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 ...

They hesitated at first, but the fishermen jumped into the water after realizing how calm the tiger sharks were, said Chelsea ...

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

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

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

What did you do last weekend? Did you celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Jaws” with the thousands of tourists who visited the ...

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

Though there are many shark species in North Carolina, bites are rare, Cahoon said, noting that most shark bites occur in ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — With New Smyrna Beach considered the shark bite capital of the world, Capt. Dustin Smith and his team have made it their passion, and living, to take people shark fishing ...

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 ...