A 55in fish died after it was ripped out of a lagoon at an aquarium by two men who snuck in hours after closing, officials said. Derrick Lee Vivian, 25, and 20-year-old Christopher Jeffrey Smith were ...

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 ...

Meredith McCord has caught just about everything you can hook on a fly rod. With 240 IGFA world records, three Ladies Tarpon ...

MARATHON, Fla. - The second of a pair of Florida men accused of going fishing after breaking into an aquarium in the Keys and killing a tarpon has been arrested. According to the Monroe County Sheriff ...

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 ...