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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new type of fishing gear in California is bringing high-quality swordfish to markets and restaurants in the Monterey Bay Area, with the added bonus of decreasing unintended catch. The National ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A day with family and friends ended with a large catch by one fisherman from Thibodaux. Lee Grafton said he caught a 350.8-pound broadbill swordfish while fishing ...

If the ocean were an Olympic pool, swordfish would currently be in danger of disqualification. Researchers, who published their findings in the Journal of Experimental Biolo gy, say a large gland in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Swordfish are apparently attacking sharks on a regular basis. Sharks have been found dead with swordfish swords in their abdomens and heads. Scientists have several theories about why the swordfish ...