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 ...

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 ...

BOCA GRANDE — Anglers fishing the opening day of the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series on Sunday will have the usual challenge of trying to keep their catches away from hammerhead and bull sharks.

Seven-mile Gasparilla Island may be small, but it looms large in the world of fishing. This quiet Gulf Coast barrier island has one main town: Boca Grande, a glorified Floridian fishing village ...

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 ...

That's a difficult question to answer, but there's little doubt both are hot. And tarpon fishing in Boca Grande Pass has been very good. Most of the action is occurring during the day for those using ...

Anglers fishing the opening day of the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series on Sunday will have the usual challenge of trying to keep their catches away from hammerhead and bull sharks. But this year ...

To hear author, restaurateur and angling activist Randy Wayne White tell it, as he recently did at his Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille on Sanibel Island, all of us Southwest Floridians are here because of ...

In a not very high-definition video, shot this week with an underwater camera attached to a 6-foot-long PVC pipe, more than 100 tarpon swirl silently through the green water, 12 feet beneath the ...

Tarpon season at Boca Grande Pass has heated up a little early this year, even though the season doesn't begin until April. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved several rule ...