Custom Pontoon Bowhunter Nets Angler $2.2 Million in Carp Bounty Program
QUINCY, ILL. — A federal program offering $100 for every invasive black carp pulled from the Mississippi River has paid out an unexpected $2.2 million — nearly all of it to a single, extraordinarily committed man....
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Hotel Security Cameras Catch Shark Dropped From Water Spout
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3-Year Old Girl Catches Record 21-Foot 3-Inch Sturgeon On Barbie Rod
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Couple Spearfishing Illegal Sturgeon Naked Busted By Undercover Manatee Sting
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Custom Pontoon Bowhunter Nets Angler $2.2 Million in Carp Bounty Program
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Anglers Land First-Ever Siamese Twin Hammerhead Shark Off South Carolina Beach
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29 Million Boaters Jam Florida Keys For Lobster Season; Traffic Visible From Space
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New ‘BaitGPT’ Lure Swims Over And Hooks The Fish For You
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Man Secretly Stocks Abandoned Resort Pool With Bass
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Tournament Anglers Busted Stuffing Soggy Pizza Crust Into Their Fish
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Saltwater Fishing Alliance Files Lawsuit Against Bass Lure Manufacturers Over “Sea Urchin Misinformation”
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Great White Sharks Now Hunting Upside Down So Prey Can’t See Their Dorsal Fins
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12 Year-Old Lands 14-Pound Bass In South Texas Sewer
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First Shark Ever Caught In The Great Lakes; 6-Foot-7 Bull Shark Landed
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Bill Dance Rookie Card Fetches Record $3.49 Million At Auction
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New Boat Maker Sells Mini Noah’s Arks To The Public
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Great White Shark Spotted on Flooded Streets of Florida
FORT PIERCE, FL — Dozens of viral videos of a shark cruising the flooded streets of Fort Pierce have sparked quite the online debate. Some say tarpon, some say bull shark, some say it’s all AI. Motorists described a harrowing scene. “It pulled up right next to my...
Miami Homeowners Catch 7 Tarpon Off Roof During King Tide Flooding
MIAMI BEACH, FL — A father and son landed seven tarpon from the roof of their two-story home Tuesday after what researchers are calling a once-in-2,267-year rainfall collided with this week’s king tides, leaving several feet of water in the streets and the local...
“Fishing Karen” Slaps Kid, Gets Slapped By Giant Fish Next
BIG PINE KEY, FLORIDA - Florida Keys homeowners’ association president was arrested this week after a viral confrontation with three teenage anglers ended with her being slapped across the face by a 40-pound tarpon. It happened at the world-famous Conched Up Keys...
Famous Catfish Noodler Pulls Up Human Leg, Solves 67-Year Old Mob Mystery
BLUE CAT, MISSISSIPPI — A social-media noodler reaching blindly into the murk of the mighty Mississippi in search of a trophy catfish instead surfaced with a human femur — and, with it, the solution to a mob murder that had gone cold since 1959. Dixie “Dandy”...
Alaskan River Sets Record With 17,867 Anglers In Two-Mile Stretch
SOLDOTNA, ALASKA — A single two-mile stretch of the Kenai Peninsula shattered every known record this week, packing in 17,867 anglers for the end-of-summer salmon run in what locals are calling the most extreme case of combat fishing the state has ever witnessed....
Kids Hook 175-Pound Tarpon In Florida Keys From Canoe, Dragged 150+ Miles to Ft. Myers
ISLAMORADA, FLA. — In a modern retelling of The Old Man and the Sea — call it Googans and the Gulf of America — three teenagers hooked a 175-pound tarpon from a canoe at the world-famous Robbie’s docks and were promptly dragged clear across the state to Fort Myers....