A TV fishing show host has asked social-media followers to withhold judgement after sharing an image showing him posing with a massive tarpon that he landed recently off Colombia. “BEFORE YOU JUDGE - ...

The recent catch of a giant tarpon off Pensacola Beach, Fla., has sparked criticism regarding the manner by which the fish was handled. The accompanying image, provided to WEAR ABC 3 News (and shared ...

Legendary Louisiana tarpon guide Lance Schouset recently got a call from his long-time friend Mike Strohmeyer. Strohmeyer asked Schouset, who’s based in Houma, to take his grandson Cruz tarpon fishing ...

We came for snook and tarpon, but what we found was a canal filled with danger in every direction. Boats scraped the banks, gators lurked inches from the edge, and giant tarpon smashed bait in water ...

When Capt. Tom Weaver took his clients out on Chesapeake Bay on Aug. 1, it was a slick-calm day. They were about 65 miles from the ocean near Hooper Island Lighthouse in Maryland. That’s when he saw ...

Matt Bauer poses with a tarpon he caught while fishing for trout with captain Griffin Deans in Tampa Bay. Courtesy of Griffin Deans Captain Griffin Deans is always one to leave a big bait soaking ...

Tarpon fishing has been hooking Louisiana anglers almost since the first Europeans arrived three centuries ago, cementing the fish a place in local culture. Communities along the state's coast have ...

FOLLY BEACH — Phillip Sullivan knows the fishing gets good when storms approach the Charleston coast. So on the blustery afternoon of June 19, he had several rods out at the end of the Folly Beach ...

The tarpon season along the upper coast has gotten off to its best start since 1997. That's the consensus of several veteran guides who specialize in catching the big fish in the open Gulf several ...

Captain Griffin Deans is always one to leave a big bait soaking because he knows that is often what it takes to catch big fish. “Even if we’re just trout fishing, I’ll throw something big out trying ...

As a charter captain, bring your kid to work day comes with a few additional challenges. Sometimes keeping a younger child engaged when fishing can be a difficult task when the fish aren’t, or are, ...