Fishing the Alaskan Way

Since we are now residents of Alaska, we took the opportunity to go dip net fishing this summer.  Even though I grew up here, I had never had the chance to see dip net fishing in action.  To dip net, the people fishing take really big nets and wade out into the water.  Then they basically wait for fish to swim into their nets and then the drag the net with the fish in it to shore.  We took the girls and went with mom and dad.  Brian and my dad did the fishing while my mom and I watched the girls on shore.

When Brian and my dad caught fish, we all helped them bring the net in to shore.  Kara loved being a helper.

Once the fish were on shore, Kara would hit them on the head with her stick and then keep them company until another fish was caught.  Kassi was not as excited to touch the fish, but she liked to look at them.

It was a beautiful day and the girls just loved being outside and being involved in all the action.

Our family was allowed to catch 55 fish.  We did not quite catch that many, but we all definitely had fun.  Just look at all those red salmon!

We caught all these fish from shore, but later in the day Brian and my dad headed out on a boat to see how many more they could catch with the dip nets.  They caught even more and even netted a couple of kings.  I was just amazed at how big all the fish were.  Here's Brian and Kara with the two king salmon.