The huge halibut weighed 380 pounds and measured 7 feet 4 inches.
MOORPARK — It was a fishing trip a 70 year old grandmother of nine will never forget.
LaVerne Glover of Moorpark reeled in a 380 pound halibut last week on the final day of her fishing trip to Sitka, Alaska with her husband, Bob.
The huge [...]

LONDON (AP) — An angler fishing in a British pond got a nasty surprise when his line came back with a thrashing piranha on the end.
Derek Plum caught the flesh-eating fish at a pond in Kent, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southeast of London — and thousands of miles away from the piranha’s usual home [...]

When Colorado angler Aaron Buscher hooked something in about 100 feet of water while jigging Monday morning on a halibut charter south of Montague Island near Seward, it was anyone’s guess what might be on the other end.
Buscher would pump, reel, pump, reel and gain maybe 15 feet of line. Then the fish would make [...]

A western Indiana man who shattered a state fishing record by landing a 39-pound striped bass says he caught the whopper in a spot where he and his fishing buddies previously had little luck.
Thirty-nine-year-old Jonathan VanHook hauled in the big fish May 25 at Cecil M. Harden Lake in Parke County. It measured 42.25 inches [...]

The Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association is urging the state’s elected officials and environment agencies to plan for the worst should the Gulf oil spill make its way up the East Coast and into Maryland waters.
“Maryland’s recreational anglers provide this state with a tremendous value and they depend upon the health of its marine and coastal [...]

PINE ISLAND, Fla. — Veteran fly-fisherman Tom Evans of Wilson, Wyo., caught a potential 12-pound tippet world record tarpon of 194.1 pounds on May 10.
Guided by Capt. Al Dopirak, Evans hooked the fish in about eight feet of water over the famed “Oklahoma Flat” off Pine Island, south of Homosassa. The current world record is [...]

A one-of-a-kind fishing event is bringing out hundreds of fishing fans.
The 12th annual Cape Fear Disabled Sportsman’s Tournament runs 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at the Kure Beach Fishing Pier.
Hosted by the Got ’Em On Live Bait Fishing Club, the tournament is open to anyone with any disability, and all participants have to do [...]

There will be an increase in the cost of some of Florida’s hunting and saltwater fishing permits, beginning July 1. If sportsmen act now, however, they can beat the price increase.
On July 1, 2010, the cost of a turkey permit will go up from $5 to $10 for Florida residents and from $100 to $125 [...]

This week’s Players’ Championship at Pete Dye’s inimitable Sawgrass is unofficially known on the PGA Tour as “the fifth major.” But for some tour players the event has become known for something else: as a place where they can score a trophy bass.
A few years ago, as he approached the Par 5, 16th hole at [...]

Last weekend was beautiful for a change, and in many spots the fishing was better than the weather.
Tog fishing remains good for captains who focus on the reefs, rock piles, wrecks and walls. Capt. Rick Yakimowicz, of the all-day headboat out of Fisherman’s Wharf in Lewes, reported that his patrons “tore up” the tog on [...]