Legendary Louisiana tarpon guide Lance Schouset recently got a call from his long-time friend Mike Strohmeyer. Strohmeyer asked Schouset, who’s based in Houma, to take his grandson Cruz tarpon fishing ...

Cruz Strohmeyer already has a leg up on Santiago, you remember, the old fisherman in Ernest Hemingway’s "The Old Man and the Sea.” After 84 days without a fish, Santiago battled a giant blue marlin ...

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As a high school sophomore, Cruz Strohmeyer, of New Orleans, Louisiana, already has bragging rights most anglers spend a lifetime chasing. The 15-year-old angler landed a 228.8-pound tarpon last ...

Capt. Rick Stanczyk, right, of Islamorada ready to release a tarpon caught by his angler. Photo courtesy of Rick Stanczyk This time of year is when tarpon start showing up in earnest in the Florida ...

Jupiter's Dave Preston can celebrate Independence Day by telling a fish story that is true.Preston and his guide, Capt. Luis Cortes, caught the largest tarpon in Gold Cup history with a fish weighing ...