We can only hope dip netting this year is as good as it was last year, when dip-netters caught almost 144,000 fish, the highest harvest in 12 years. Though the state issued 9,308 Chitina permits, only ...

To me, dip netting at Chitina is the quintessential Alaska experience. There is something primordial about standing on the rocks next to a raging, glacial river, surrounded by the snow-capped Wrangell ...

A smelt dip on the Cowlitz River brings about a festival atmosphere as folks gather to have fun, and hopefully end up with a mess of smelt. (Terry Otto for The Columbian) Smelt-dipping will return to ...

Smelt’s annual return from the ocean has long drawn thousands of dip-netters up and down the Cowlitz River. This year, however, the prized tradition will be different. The Washington Department of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 8—Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - If you enjoy fishing with nets in Michigan waters, now is the time to do it. The state's hand netting season opens Thursday, while the dip netting season opens March 20. Both ...