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[skyarrow]

wow this guy is a great example on how not to fish for big game fish lol grouper are a sluggish fish yes they are strong and heavy buy with the right gear they arent so bad to land here is were this guy went wrong one no fighting harness to lock the rod to the fisherman so he can let go and rest his arms two his drag was set way to tight and three he rested the rod on the side of the boat which broke his rod lol hope yall enjoy the vid ttyl

sterling

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO07LmQNDnk

[mullet]

 Already saw this one. He looked like a tourist, should have used a crank wench, or electric.

[skyarrow]

i agree for a so called pro fisherman he was way unprepared you never rest your rod on the boat like that with a bign on the other end 

[Pat B]

Boy what a nitwit!  Aren't giant groupers illegal to catch? 

[Bone pile]

They are illegal to possess now but they are coming back in a big way .I would say that they will have a limited season or a tag system soon.Allot of people I know that go out in the gulf say they are a pain in the butt,they suck up everything and you can't keep one.We used big jacks and ladyfish down in Boca Grande with a Penn4.0 and 150 test line and couldn't get them up.They can get as big as a couch,but taste so much better

[skyarrow]

ohh yes they do taste good here is our regs on grouper

Grouper, gag
Bag-2
size -22 — No limit


Grouper, goliath (formerly called Jewfish)
bag-0
Catch and release only

[mullet]

 I had freinds of mine a few years back diving in that Blue Hole off Napes get chased back to the boat by a large Jewfish. He was trying to eat them.

[Diligence]

I've seen lots of grouper while diving, but only one monster jewfish/goliath...and it had to be 6' long, and at least a couple of hundred pounds!  It was huge.  We were in Belize in 2002 and it was tucked down in a channel thru the reef at about 70' depth.  I swam about 15' feet above it and I remember thinking at the time, "I hope it ignores me!".

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[skyarrow]

my dad new a guy that was swallowd up to the chest by one it spit him out because of his scuba tank talk about being lucky

[mullet]

 There was also a story in an old, black, book,, something about a guy named Jonah.

[Pat B]

Grouper is good eating. I would think the giants wouldn't be so good But I've never eaten one...or a part of one!