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 ...

It seems those veteran Boca Grande tarpon guides, who use stout tackle and live bait to haul the fish to the boat in a hurry, might be wrong. They have been charging that clients who use jigs as ...

DUCK KEY -- Three new rules proposed Thursday at a Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting could change the way people fish for tarpon in Boca Grande Pass. The proposed rules affect ...

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Common for the month of April, several shallow water bites have begun to ramp up in intensity. Locally referred to as the Big Three, snook, redfish and tarpon are bending the rods and providing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Almost every tarpon released in a 10-week study at Boca Grande Pass this spring headed straight offshore after being turned loose by anglers. Fourteen tarpon were tagged in the study, which was done ...

1: At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, good numbers of both Spanish mackerel and speckled trout have been each day this week. A few sheepshead and pompano have also been caught. Regular local anglers are ...