Three friends had an unforgettable encounter while offshore fishing when encountered a whale shark near Captiva Island. The sighting occurred about 20 miles off the coast, where the massive creature, ...

If you go fishing off the Florida coast anytime soon, there’s an almost fifty-fifty chance you’ll lose a fish to the “taxman” — the nickname for a shark that steals a fish off your line. Go down to ...

Florida’s fishing industry is facing a growing challenge as sharks increasingly intercept fish before they can be reeled onto ...

Fisheries officials in Massachusetts don’t want anglers targeting great white sharks, especially not from public beaches, and they just approved new regulations to crack down on the practice ahead of ...

In February, Miami Beach became at least the fifth municipality in Florida to prohibit land-based shark fishing gear on its beach, in addition to many more that have banned this gear on piers and the ...

The Marco Island Police Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) shore-based shark ...

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD) – A Lowcountry beach community is considering implementing new regulations on recreational fishing that would prevent anglers from intentionally trying to catch sharks. The ...

Jimmy Kneipp caught a record-breaking 759-pound great white shark off the New Jersey coast in 1988. The catch took place during a fishing tournament and involved a four-hour struggle. Great white ...