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Cape Coral, Florida, man in kayak reels in 552-pound Goliath Grouper
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| May 27, 2015
Posted on 05/27/2015 7:49:36 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A man in Southwest Florida has quite a fish story to tell!
Jon Black from the Crazy Lure Tackle shop in Cape Coral caught what he says is "the largest bottom fish ever from a kayak" in Sanibel, Fla.
The YouTube post says the fish measured at 83 inches long and more than 73 inches in girth. They estimate it weighed 552 pounds.
Not a bad haul from a kayak with a small fishing pole!
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: goliathgrouper; grouper; jewfish; kayak; sanibel
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To: mc5cents
In Australia, they pronounce it the same, but “adjusted” the spelling to Dhufish.
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posted on
05/27/2015 8:37:15 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
To: JoeProBono
Goliath Grouper are protected, aren’t they? Are they the same as the giant grouper that used to be called Jewfish?
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posted on
05/27/2015 8:39:09 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
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posted on
05/27/2015 8:43:00 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
From what I hear, that is the politically correct name for Jewfish. As for being protected, everything else except for unborn babies and Christians, so I don’t see why not.
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posted on
05/27/2015 8:48:13 AM PDT
by
sport
To: JoeProBono
The problem with protecting the Goliath is that large ones stake out a reef and devastate all the other fish except the smallest and fastest
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posted on
05/27/2015 8:49:06 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
To: JoeProBono
That one sure looks like my c.p.a .
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posted on
05/27/2015 8:49:08 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: JimRed; subterfuge
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posted on
05/27/2015 8:54:54 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono; SgtBob; Chode
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posted on
05/27/2015 8:55:21 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: al baby
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posted on
05/27/2015 9:11:09 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
You owe me a key board and my nose hurts from carbonation backflow
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posted on
05/27/2015 9:30:18 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: JoeProBono
‘Looks dead to me. But I’m sure the kayaker feels manly.
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posted on
05/27/2015 10:00:01 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/27/2015 10:51:22 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
To: JoeProBono
The larger the fish, the more biomagnification of the toxin.
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posted on
05/27/2015 3:21:15 PM PDT
by
gasport
(Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
To: gasport
Right. That's why I stick to sardines.
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posted on
05/27/2015 3:42:58 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: onedoug
If it was dead what was making it’s tail flop around and splash water on the guy?
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posted on
05/28/2015 5:15:23 AM PDT
by
gopheraj
To: JoeProBono
Pelagic fish are never a problem.
Reef fish eat the dinoflagellate and accumulate the toxin.
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posted on
05/28/2015 9:19:42 AM PDT
by
gasport
(Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
To: gasport
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posted on
05/28/2015 9:24:16 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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