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Grouper
Grouper, being one of the most prized fish in our Gulf of Mexico, are excellent table fare and awesome fighters. The most common targeted species are gag, scamp and red grouper with the occasional elusive black sea bass, which is often mistaken as a black grouper. These grouper, along with their cousin the black sea bass, inhabit natural as well as artificial reefs, wrecks, offshore mounds and ledges on the sea floor. Grouper are best fished with live baits. Frozen sardines, squid, and cut baits work well but live squirrel fish and pinfish work best. So if you are serious and want the best catch, you will do whatever it takes...
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Grouper, being one of the most prized fish in our Gulf of Mexico, are excellent table fare and awesome fighters. The most common targeted species are gag, scamp and red grouper with the occasional elusive black sea bass, which is often mistaken as a black grouper. These grouper, along with their cousin the black sea bass, inhabit natural as well as artificial reefs, wrecks, offshore mounds and ledges on the sea floor. Grouper are best fished with live baits. Frozen sardines, squid, and cut baits work well but live squirrel fish and pinfish work best. So if you are serious and want the best catch, you will do whatever it takes...
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Goliath Grouper Fish Species Information
| Scientific Fish Name: | Epinephelus itajara |
| Other Fish Species Names: | jewfish |
| Regions Fished: | Florida Keys, the Bahamas, most of the Caribbean, and practically all of the Brazilian coast |
| World Record: | |
| Common Tackle: | |
| Additional Information:
The goliath grouper is found primarily in shallow tropical waters among coral and artificial reefs at depths of up to 165 feet (50 m). |
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Goliath Grouper Fishing Forum Posts
- Re: [flexin22s] identifying fish - I do believe that Faye ended in the Fl region. That being the case and...
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- Re: [snook.hooker] no logo in the pic... - Saltwater fisherman in Florida occasionally catch the Goliath Grouper, which can...
- Re: [tomc] WHAT FISH - I'd be a Goliath Grouper - federal protection (no harvest at all) and they grow ...
- A few current events - Fisheries Watch Goliath Grouper Take a Giant Step The National Marine ...
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- Re: [Tarpon4me] Fort Myers Report - TARPON, I tried for B-liners on the spot but they too got taken, I fig...
- Costa Rica Fishing Report - June 2008 - June Fishing Report It took a couple weeks for the fishing and the wat...
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