A young salmon; a grilse.
1801. T. Selwyn, MS. Let. to A. Selwyn. We have Salmon and we have botcher If the fisher man chance to cotch her.
1875. J. Lloyd, in Times, 26 Aug., 9/6. Formerly grilse, or ‘botchers,’ were far more plentiful than they have been since the passing of the Fishery Laws.
1886. Athenæum, 3 April, 459/3. The two-year-old salmon, the grilse or ‘botcher.’
