[DaveA37]

Not being familiar with salt water fishing, I have a few questions:

1. Can you fish for them?
2. Are these large sized fish good to eat or are the small ones better?
3. Florida has a lot of coast line, where are these fish available to catch IF LEGAL?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The smaller grouper varieties are much better to eat. The article might give the wrong impression, normally the big ones aren't concentrated, they don't live in schools.

[CGASMIA68]

Grouper is fantastic.If you ever see it in your area try it although its best caught fresh

[Beach333]

Don’t know if legal to fish for them, but the one I saw was on a wreck off either Key West or Key Largo.

[Theoria]

1)yes you can catch them. But, you must immediately release them unharmed.

2)They are delicious

3)Places with oil wells, jetties, or other areas that have a drop off to deeper water

[Safetgiver]

1. Can you fish for them?
2. Are these large sized fish good to eat or are the small ones better?
3. Florida has a lot of coast line, where are these fish available to catch IF LEGAL?.... From my Very informative Captain on my first grouper fishing in 2011-question 1: NO. If a charter even gets “Fish on!” and is a Giant Grouper you can’t land it on the boat. They (the Fish Commission) have even sunk bridge piping under the water to give the grouper hiding places. (Giant Groupers, Reds Or Gags all hide in crevices that fit them.) I Don’t know about Mango Groupers. #2. Yes. The largest killer of them (to pretty much extinction) was spearfisherman. #3 The Fishing DOW won’t advertise where they are. They are making a comeback and FL is trying to figure out much to charge for explicit permits to charge for fishing for them. As is usually predicted.