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 ...
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Primitive Technology: Big Fish Trap in The Forest

In this video, I demonstrate how to build a fish trap using bamboo in the forest, shaped like a hopper and placed upside down to prevent fish from escaping. Stacked rocks create resistance, leaving a ...
In today's video, I go back to one of my favorite spots that is LOADED with monster aquarium fish! This time I decided to place my big fish trap in a spillway I have never fished before! We then ...
Researchers including a University of Vermont anthropologist have discovered a large-scale fish-trapping facility in Belize dating back to about 2000 BCE − much to their surprise. That's at least ...
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 ...
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 ...
Archaeologists found wooden stakes in a Norway lake that turned out to be 650-year-old fishing trap abandoned after the Black Death, photos show. Photo from Ellen K. Friis and Cultural History Museum ...
The recreational trapping season in Vermont begins on October 25 and runs through March 31, 2026. This includes the use of baited steel-jawed leghold traps and body-crushing kill traps, as well as ...