Salmon and summer sunshine: Photos from an evening of dipnetting on the Kenai

Hundreds of Alaskans gathered at the mouth of the Kenai River over the weekend for their share of the sockeye run.

Anchorage Daily News
And from today's adventure to the beach, the insanity that is dipnetting season in the Kenai River. Every dot you see is a human being with a huge dipnet in the River.
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And how could I be at the beach with a bunch of dipnetters and not get some photos? 😁
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The opposite side of the Kasilof River today with all the dipnetters and seagulls. It was such a beautiful day after weeks and weeks of rain. #Alaska #AlaskaDipnetting #AlaskaSockeyeSalmon #KasilofRiverAlaska
More pics from the Kasilof River today. Lots of sockeye salmon for everyone!
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The old man is just killing it! He hasn’t dipnetted from the shore in over a decade. #Alaska #AlaskaDipnetting #AlaskaSockeyeSalmon
Eagles and fish on the beach at the Kasilof River today. Folks were really catching lots of sockeye in their dipnets.
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Another brief video of people dipnetting today at the Kasilof River. They were really catching them. #Alaska #AlaskaDipnetting #AlaskaSockeyeSalmon #KasilofRiverAlaska
It’s dipnetting season on the Kenai Peninsula. Hubby and I went to the Kasilof River today to see the how the fishing was going and it’s excellent! The fish are sockeye salmon aka red salmon. #Alaska #AlaskaFishing #AlaskaDipnetting #AlaskaSockeyeSalmon