Fisherman Catches Massive 350-Pound Grouper Off Florida Coast

KTLA ^ | 01/13/2020

[bgill]

Fish fry!

[C19fan]

I am a catch and release fisherman.

[Tijeras_Slim]

We're gonna need a bigger frying pan.

[posterchild]

That far exceeds the limits of my filet knife.

[NTHockey]

Mmm good, I’ll buy ten pounds, filleted.

[dp0622]

It wouldn’t fit on my dish.

[rktman]

At first glance I thought gropin’ joe had put on some weight.

[Yardstick]

Wow, estimated to be 50 years old. Alive during the Nixon years. Wonder how he felt about the current impeachment.

[Tax-chick]

LOL!

[1Old Pro]

Probably worth quite a bit of $$$

[Liz]

A little lemon butter sauce would be good.

[Carriage Hill]

Try as I might, I’ve NEVER caught a fish; don’t have the patience for it. I’ve caught stumps, branches and seaweed. but never a fish.

“World’s Worst Fisherman”.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Wow, estimated to be 50 years old. Alive during the Nixon years. Wonder how he felt about the current impeachment.

Well, he took the bait, so I'd say democrat. Just surprised he didn't have a man bun or ponytail.

[Waverunner]

I learned to dive in southwest florida in the 70’s.
I spearfished and collected specimens for my salt water aquarium with a slurp gun and net.
We would see Goliath Groupers ( they went by the name of Jewfish back then) 6-8 feet long at the old phosphate docks at Port Charlotte.
The best eating grouper are in the 40 to 60 pound range.
Larger grouper are usually full of worms.
Don’t keep the really big ones.
It is an awesome experience when a 140 lb 16 year old first encounters a 3 to 4 hundred lb fish that looks like it could swallow him. Adrenaline level elevated. Like encountering a large gator on a fresh water dive.
Ahhh for the good old days when common sense trailed intelligence by a wide margin.

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[dfwgator]

I want to ice fish like Matthew McConaughey in that commercial.

[Fido969]

Accidently hooked Nadler while he was swimming.

[al_c]

Mmm good, I’ll buy ten pounds, filleted.

Yeah, but large Warsaw Groupers may contain ciguatera toxin and elevated mercury levels. Looks like that was a fun catch, but probably better off released afterward.

[Seruzawa]

Good thing there’s a picture. Else it’s just a fish story.

[Responsibility2nd]

What’s Joe Biden doing off the Florida coast? And he now weighs 350??

Oh Wait. GROUPER. I thought it said groper.