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

Example Sentences

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