Fish fry!
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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