set netter

plural set netters · alternative set-netter · alternative setnetter

1. One who fishes using a set net.

   A set netter is constantly watching the river downstream from his net for the arrival of shoals and lifting it when the fish are safely inside.

   1984, R. M. McDowall, The New Zealand Whitebait Book, page 144

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   Sheathed in oilskins the boy climbed to the top of the cabin and stared shoreward with the binoculars, growling with frustrated fury when he saw the set netter nearest him row out and calmly pick a score of red salmon from his nets.

   1963, Elsa Pedersen, Cook Inlet decision, page 178

   A set netter must have both a light touch on the engine when setting the net and the ability to crank down on the engine when facing tough currents.

   2008, Bill Carter, Red Summer, →ISBN, page 16