First recorded in 1855–60
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Kiona has fished for Chinook salmon for decades on his family’s scaffold at the edge of the falls, using a dip net suspended from a 33-foot pole.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
She feels with her toes for hard shells and retrieves them with a dip net.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 20, 2021
But more important, at least when the salmon migrate, he is one of a shrinking group known as traditional dip net fishermen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Karuk tribal citizen Aaron Troy Hockaday Sr. used to fish for salmon at a local waterfall with a traditional dip net.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
Holding the grid with his tweezers, he dipped it into the water and brought it up slowly underneath a floating slice, like a fisherman lifting up a dip net.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
In the roughly 20 years since the state started regulating dip-net fishing in the region, the number of permits it issues has doubled, to more than 30,000.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2017
Now, Chitina is a tourist destination and mecca for dip-net fishermen.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2017
This was the first time in three years that the smelt dip-net fishery was open.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2014
A big turnout is expected for what should be the final dip-net bank smelt fishery along the Cowlitz River this Saturday from 6 a.m. to noon.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2014
Give me the oars and take the dip-net.
From Shawn of Skarrow by Ellis, James Tandy
The number of dip-netting permits has dropped a bit the past few years, leading to speculation that the fishery has reached its saturation point.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2017
We come to a big river where the courageous and hungry go dip-netting.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2017
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