That's a difficult question to answer, but there's little doubt both are hot. And tarpon fishing in Boca Grande Pass has been very good. Most of the action is occurring during the day for those using ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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Tarpon are on their way up Florida's southwest coast, soon to arrive at Boca Grande Pass. The main migration of silver kings has moved as far north as Knapps Point at lower Sanibel Island, and with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...