Question: Is it legal to use hoop nets to catch crab off piers in California this time of the year? I thought I read crab season runs through June. However, the hoop net is a net people use for ...

An experiment earlier this summer using hoop nets instead of trap nets to sample channel catfish along the U.S. portion of the Red River yielded results that exceeded even the most optimistic ...

Sometimes the fishing is tough, even for guys allowed to catch 'em with electricity or giant nets. Kevin Hopkins and Jon Stein use both in their work to keep tabs on the fish population at Beaver Lake ...

With local lobster costing about $25 per pound, it makes sense to look into the world of hoop netting for lobsters. Ben Hong from Promar Nets said lobster hoop netters have had good success this year.