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Thoughts on Alaskan Dipnetting
By Chad Love
Last week's oddball fishing method was "skishing." This week, it's Alaskan dipnetting.
From this AP story:
Sean Boulay had a grin plastered across his face a couple of hours after donning his waders, wheeling his blue and white cooler onto the sand and sticking a large net into the water. The unsuspecting sockeye salmon soon were swimming into his net one after another, and Boulay eventually had a string of fish in the cold water of the world-renowned Kenai River. His catch was the result of a uniquely Alaskan activity called dipnetting. For a few precious weeks in midsummer, residents obtain free permits to dip homemade nets into the water and catch fish that will fill their freezers and pantries for months to come.
Each head of household is entitled to 25 fish, with each additional member allowed 10 each. That adds up to hundreds of dollars worth of some of the best wild salmon on the planet. "I got two fish in 10 minutes right off the bat," said Boulay, an Anchorage hospital employee. "I bet I'm going to walk away with 30 fish." Dipnetting permit numbers have more than doubled since 1996 when the current regulations were adopted. Last year, nearly 30,000 dipnetting permits were issued and 339,993 sockeye salmon were pulled from the Kenai. The season occurs during peak salmon migration on the Kenai River. Sonar devices that count the fish in the river indicated a total of 741,721 fish passed by in July, demonstrating how it is so easy for residents to scoop up so many fish by throwing a net in the water.
Not very sporting, but I guess that's not the point, is it? Your thoughts?
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Comments (13)
I think it takes the romance out of fishing.
Each head of household is entitled to 25 fish, with each additional member allowed 10 each. That adds up to hundreds of dollars worth of some of the best wild salmon on the planet. "I got two fish in 10 minutes right off the bat," said Boulay, an Anchorage hospital employee. "I bet I'm going to walk away with 30 fish." Huh?
dipnetting is important for a lot of people to be able to stock up for the winter. i did it every year when i lived there. what is the real problem is the over fishing and collateral killing of salmon by the commercial fishing boats. if you look at the daily bag limits for conventional fishing in alaska, you can see that there is no way you can stock your freezer or pantry. the fish and game people up there do a great job of monitoring the fish populations and would not allow dipnetting to deplete them to unacceptable levels. unfortunately, only the government can monitor the commercial fishing boats and we all know how good a job they do with anything that involves a little responsibility.
Whether or not it has a negative effect on the fish population, this has to be the most nonsporting "sport" I've heard of. What's next? Giant nets for catching deer? Come on.
it's meant for subsistance. not sport.
I dipnetted in Alaska but onlt about 15 fish, it lasted my wife and I for the year.
NOT uniquely alaskan....PNW natives have dont it for a long time.
coriesquared- nowhere in the article did it mention dipnetting as sport fishing so I dont understand your comments... james is right, its classified as a subsistence fishery in order to help we alaskans fill our freezers for the winter...here in alaska we dont always have corner grocery to run to when stocks get low and every salmon or moose steak is gold...that being said, try hanging onto a 40 lb king while hes thrashing in your dipnet and youre trying to not fall out of the boat and drown...NOT SPORTING???? stay where youre at coriesquared, alaska is too much for you...
I agree with Johnnyras1624,this activity is not unique to Alaska...here in New Brunswick we dip net for Atlantic Smelt and Gaspereau,both for food and for bait for the lobster fishing industry,and has been part of our local culture for decades...
dip netting doesn't sound all that different from seining fish from the local stream to get bait fish, but that these people are doing this to provide food for there family. the only thing that i can think of though about this is what is the natives did it and overharvested the salmon, but it's okay because we forced them off there land.
Suppose that I'm a sustinence hunter then; should I be offered the opportunity to take deer with giant nets (or other non-sporting methods) because my family relies on the meat?
coriesquared..u can ding ppl's comments all u want son, but now youre just being stupid...
you really need to live in alaska to appreciate the importance of dipnetting. life there will teach you a lot about difficulty and how to appreciate what you have. don't knock it til you've tried it.
I don't consider gathering eggs in the morning or picking tomatoes and squash sporting either, but I still do it to fill the fridge and pantry.
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it's meant for subsistance. not sport.
dipnetting is important for a lot of people to be able to stock up for the winter. i did it every year when i lived there. what is the real problem is the over fishing and collateral killing of salmon by the commercial fishing boats. if you look at the daily bag limits for conventional fishing in alaska, you can see that there is no way you can stock your freezer or pantry. the fish and game people up there do a great job of monitoring the fish populations and would not allow dipnetting to deplete them to unacceptable levels. unfortunately, only the government can monitor the commercial fishing boats and we all know how good a job they do with anything that involves a little responsibility.
coriesquared- nowhere in the article did it mention dipnetting as sport fishing so I dont understand your comments... james is right, its classified as a subsistence fishery in order to help we alaskans fill our freezers for the winter...here in alaska we dont always have corner grocery to run to when stocks get low and every salmon or moose steak is gold...that being said, try hanging onto a 40 lb king while hes thrashing in your dipnet and youre trying to not fall out of the boat and drown...NOT SPORTING???? stay where youre at coriesquared, alaska is too much for you...
I agree with Johnnyras1624,this activity is not unique to Alaska...here in New Brunswick we dip net for Atlantic Smelt and Gaspereau,both for food and for bait for the lobster fishing industry,and has been part of our local culture for decades...
coriesquared..u can ding ppl's comments all u want son, but now youre just being stupid...
you really need to live in alaska to appreciate the importance of dipnetting. life there will teach you a lot about difficulty and how to appreciate what you have. don't knock it til you've tried it.
I dipnetted in Alaska but onlt about 15 fish, it lasted my wife and I for the year.
NOT uniquely alaskan....PNW natives have dont it for a long time.
I think it takes the romance out of fishing.
Each head of household is entitled to 25 fish, with each additional member allowed 10 each. That adds up to hundreds of dollars worth of some of the best wild salmon on the planet. "I got two fish in 10 minutes right off the bat," said Boulay, an Anchorage hospital employee. "I bet I'm going to walk away with 30 fish." Huh?
I don't consider gathering eggs in the morning or picking tomatoes and squash sporting either, but I still do it to fill the fridge and pantry.
dip netting doesn't sound all that different from seining fish from the local stream to get bait fish, but that these people are doing this to provide food for there family. the only thing that i can think of though about this is what is the natives did it and overharvested the salmon, but it's okay because we forced them off there land.
Suppose that I'm a sustinence hunter then; should I be offered the opportunity to take deer with giant nets (or other non-sporting methods) because my family relies on the meat?
Whether or not it has a negative effect on the fish population, this has to be the most nonsporting "sport" I've heard of. What's next? Giant nets for catching deer? Come on.
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