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What is, if there is one, the correct term used to describe a hen salmon when returning to the river to spawn?
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Just to correct two inaccuracies
A grilse is a salmon (of either sex), which returns to its birth river after spending only one winter at sea.
A baggot/baggit is a hen salmon that has failed to spawn. After spawning, she becomes a kelt.
Plus , a male salmon that has failed to spawn is known as a rawner.
Just to correct two inaccuracies
A grilse is a salmon (of either sex), which returns to its birth river after spending only one winter at sea.
A baggot/baggit is a hen salmon that has failed to spawn. After spawning, she becomes a kelt.
Plus , a male salmon that has failed to spawn is known as a rawner.
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