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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For anglers who have never been saltwater fly fishing for tarpon, I can describe it in one phrase: “A very humbling experience.” Last month I fulfilled a dream of making the leap from Inland Northwest ...

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 ...

It didn't start out as a tarpon trip but it certainly ended up as one last weekend for Capt. Chuck Griffin of Aqua Adventures Sportfishing Charters. Griffin said he and his clients had caught and ...

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 ...

ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive trailer for Tarpon, a long-lost cult classic documentary about fly-fishing, which features original music by Buffett, who was an up-and-coming singer at the time ...

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 ...

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 ...