The beach along the Kenai River is a makeshift village of tents, tarps, coolers and folding chairs. In the water, a snaking line of dipnetters, poised like great blue herons, use gigantic butterfly nets to scoop up huge sockeye salmon. During dipnet season, covering just a few weeks a year in Alaska, residents are allowed to fish with homemade nets attached to long metal poles. (Taken from NPR article)
This is something you can do when you have lived in Alaska for one year. It is substance fishing, and is ment to help families survive. And survive we will. Between the three boys, we maxed out our family limit of 55 salmon. Our freezer is packed!
The even learned the art of filleting salmon. Nathan became quite the pro!
The were utterly exhausted on the way home!
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