The first time that charter captain Mark Hoos took customers on a daytime swordfish trip aboard his 58-foot custom Carolina, Marli, out of Ocean City, Maryland, in fall 2018, they hooked a 424-pounder ...

Just a short decade ago, only a small cadre of anglers knew the secrets to consistently catching broadbill swordfish after sunrise. Sure, occasional sunning fish were caught on the surface, and the ...

A major clash in California is taking place between environmentalists trying to protect the abundant wildlife off shore and commercial fishers who depend on the ocean's bounty for their livelihood.

It's far offshore, very specialized, and not easy to do. But the angling for broadbill swordfish available in the deep, dark depths of the Atlantic Ocean far east of Jacksonville is world class.

Catching swordfish off the coast of California today means leaving milelong mesh nets deep in the ocean overnight. But what fishermen pull up is mostly not swordfish. For every one of the hefty, ...

After watching east winds howl for a week, Florida anglers were finally able to enjoy some fishing the last couple of days in weather as good as those in N.J. have had while I've been in Miami for my ...

The federal government has proposed shutting down the West Coast’s commercial swordfishing fleet, saying too many sea turtles are being snagged inadvertently on baited hooks in violation of the ...

Tom Davis of Dix Hills has made his living from his commercial long-line fishing boat out of Montauk for 22 years. But now, he says, a new ban on swordfishing from April 12 through May 31 could be the ...

A group of anglers in North Carolina spent an afternoon on the water hoping to catch a swordfish — but wound up reeling in something rare. On April 21, Jeremiah Elliott, 31, owner of Geronimo Tackle, ...

This is how popular swordfishing off South Florida has become: Seventy-two boats competed in the second annual SwordLords Fishing Tournament Saturday night out of Fort Lauderdale. This is why ...

NewsHour Weekend special correspondent John Carlos Frey reports from California's coast. A major clash in California is taking place between environmentalists trying to protect the abundant wildlife ...