It’s time to dust off the smelt dip-nets as state Fish and Wildlife has approved a one-day, five-hour long sport fishery this Saturday (Feb. 25) along the banks of the Cowlitz River. Fishing from the ...

At Lyle Falls, Washington’s Klickitat River rushes through steep canyon walls toward the Columbia River Gorge. It’s one of a few places where members of the Yakama Nation still fish from scaffolds ...

To the casual observer, few things appear easier than shrimping. Most people catch them in a long-handled dip net. There are no hooks to bait, no gaffs needed. Just drive your boat around and scoop ...

Too many Kenai River dip-netters are slobs, pigs, miscreants, call them what you want. There is no debating this. The evidence is obvious to anyone who visits the mouth of the river during the dip ...

FAIRBANKS — At first, Ken Thompson thought he had caught a big, old, nasty king salmon in his dip net. Thompson, 53, was dip netting at Chitina with his two sons, Stefan and Michael, and a family ...

Each summer, Alaskans take to the rivers, bays and the Pacific to subsistence fish. Some head out to setnet. Others may use dip nets. But the end goal is the same: to stock up on enough fresh fish to ...

The Kenai River personal-use dip net fishery opened Sunday on a high point. Not only was the weather sunny and warm, but unusually high numbers of sockeye salmon greeted participants of the ...

Fishing buddies Mitchell Chevalier and Josh Hall are using dip nets to catch beautiful white shrimp that are leaving Lake Pontchartrain. If you want 5 pounds of gorgeous 16-count white shrimp, you can ...

Judging from the nonexistent crowds at the mouth of the Kenai River this week, it's still early July — days before the personal-use dipnet fishery begins Sunday. But beneath the waves is a time travel ...