When Wanda Vekasi saw a long object floating in Lake Tarpon on Monday evening, she knew it wasn't an alligator. She'd heard rumors of a crocodile living in the freshwater lake in Tarpon Springs. So ...

TARPON SPRINGS | Wanda Vekasi had been hearing stories about a crocodile in Lake Tarpon for almost a year. But that wasn't the first thing that came to mind when she saw a long, peculiar object ...

While conducting electrofishing surveys at Lake Tarpon, fisheries biologists made the rare discovery of a golden-colored largemouth bass with yellowish fins and tail. Lake Tarpon, a 2,534-acre Fish ...

A rare metallic gold bass caught in Florida’s Lake Tarpon has a condition known as xanthism, state marine biologists say. FWC photo Strange things are often caught in Florida’s lakes, but even state ...

Now is a good time to hit the reefs for catches aplenty for Treasure Coast fishermen. There could be a cold water upwelling on the way, as there is most Julys. That could be pushing snapper up on the ...

East Lake Tarpon Special Fire Control District located in Palm Harbor, Florida recently purchased a PUC Squad/Pumper manufactured by Pierce. EAST LAKE TARPON, FL, SPECIAL FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Crews with a private dive team and Pinellas County Sheriff's Office found themselves at a Lake Tarpon canal Monday morning after searching for a car that could be connected to ...

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has been working most of the day to try and recover a car from the bottom of the Lake Tarpon Canal that was believed to have been down there ...

Searchers have found the body of a Palm Harbor man who went missing from a boat in Lake Tarpon on Saturday. The body of John Patti, 70, was recovered around 8:15 a.m. Sunday in the Brooker Creek area ...