Captain Josh Prunier caught some serious manatee action on a recent trip to Anna Maria Island, Florida. He discovered the mating sea cows while at the Coquina boat ramp. It's hard to tell just how many of them there are at any given time, but it appears to always be no less than ten. "Look at ...

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Kellan Hunt is no ordinary three-year-old. Just how many people even five times his age do what he's doing? Not many. His adventures of catching bonnet-head sharks, sheepshead and flounder at Anna Maria Island, FL prove there are big things in the future for this little guy (aka, shark boy) - just ...

If you haven't been fishing lately and have the itch, now is the time to go. On Saturday evening, I experienced one of the wildest fishing bites of my life. While fishing the mouth of the Manatee River with Capt. Jason Stock and Rob Chapman IV, we had no less than 90 minutes of nonstop snook and ...

Capt. Clark Wright of Sarasota has caught his share of tarpon. The first was over 20 years ago when he was 10 years old. Now a full time fishing guide, Wright has been hooking and landing tarpon nearly every day since May. But none will be as special or memorable as the rare piebald tarpon he ...

Since 1975, the Florida state record for a tarpon has been a 243-pound fish caught in Key West. Since 2003, the world record has been a 286-pound tarpon caught in Rubane, Guinea-Bissau, Africa. Both of those records may have been broken June 24, 2014 by Capt. Justin Moore and his four anglers. ...

Great white sharks are rarely seen in the Gulf of Mexico. The apex predator is known for living in cool waters not commonly seen on our coast. As you read this, you may have a hard time believing one that has been spotted eerily close to shore. As Jimmy Campbell left Friday with his father Wayde ...