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 ...

Watch as a young boy demonstrates how to build a fish trap to catch catfish in a secret location. The video showcases the process and culminates in successfully catching a giant fish. #PrimitiveTechno ...

Starting around 4,000 years ago, an elaborate fish-trapping system nourished expanding human populations in lowland Central America, a new study finds. The discovery of this massive construction ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...