A nearly 700-pound bluefin tuna found in the waters off the coast of Texas shocked anglers who struggled for two hours to reel in the rare catch, breaking a fishing rod in the process. Captain Tim ...

If you’re after big fish with plenty of fight, a trolling rod can help you increase your odds of landing your next meal or trophy. Trolling rods are specially made to drag bait or fishing lures ...

Dock Totals 11/10 – 11/16: 806 anglers aboard 41 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 17 bluefin tuna, 77 bonito, 1 halibut, 85 lingcod, 6 perch, 3182 rockfish, ...

Snap, crackle, pop. It’s not the harmony produced when you add milk to a bowl of Rice Krispies in the morning; it’s the sound of the line peeling off a 130 against nearly 50 pounds of drag — the kind ...

PORT ARANSAS, Texas – Take a look at the one that didn’t get away – but definitely tried. An exhausted Captain Tim Oestreich shows off his fishing pole, snapped in two by the beast of a fish lying ...

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