A boy on a recent trip with captain Griffin Deans smiles as the group reeled in a tarpon while fishing in Tampa Bay. Courtesy of Griffin Deans Captain Griffin Deans is a grinder, running more than 300 ...

Snook: Fishing for snook is about as good as it gets. Good numbers are being reported from the beaches, to the passes and along the mangrove shorelines. Strike Zone ...

If there's one inshore fish most Lowcountry anglers would love to catch, it's probably a tarpon. Tarpon can reach well over 100 pounds in South Carolina waters (the state record is 154 pounds, 10 ...

One of the world’s oldest and most sought-after species of fish made their presence felt across Tampa Bay and Gulf beaches this past week. Since prehistoric times, the silver king has roamed Earth’s ...

The tarpon season along the upper coast has gotten off to its best start since 1997. That's the consensus of several veteran guides who specialize in catching the big fish in the open Gulf several ...

Jay Mastry perches in the stern of his boat watching the Gulf of Mexico. He isn't tired, but he should be. Last night he got five hours' sleep. Night before, even less. It's tarpon season, and tarpon ...

Is it just me or has tarpon season been extended? Clean water can do wonders for a fishery and it feels like the great tarpon fishing on the Treasure Cast into early August is a product of no Lake O ...

Link Smith was the designated scorekeeper. Angling adventures abound, but you know the right time/right place formula is looking good when the catch numbers justify a scorecard. Smith was awarded that ...

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 ...

The weather has been unpredictable, with storm clouds rolling through every day, threatening to unleash a torrent. Some days it's been mostly threats. The storms didn't hit too hard on Saturday but it ...