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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 ...

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 ...

Known for their elusive nature and mythic proportions, tarpon never fail to entice anglers looking for a challenge. But human ...

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 ...

Nick spots what he thinks are dolphin, but they quickly realize it is a wall of tarpon too thick to count, all within casting distance of the sand. Live bait and big swimbaits both get crushed, with ...

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 ...

The jig is up in Boca Grande Pass, but controversy over tarpon fishing shows no sign of quieting down. On Thursday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 7-0 to ban a ...

If your Florida vacation feels incomplete without the beach, head to this unforgettable spot. The mile-long causeway to get there ends with sabal palmetto-lined white-sand shores. Swim in the Gulf, or ...

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 ...

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 ...