TAMPA, Fla. - A Florida girl is recovering after being bitten by a shark on Wednesday. Leah Lendel, 9, was snorkeling with her family at Boca Grande when she was bitten by a shark, leaving her hand ...

Two sharks have attacked beachgoers since C.W. Blosser became the Boca Grande Fire chief, the most recent just this week. Blosser, who has been in the fire service for four decades and was hired as ...

Crocodile populations in Jamaica have been decimated due to habitat loss and poaching. Lawrence Henriques created the Holland ...

Finally, a couple of days of much-needed soaking rain. Of course, the rains interrupted fishing, but by mid-week skies were ...

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Especially if you’re staying at the charming Tarpon Lodge, a legitimate Old Florida establishment that ... North Captiva and Boca Grande. There you will find tarpon rolling on the surface ...

Tarpon fishing season in Southwest Florida is peaking right now and Boca Grande has long claimed to be the ‘tarpon fishing capital of the world’ even if the true ‘capital’ runs from Tampa Bay to ...

“There’s no question that southwest Florida is a fishing paradise,” Captain Jesse said. “Boca Grande is the tarpon capital of the world. You can fish snook, you can tarpon fish, you can ...

The 2025 “World’s Richest” Tarpon Tournament, sponsored by the Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce, is slated for Wednesday and Thursday, May 14 and 15 in the waters of Boca Grande, Florida. This ...

Captain Tyler DeGraff was glad he had a seaworthy team fishing with him at the Boca Grande Bottom Blast Fishing Tournament. “I think there were about 20 boats originally signed up. But once the ...

Captain Brock Horner is a US Army Ranger veteran and seasoned fishing guide affiliated with Tarpon ... Florida native, Horner grew up fishing in the Charlotte Harbor and Boca Grande areas ...