dip net
noun
: a bag net with a handle that is used especially to scoop fish from the water
dipnet
ˈdip-ˌnet 
transitive verb 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web 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 — like his father did before him, and his son will after. 
Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022 This year, the Watershed Forum opened a dip net information booth on the Kasilof River. Conocophillips Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022 Karuk tribal citizen Aaron Troy Hockaday Sr. used to fish for salmon at a local waterfall with a traditional dip net. CBS News, 2 July 2021 Karuk tribal citizen Aaron Troy Hockaday Sr. used to fish for salmon at a local waterfall with a traditional dip net. Gillian Flaccus, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021 Just purchase a saltwater fishing license (only $17 for 3-day nonresident) and harvest up to 2 gallons of whole bay scallops by hand or dip net. Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, 2 July 2020 In confined regions such as passes, creek mouths, and canals, mesh dip nets are effective. Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020 The Columbia started to slow and broaden again, the slack water created by the 1957 Dalles Dam, which had buried the old Celilo Falls, a set of rapids where coho and Chinook had been caught with dip nets for thousands of years. Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 Historically, Native American communities from up and down the river traveled to Celilo each spring to catch salmon in dip nets from wooden platforms built precariously over the falls. Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019 See More
Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022 This year, the Watershed Forum opened a dip net information booth on the Kasilof River. Conocophillips Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022 Karuk tribal citizen Aaron Troy Hockaday Sr. used to fish for salmon at a local waterfall with a traditional dip net. CBS News, 2 July 2021 Karuk tribal citizen Aaron Troy Hockaday Sr. used to fish for salmon at a local waterfall with a traditional dip net. Gillian Flaccus, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021 Just purchase a saltwater fishing license (only $17 for 3-day nonresident) and harvest up to 2 gallons of whole bay scallops by hand or dip net. Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, 2 July 2020 In confined regions such as passes, creek mouths, and canals, mesh dip nets are effective. Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020 The Columbia started to slow and broaden again, the slack water created by the 1957 Dalles Dam, which had buried the old Celilo Falls, a set of rapids where coho and Chinook had been caught with dip nets for thousands of years. Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 Historically, Native American communities from up and down the river traveled to Celilo each spring to catch salmon in dip nets from wooden platforms built precariously over the falls. Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1820, in the meaning defined above