Evan Carruthers grew up in Morris fishing at his family's lake spot. Now he's dominating the tarpon fishing circuit in Florida with a string of tournament wins.

Tarpon can only be harvested by anglers who buy a special tag in pursuit of a state record, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. A tarpon leaps from the water off the ...

Jupiter's Dave Preston can celebrate Independence Day by telling a fish story that is true.Preston and his guide, Capt. Luis Cortes, caught the largest tarpon in Gold Cup history with a fish weighing ...

Well, if you haven’t caught your tarpon yet this summer, it’s not because you aren’t getting a chance. The T-word pops up every week here from those who check in with what they’re seeing and/or ...

In wave-making research recently published in Marine and Coastal Fisheries, a team of researchers, led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has quantified the rate at which great ...

What Long Island angler hasn’t thought about fishing in the Florida Keys at least once — especially during the winter, when the weather at home can be dreary. With an incredible variety of game fish ...

In Florida, you can’t kill a tarpon — a silver-plated game fish prized by catch-and-release anglers — without a special permit. You also can’t spearfish in almost half of the Florida Keys. Monroe ...