Posted on 01/13/2020 8:15:58 AM PST by BenLurkin
The enormous fish, identified as a Warsaw grouper, was caught using a hook and line December 29 in about 600 feet of water, according to the FWC’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
Otoliths are the hard structures located behind the brain of bony fishes, according to the FWC. They help fish hear, maintain balance and orient themselves. Scientists use the growth structure of otoliths to estimate a fish’s age.
Warsaw groupers can grow to a length of 7.5 feet and weight of 580 pounds. The record for the largest one caught in Florida is nearly 440 pounds.
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Fish fry!
I am a catch and release fisherman.
We're gonna need a bigger frying pan.
That far exceeds the limits of my filet knife.
Mmm good, I’ll buy ten pounds, filleted.
It wouldn’t fit on my dish.
At first glance I thought gropin’ joe had put on some weight.
Wow, estimated to be 50 years old. Alive during the Nixon years. Wonder how he felt about the current impeachment.
LOL!
Probably worth quite a bit of $$$
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”.
Well, he took the bait, so I'd say democrat. Just surprised he didn't have a man bun or ponytail.
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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I want to ice fish like Matthew McConaughey in that commercial.
Accidently hooked Nadler while he was swimming.
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.
Good thing there’s a picture. Else it’s just a fish story.
What’s Joe Biden doing off the Florida coast? And he now weighs 350??
Oh Wait. GROUPER. I thought it said groper.
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