dip v PRATT dip net for cpd in sense 5.
   1 [1889-93] 1987 PEYTON 7 This congregation of salmon in the dammed shallow pool allowed easy access for someone to dip them from the weir. It was not unusual to dip approximately 250 to 3200 pounds of salmon in one hour. 1986 SAUNDERS 21 [He] and a crew of fishermen had been dipping salmon out of their 'rakeworks' or rock weir. 1987 Evening Telegram 7 Mar, p. 10 Plenty of you have hauled a cod-trap...and you will know the thrill of dipping in as many quintals as will fit between the thwarts [of the boat]. 1990 ibid 23 Jan, p. 5 The beaches around the coast of this island of ours were a hive of activity when men, women and children were seen casting caplin [and] dipping caplin
   4 1986 FELTHAM 80 The young harp seals after they 'dipped' and were no longer on the ice where they whelped were called 'beaters.'

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