A hooked sailfish goes airborne. Sailfish and swordfish are two of the top dogs of the big-game fishing world. These are some of the fastest, biggest, and hardest-fighting saltwater species that can ...

As he had done hundreds, if not thousands, of times while swordfish fishing, Capt. Brett Holden sent down a squid on a 50-wide reel and said, “I bet we get bit in less than 30 seconds.” The weight hit ...

Permits are being issued to commercial swordfish fishermen who forgo large drift nets for a new system that won’t also capture whales and dolphins. The National Marine Fisheries Service recently ...

It's 9 p.m., 2,000 miles west of Los Angeles, and I'm wrestling with a young sea turtle aboard a 75-foot fishing boat equipped with long lines that stretch dozens of miles into the ocean. For 10 ...

Billfish have captivated fishermen for centuries. They’re strong, powerful, and are often viewed as the apex of angling achievements. A giant blue marlin was the focus of Ernest Hemingway’s famed The ...

The four anglers aboard the 35-foot CostaSV center console fishing boat Wound Tight left the boat dock near Biloxi, Mississippi, on Sunday at 5:45 a.m. They needed an early start to make an over ...

The federal government is considering a ban on swordfish fishing off the West Coast amid concerns that endangered sea turtles are being caught inadvertently. The prohibition hinges on a biological ...

Four young Florida anglers made a record-breaking catch last week. Hunter Irvine, 17, Timmy Maddock, 21, Jeremy Rafferty, 21, and Jaime Johanson, 20, reeled in Florida’s largest swordfish on Jan. 20, ...

Ronald Stanley and Daniel Simmons display the 409-pound swordfish caught aboard Reel McCoy out of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., in July. Submitted photo Targeting swordfish well off the Carolina coast has ...