Nate's Dipnetting trip

here's a shot of everyone dipnetting- zoom in and you can see all the fish heads and guts- pretty gross!



I guess this guy was the barbarian/execution style dipnetter. He goes out there in shorts, t-shirt and flip flops, goes in all the way to his neck, catches a salmon, then comes running back to shore, takes the fish over to his cutting block and just chops his head off! No clonking him on the head first or anything- just OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! Nate thought he was pretty crazy I guess :) Looks cold!
And, can you see the guy that made his net using a CRUTCH!! And the snowshovel net too!! Crazies!



another view of the beach- coolers EVERYWHERE! Seagulls picking off all the remains-- I can't believe how insane this looks! Only in Alaska would this fly!



This one you can see the other side of the river in the back there



pretty cool!


Nate got to go dipnetting over Monday and Tuesday. He and our friend went down there and camped out on the beach where the Kenai River meets the ocean. They hit a couple of the tides and he was able to bring home 20 salmon! According to Nate it was a LOT of work. He took some pictures for all of us, since we didn't get to go :) But it looks pretty gruesome- fish heads and guts all over the beach (glad the kids weren't there, what a nightmare!), standing out in the ocean up to your neck with a heavy net! Pretty cool "Alaskan experience" though. This is probably the only time we will ever do this since you have to be a resident. But pretty exciting. Now we have lots of salmon. If anyone wants some- you'll have to let us know quick, cuz it's not going to last forever :) Especially with Mom and Dad M coming up- I'm sure we'll be having salmon every night!! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm