When Walter Maxwell hooked into a giant tiger shark from a South Carolina pier in 1964, onlookers were sure he'd lose the ...

Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Another giant from down under, the world-record tiger shark was caught in Australia and weighed 1,785 pounds 11 ounces. Tiger sharks are a widely distributed and far ...

In 2010, Polk became the world record holder for catching an 11-foot-9-inch tiger shark at an estimated weight of 928 pounds. Joey beat his cousin's record a month later with a 12-foot-9-inch ...

UNC researcher Chelsea Black partnered with Indonesian shark fishermen. Together, they discovered the third-known tiger shark ...

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 ...