But what about those wire fish baskets? Food Republic spoke to Rich Parente, chef and owner of Clock Tower Grill in Brewster, New York, to get his take on how important fish baskets really are ...

The basket was shallowly buried in sand. It contained noose peg snares, a net bag, three fish hooks and fishing line, and three bundles of games snares with over a hundred snares in all. This was ...