Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Captain Griffin Deans is always one to leave a big bait soaking because he knows that is often what it takes to catch big fish.

The tarpon season along the upper coast has gotten off to its best start since 1997. That's the consensus of several veteran guides who specialize in catching the big fish in the open Gulf several ...

Matt Bauer poses with a tarpon he caught while fishing for trout with captain Griffin Deans in Tampa Bay. Courtesy of Griffin Deans Captain Griffin Deans is always one to leave a big bait soaking ...

Captain Griffin Deans is always one to leave a big bait soaking because he knows that is often what it takes to catch big fish. “Even if we’re just trout fishing, I’ll throw something big out trying ...

In an age when big boats seldom cruised at more than 10 mph, that distance was hard to cover. Tarpon, on the other hand, came right to local anglers. Schools of the huge, silver fish were thick in ...

It’s tarpon time for Capt. Josh, who says the big silver kings are showing up on the deep flats just off the coast. The fish ...

Legendary Louisiana tarpon guide Lance Schouset recently got a call from his long-time friend Mike Strohmeyer. Strohmeyer asked Schouset, who’s based in Houma, to take his grandson Cruz tarpon fishing ...

Captain Griffin Deans is always one to leave a big bait soaking because he knows that is often what it takes to catch big fish. “Even if we’re just trout fishing, I’ll throw something big out trying ...

Daniel Davisson got to the Jacksonville Beach Pier for live bait fishing with some buddies about mid-afternoon on August 4. He's been a regular at the pier for over a decade. That day he drove from ...