A Florida-based sportfishing company said it dropped a bait "hundreds of feet" into gulf waters to entice the massive grouper ...
And they complain that the big fish interfere with business. “We have goliaths taking legal grouper and snapper right off our lines, over and over,” says commercial fisherman and guide Jim Thomas.
The goliath grouper is a giant fish that can be found in Florida waters. In the '70s and '80s, it was severely overfished, which led to regulations making it illegal to harvest. Following is a ...
While Francis' catch was undoubtedly huge, it was not the biggest. The state record for a goliath grouper was set in May 1961 when a 680-pound fish was reeled in off Fernandina Beach. The species ...