Nisqually Tribal Net Info?

[Bullkllr]

That is a net that got away. It could have broken free somewhere up river.

I think its tied off on the snag on the upstream side- pretty common practice. So is running a net vertical to the current- especially in a backwater- supposedly catches more fish and fouls up a lot less than setting horizontally cross-current. Drift netting is pretty much all cross-current- set netting not always.

[elk247]

That is a net that got away. It could have broken free somewhere up river.

I think its tied off on the snag on the upstream side- pretty common practice. So is running a net vertical to the current- especially in a backwater- supposedly catches more fish and fouls up a lot less than setting horizontally cross-current. Drift netting is pretty much all cross-current- set netting not always.

I think you might be right. It would foul up a lot less that way.

[ICEMAN]

Do we have any Nisqually members on here who could shed some light on this?

[Dave B]

I think its the new way of avoiding those straw bales that fall off the truck when taking the corner to fast.  You know the corner in the middle of the bridge.  They all have them.

[Disturbed1]

nisquallies usually hang their nets from the shore to half way out on both sides and anchor the nets out in the middle like this \ /....if my memory serves me correctly you were standing at the handy cap hole when you took this pic....i could see them laying a net straight down the center of the river to f-up one of the few places that whitey can actually fish this river.

[Becky]

nisquallies usually hang their nets from the shore to half way out on both sides and anchor the nets out in the middle like this \ /....if my memory serves me correctly you were standing at the handy cap hole when you took this pic....i could see them laying a net straight down the center of the river to f-up one of the few places that whitey can actually fish this river.

  I didn't take the picture but yes, it cleared out that whole area. Didn't think about that. Also, that's why we were curious about it BECAUSE all the past years it was always anchored from shore to middle etc. as you described so it seriously looked like the net got away and drifted downstream onto the snag. We usually seen river boats drop net/pull up/drop net/pull up, and continue that pattern but RARELY seen them actually leave a net.

[headshot5]

Yep looks like they are blocking the bank fishermen from fishing.  A net washing out upriver wouldn't snag up on one end around a stump in the middle of the river.