I've always wondered what happens to released aquarium fish, so I decided to find out for myself. I built a series of homemade fish traps and set them up in local ponds and creeks. The results were ...

Two homemade fish traps went head to head in the same water. Same bait, same conditions, very different results. This test shows which DIY design actually catches fish and which one completely fails.

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 ...