet touches truthfully, albeit with brevity, upon the kindred nature of sea-trout, which are of two species -- the salmon-trout and the bull-trout.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various

They scarcely ever exceed, indeed rarely attain to, a weight of five pounds; and such as go beyond that weight, and range upwards from eight to twelve pounds, are generally found to pertain to _Salmo eriox_, the noted _bull-trout_ of the Tweed.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various

The bull-trout is a strong fish and grows to a great size and it is a pity that it is not of greater sporting value, if only to make up for its bad reputation as an article of food.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

But it is not a difficult matter to place a small trout cross-wise in the jaws of a bull-trout, and to this day we are not quite certain.

Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

The Head maintained that he had hooked the small fish and was about to draw it to shore when the bull-trout leaped out of the water, caught the small fish, and held on grimly.

Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

What piscine tragedies it conceals, with those murderous, greedy, and powerful assassins, the bull-trout, pursuing fish, as I have seen them, almost into the landing-net!

Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

With the exception of one of the guides, who caught a four-pound bull-trout there, repeated whippings of the lake with the united rods and energies of the entire party failed to bring a single rise.

Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

But it is the bull-trout which falls victim, as a rule, to the troll.

Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917