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A saltwater fisherman holds up a world-record grouper.

Saltwater Fishing

Florida Angler Catches World-Record Grouper Right After Breaking a Hook On a Snapper

By Kris Millgate

A surf perch in SoCal.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Catch a Pile of Perch in the Surf

Joe Cermele with a tautog caught on an ultralight jig.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Tautog Like the Cool Kids

Fisherman Joe Cermele holds up a cow striped bass.

Striped Bass Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Use This Key Baitfish to Catch Your Bass of a Lifetime

An angler holds up a huge snapper caught in Panama.

Saltwater Fishing

This ‘Beast’ of a Snapper Should Set a New World Record

A crew of anglers with a big tarpon on the scales.

This Teen’s First-Ever Tarpon Is a Pending World Record

A New Jersey diver holds up a winter flounder he speared.

Saltwater Fishing

New Jersey Man Spears State-Record Flounder While Diving at a WWII Shipwreck

A crew of guys stand on a deck holding and surrounded by yellowtail fish.

Photos: Meet the Diehard Crews Who Power SoCal’s Offshore Tuna Scene

Photos by Tom Fowlks, Story by Natalie Krebs

A pair of hands hold up a striped bass

Striped Bass Fishing

Where Are All the Striped Bass? A Biologist Forecast for Your New Normal This Fall

By Christine Peterson

A kayak fisherman holds up a false albacore.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Hammer High-Speed False Albacore Without a (Motor) Boat

A painting of four fishermen leaning over the gunnel of a boat.

Saltwater Fishing

Fishing with the Year-Round, Blue-Collar Party Boaters of New York City

By Peter Kaminsky

A kid lying beside a giant halibut that is the new junior world record.

Saltwater Fishing

This Kid Just Wanted to Catch Something Big. He May Have Caught a World Record

Four anglers hold up a giant striped marlin in Oregon.

Saltwater Fishing

We Just Caught a Giant Striped Marlin Off the Oregon Coast. That Almost Never Happens

An Alabama angler next to a pending state-record swordfish.

Saltwater Fishing

Swordfish That ‘Looked Like a Dinosaur’ Should Crush the Alabama State Record by 102 Pounds

A 13-year-old angler with a big sea bass in California.

Saltwater Fishing

California Kid’s Giant Sea Bass Could Be a New World Record, Except for One Technicality

A young angler with the head of a grouper that was eaten by a shark.

Saltwater Fishing

What Can We Do About Sharks Stealing Our Catches? Congress Wants Answers, Too

By Kris Millgate

A winning team celebrates onboard after a billfish tournament.

Saltwater Fishing

13 Epic Photos from the Fishing Tournament that Pays Million-Dollar Checks (and Where an NBA Legend Finished Second)

A group of tournament anglers pose with a big escolar on the scales.

Saltwater Fishing

This Record Fish Caught in the Gulf Peeled Off 2,000 Feet of Line Before Anglers Knew It Was Hooked

A disabled angler and his family out on a fishing boat in the Gulf.

Saltwater Fishing

This Gulf Coast Captain Customized His Boat and Gear So He Could Guide Disabled Anglers

A fisherman with a rare deepwater fish; fisherman's son with another rare fish.

Saltwater Fishing

Father and Son Catch Two Bizarre Record Fish on the Same Day