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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Kids Hook 175-Pound Tarpon In Florida Keys From Canoe, Dragged 150+ Miles to Ft. Myers
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Hotel Security Cameras Catch Shark Dropped From Water Spout
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Beach Angler Catches Orca (Killer Whale) Off Beach On Shark Liver
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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
QUINCY, ILL. — A federal program offering $100 for every invasive black...
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
KEY LARGO, FLA. — An estimated 29 million boaters have flooded the Florida...
Octopus Opens Captain’s Livewell, Frees 30 Lobster In Florida Keys
ISLAMORADA, FLA. — An octopus quietly liberated 30 lobsters from a charter...
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”
KEY WEST, Fla. — The newly formed Saltwater Fishing Alliance...
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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$5.27 Million In Shipwreck Treasure Found Inside 108-Year-Old Tiger Shark
OUTER BANKS, N.C. — Three local teenagers fishing off the Outer Banks have...
First Shark Ever Caught In The Great Lakes; 6-Foot-7 Bull Shark Landed
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — For the first time in recorded history, a shark has...
Bill Dance Rookie Card Fetches Record $3.49 Million At Auction
DALLAS, TX — A 1968 Bill Dance rookie card sold for a record $3.49 million...
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Sweet eats ‘Fish Cookies’ Bake Real Salmon, Smoked Kingfish, And Tuna Into Its Popular New Cookies
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Crocs Debut ‘Fishing Mode’: A Road Pops Out Of One Shoe, A Reel Hides In The Other
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New Boat Maker Sells Mini Noah’s Arks To The Public
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Saltwater Fishing Alliance Files Lawsuit Against Bass Lure Manufacturers Over “Sea Urchin Misinformation”
KEY WEST, Fla. — The newly formed Saltwater Fishing Alliance (SFA) announced Tuesday that it has filed a sweeping lawsuit against multiple bass fishing lure manufacturers, alleging years of "reckless misinformation" by producing soft plastic baits that closely...
Great White Sharks Now Hunting Upside Down So Prey Can’t See Their Dorsal Fins
CHATHAM, MASS. — Great white sharks have begun hunting completely upside down, marine researchers say, in an apparent bid to conceal the one feature that always gives them away: the dorsal fin. The behavior surfaced in a viral video last week, in which a great...
12 Year-Old Lands 14-Pound Bass In South Texas Sewer
MCALLEN, TX — A 12-year-old boy is being hailed as a local legend after pulling a 14-pound largemouth bass out of a storm sewer using a hot dog and his uncle's Zebco 33. Brad "Glizzy" Dragger is what the neighborhood calls a Super Sewer Angler — one of a small crew...
$5.27 Million In Shipwreck Treasure Found Inside 108-Year-Old Tiger Shark
OUTER BANKS, N.C. — Three local teenagers fishing off the Outer Banks have recovered an estimated $5.27 million in sunken treasure from an unusual source: the belly of a 108-year-old tiger shark. The shark — a 15-foot-3-inch, 1,240-pound female that died during the...
First Shark Ever Caught In The Great Lakes; 6-Foot-7 Bull Shark Landed
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — For the first time in recorded history, a shark has been caught in the Great Lakes: a 6-foot-7 bull shark, landed off a public beach on Lake Michigan, and no one — not locals, not lifeguards, not marine science — can fully explain it. The...
Bill Dance Rookie Card Fetches Record $3.49 Million At Auction
DALLAS, TX — A 1968 Bill Dance rookie card sold for a record $3.49 million this weekend at Cast & Gavel Auctions, shattering the previous high for a fishing card and cementing what collectors are calling the arrival of angling memorabilia as a serious asset...