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Anglers, get your hooks and bait ready! Tarpon season for the Gulf of Mexico is here, with many dedicated fisherman across the nation heading to Florida to see if they can catch the world’s most ...

Tarpon fishing peaked during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 visit to Port Aransas, but the fishery collapsed in the ...

I had just returned from Homosassa, Florida. I had driven 10 hours each way to fly fish for tarpon. I had recently broken three ribs in what remains disputed as either a biking accident or a drinking ...

LAKELAND (CBSMiami/AP) — After listening to more than a hundred emotional opinions, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this week voted to move forward with a controversial proposal ...

A tarpon tagged in late July -- after being reeled in by the first woman to win the tarpon category at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo -- has covered more than 200 miles since then, researchers ...

I woke up earlier than necessary so I could watch the sunrise on the beach as I rigged two fly rods—an 8-weight and a beefy 12. It’s one thing when you have an entire stretch of trout stream all to ...

OUMA, La. -- The greatest tarpon fisherman who ever lived sits in a house on the side of a forgotten bayou, stuck in a blue recliner, watching his world die on live television. Oil gushes out of the ...

The fishing at Sebastian Inlet State Park continues to be strong with catches of snook, both in the slot and over it, redfish, jacks, snapper and the first few runs of Spanish mackerel. As the days ...

Joshua Jorgensen, host of the popular online fishing show BlacktipH Fishing, went to Colombia to fish the legendary sardine migration but wound up catching a tarpon of legendary proportions. Jorgensen ...

The black, still water was so calm it reflected the sky like a mirror. The small saltwater pond, ringed completely by red mangrove trees, looked as if it was filled with white, puffy clouds. My ...