As DNR walleye surveys get underway later this fall, everyone is asked to use caution when fishing near the electrofishing boats; those wading will be asked to exit the water when a boat approaches ...

BOSTON (CBS) - They call it "electrofishing," and it's helping tell us about the health of the Charles River. It's part of a state project to re-introduce the fish called the American Shad into the ...

Fisheries biologists regularly count trout or Arctic grayling in Montana’s streams by introducing an electrical field to stun and capture the fish. When trout encounter the electrical field their ...

Have you ever wondered how to catch a bunch of fish fast? Well, authorities in Kentucky used an electricity jolt to get an invasive fish species out of the water. The department of Fish and Wildlife ...

Invasive species can be a major problem no matter where they’re found, but for researchers trying to combat invasive fish species, the challenges are unique. In Kentucky, wildlife officials are doing ...

GEORGIA, USA — Central Georgia waters are getting a jolt in the name of conservation. Each spring, biologists with Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) head out with boats and electrodes to ...

Lena Sawyers, a biologist at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, holds a flathead catfish captured during an electrofishing demonstration on the Potomac River on Sept. 10. (Photo by ...

TABLE ROCK LAKE, Mo. – The “Show Me State” has no shortage of fishing stories, but even the best anglers in the world can’t keep up with Missouri’s Department of Conservation this time of year. During ...

Delivering a minor electric shock into a stream to reveal any fish lurking nearby may be the gold standard for detecting fish populations, but it's not much fun for the trout. Scientists have found ...

Bernie Fuller has fished for decades, yet he's never witnessed anything to match the sight of dozens of zombie bass eerily rising out of a north Alabama lake. Americans like Fuller spend about $48 ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is launching a shocking plan to count young walleyes in Michigan lakes. Starting this month, and continuing until mid-October, DNR personnel will be ...