THE TIGER SHARK was four times heavier than the muscular stonemason who was bracing his 190-pound, six-foot body against the shark’s first run. His 16/0 big-game reel gave line grudgingly and his ...

A group of North Carolina anglers recently had the fight of a lifetime when they hooked a giant great white shark while surf fishing near Hatteras Island Sunday. “It gives me kind of chills, even ...

Veterans of the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo often throw around the phrase “rodeo weather.” If you know, you know. “It ain’t gonna be a rodeo without a little rain,” said Jay Loper, vice president ...

Are you one of those fishermen chasing social media clout by trying to land a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)? If so, Massachusetts has a message for you: think again. Ahead of the upcoming ...

A recent global study reviewed over 160 scientific papers covering 147 shark species, focusing on what happens after their release. Sleek and powerful, a single dorsal fin slices through deep blue ...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — What started off as a normal shark fishing day ended with a historic catch. Local fisherman Joe Gonzales ventured out on Friday with friends and family to ...

While much of the public safety focus is on great white sharks in the ocean, fishermen need to be “very cautious” when catching and releasing a different type of shark. A 21-year-old man learned that ...

With the ongoing shark depredation problem in the Gulf, anglers have been scratching their heads in search of solutions to deal with losing hooked fish constantly to the aggressive predators. I’ve ...

Traditionally, we sure do spot a lot of blue sharks in November and December. They frequently come nosing around the boat when we are catching rockfish such as yummy red snapper and copper rockfish. A ...

This story, “Big-Game Fishing’s Greatest Catch,” appeared in the April 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Maxwell’s 1964 tiger shark remains tied for the all-tackle world-record (with a shark caught off the ...