The annual event, held May 15 in the Gulf off Sanibel and Captiva islands, attracted a record 65 teams and 309 anglers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anglers, get your hooks and bait ready! Tarpon season for the Gulf of Mexico is here, with many dedicated fisherman across the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"The tarpon, wherever you find him, is one of the greatest of game fishes. He leaps and lunges, makes fine, long runs, and battles stubbornly until he is landed. He isn't fit to eat, which I think is ...

Fishing for tarpon typically conjures visions of the clear water of the Florida Keys, not the Mississippi coast. But Jeremy McHugh of Stillwater Fishing Charters and partner Mark McDonald are changing ...

Of all the different fish that can be caught in the Florida Keys, tarpon are the most sought after. And now through June is the best time to catch and release the fish known as the Silver King.