Tarpon are found throughout the Gulf Coast and into the southeast Atlantic Ocean, with Florida being the hotspot. Its warm tropical waters and endless inshore habitats foster the largest tarpon ...

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 ...

Louisiana teenager Cruz Strohmeyer caught his first tarpon on Sept. 21. It weighed well over 200 pounds and is a pending IGFA ...

The tarpon's swim bladder is wired in a way that let's the fish take in oxygen from above the water line. That explains a lot.

Memorial Day is behind us which means we're entering the prime time of the year for tarpon fishing along our beaches. The fish will be moving mostly south to north following schools of bait like ...

The recent catch of a giant tarpon off Pensacola Beach, Fla., has sparked criticism regarding the manner by which the fish was handled. The accompanying image, provided to WEAR ABC 3 News (and shared ...

On a Florida beach, one fisherman went surf casting and hooked into a monster tarpon. The fight was intense as the massive fish thrashed just offshore. This video shows why tarpon are among the most ...

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 ...

As a high school sophomore, Cruz Strohmeyer, of New Orleans, Louisiana, already has bragging rights most anglers spend a lifetime chasing. The 15-year-old angler landed a 228.8-pound tarpon last ...