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

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 ...

Boca Grande finally has a documentary about its world-class tarpon fishery. Rich History … Priceless Future — The Tarpon of Boca Grande Pass, will make its debut at the Mote Marine Laboratory's ...

It's the second week of May, the Gulf water temperature is close to 80 degrees and tarpon are in full swing at Boca Grande. Tarpon season has been delayed by extended cold fronts, with catches in fits ...

A man got bitten by a shark in Boca Grande Pass on Wednesday. Paul Kelly traveled from College Station, Texas, to fish for tarpon in Southwest Florida. He was fishing for tarpon off Boca Grande pass ...

We’re far from the herd now. A mammoth tarpon has dragged our 23-foot Dorado tower boat away from the swarms of boats taking advantage of possibly thousands of tarpon that are feeding in preparation ...

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 to modify the type of ...

At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, water under pier still chalky after weekend cool front brought west winds 45-50-knots Saturday evening. Catfish and sharks best anglers could do on Wednesday. Water ...

Two prominent Boca Grande fishing guides were cited by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday for using "breakaway gear," a type of fishing tackle that is banned in the ...