THE TIGER SHARK was four times heavier than the muscular stonemason who was bracing his 190-pound, six-foot body against the shark’s first run. His 16/0 big-game reel gave line grudgingly and his ...

Authorities in Australia are still searching for a 58-year-old man who was lost at sea while fishing in a tournament over the weekend. The man, an experienced and well-known angler named Paul Barning, ...

Police in Australia say a fisherman who fell overboard during a fishing competition on Sunday was dragged by a shark that was entangled in fishing gear. The search for Paul Barning, a figure in the ...

A stormy Friday morning made for a slow start to the 91st Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, but the big fish started to come in by day’s end – including a bull shark that wasn’t far shy of the state ...

For the second year in a row, anglers participating in the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo brought in an apparent state record shark. In the 2023 rodeo it was a 1,019-lb. tiger shark that broke a ...

A fishing crew recently set a new state record after reeling in a huge bull shark at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. The Bon Secour Butchers team on "The Orca" vessel caught the 494.5-pound beast ...

A recent global study reviewed over 160 scientific papers covering 147 shark species, focusing on what happens after their release. Sleek and powerful, a single dorsal fin slices through deep blue ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A National Football League player has a shark tale to tell after he caught a great white shark off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. The big catch occurred over the weekend.

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 ...

This story, “Big-Game Fishing’s Greatest Catch,” appeared in the April 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Maxwell’s 1964 tiger shark remains tied for the all-tackle world-record (with a shark caught off the ...