When Walter Maxwell hooked into a giant tiger shark from a South Carolina pier in 1964, onlookers were sure he'd lose the ...

Jimmy Kneipp caught a record-breaking 759-pound great white shark off the New Jersey coast in 1988. The catch took place ...

A 21-year-old man learned that the hard way over the weekend when he was bit in the leg by a sandbar shark on a Nantucket ...

Tail-whipping thresher sharks are giving fishermen some thrills on the ocean and plenty of steaks on the grill.

Isle of Palms leaders are considering a ban on shark fishing in their waters, amid safety concerns from residents. “What I’m ...

A first mate from New Hampshire recalled the moments he saw two large basking sharks off the coast of Rye Harbor.

Fishermen land big, tail-whipping thresher shark over 500 pounds. Dan Radel. ... Mike Taylor from Creekside said the threshers are being caught on fishing grounds from five to 20 miles out, ...

Visitors to Sanibel experienced an unexpected encounter when they spotted a massive whale shark just 50 miles off the ...

This story, “Big-Game Fishing’s Greatest Catch,” appeared in the April 1984 issue of Outdoor Life.Maxwell’s 1964 tiger shark remains tied for the all-tackle world-record (with a shark caught off the ...