Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What's over 8 feet long and can hit 800 pounds? Did we mention you can grab your fishing pole to catch one? There is a size ...

Arif Sabir was attempting to take an amberjack off his spear and put it into his stringer when a goliath grouper happened onto the scene with other plans. Goliath grouper eyes a free meal that was ...

A final freedive in approximately 90 feet of water became the longest and most dangerous dive of the spearfisherman’s life.

Florida fish and wildlife officials Wednesday proposed new regulations to ban all fishing within 1,000 feet of three known goliath grouper spawning sites in South Florida. The rules ban fishing from ...

Goliath grouper, which can grow as large as 800 pounds and 8 feet long, have been protected in Florida waters since 1990. That’s about to change. Saturday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Many Florida anglers know the Goliath grouper as the creature that rises from the depths and steals their catch off their line. But few know what it’s like to reel in this highly protected fish, let ...

Jon Black battled what is likely the biggest goliath grouper caught from a kayak and screamed like a little kid—then the fish broke his fishing rod in half. Goliath grouper as it was being released.

Goliath grouper, which can grow to 800 pounds and more than eight feet in length, had been harvested in state waters from the late 1800s until 1990. The largest goliath grouper caught in Florida ...

Goliath groupers on the wreck of the Zion about 90 feet deep off Jupiter in 2009. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission agreed in March 2022 to a limited, highly-regulated harvest of ...

For the first time since 1990, recreational anglers fishing in some parts of Florida will be allowed to take home a goliath grouper for dinner. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

The Florida wildlife commission lifted a 32-year ban on killing goliath grouper Thursday, in a decision that received strong support from the fishing community and intense opposition from ...