"Phoning" is an old-school poacher's trick that dates back to the 1950s. Georgia game wardens caught two poachers last week in what must have felt like a scene from the past, when Southern outlaws ...

A tip from the public led Texas Game Wardens to crack down on illegal fish shocking along the Trinity River. On July 26, wardens received a Tip411 text through Operation Game Thief reporting ...

WILKES COUNTY, Ga. — A game warden said he caught a man illegally fishing last week by using an old crank telephone to shock fish in a creek. While patrolling public fishing spots in Wilkes County, ...

Imagine a world without the glow of your screen, the hum of your fridge, or the instant communication across continents. Pretty bleak, right? Electricity, that invisible powerhouse, truly underpins ...

Game wardens caught a man using an illegal fish-shocking device in a Wilkes County creek. Officers retrieved a discarded crank telephone used to stun fish and confiscated it. The man was charged with ...

The suspect was throwing an antique crank telephone into a Georgia creek to electrocute fish, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources reports. A specific location ...