If you want to stop conversation at The Temptation Restaurant on Gasparilla Island, try four letters. "PTTS," as in the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series. Heads turn. Voices drop. People stare. It ...

Long before tourism defined Florida’s west coast, anglers were drawn to Boca Grande for one main reason: tarpon. That ...

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 ...

Without sound or warning, 110 pounds of solid silver-scale muscle catapults 10 feet through the air and slams into Captain Ray Van Horn's head and neck while he's standing in his boat rigging tackle.

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 ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, and our app for subscribers only. To enjoy the e-Newspaper ...

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.

It hasn't been that many years ago that catching a tarpon in the Charleston area made headlines. People have been catching tarpon from Lowcountry waters for decades but for the most part it was ...