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• dip net
  dip net

  noun

  a net or mesh bag on a long handle, used to scoop fish from water.
• dip-net
  dip-net

  verb (used with object)

  to scoop (fish) from water with a dip net.

dip net

¹ American  

noun

1. a net or mesh bag on a long handle, used to scoop fish from water.

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dip-net ² American  

[dip-net] / ˈdɪpˌnɛt /

verb (used with object)

dip-netted, dip-netting

1. to scoop (fish) from water with a dip net.

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Etymology

Origin of dip net

First recorded in 1855–60

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dip net dip-net dip-netting

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

The commercial smelt fishery in the Lower Columbia on Monday produced some catch, and that could be good news for this Saturday’s 6 a.m. to noon sport bank dip-net opener in the Cowlitz River.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2014

Burney took the dip-net and paddled the boat toward the jug, and catching the line, raised the fish to the top of the water.

From Shawn of Skarrow by James Tandy Ellis

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