dip net
a net or mesh bag on a long handle, used to scoop fish from water.
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to scoop (fish) from water with a dip net.
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In running tide areas that neck-down between coastal islands, passes, spits of land, and tidal bars, use fine-mesh dip nets.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean | By Bob McNally/Field & Stream | October 19, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIt has the advantage of being for sale on the market, and in fact is an ordinary fishing dip net of small size.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects | C. V. RileyOver the kettle a square piece of white flannel was suspended, caught up at the corners like a dip net.
Woodcraft and Camping | George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)Arms worked up and down, big boots stamped, while inboard and out swung the dip-net, and onto the deck flopped the mackerel.
The Seiners | James B. (James Brendan) ConnollyHaving thus made ready the sacrificial altar, he took the long-handled dip-net from its nail and descended the bluff to the wharf.
The Woman-Haters | Joseph C. Lincoln
One member of the party is said to have jumped into the water and with a dip-net thrown bushels of fish upon the beach.
The Stronghold | Miriam Haynie
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