In this video, I demonstrate how to build a fish trap from bamboo in the forest. The trap is designed in a hopper shape and is placed upside down to prevent fish from escaping due to water resistance.

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people. We already know ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers including a University of Vermont anthropologist have discovered a large-scale fish-trapping facility in Belize dating ...

In today’s video, I go on the hunt for MONSTER redtail catfish and other aquarium fish that were released into a local pond! I baited up my monster fish traps and let them sit for 24 hours in attempt ...

I can't single out any specific outdoor adventure that hooked me into a life of participation, and work, devoted to hunting, fishing, trapping and conservation. Many of my friends and coworkers have ...

A new experiment is testing the commercial success of fish traps in Washington and Oregon. Even as some conservationists embrace the technique, its return has reopened old wounds among local fishers ...

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Jonathan Koehler is working the biggest fish-trapping contraption on the Napa River and finding out good news about Chinook salmon after a historic rain year. This eight-foot-diameter metal funnel ...