The second annual Goliath grouper season doesn’t open until next spring — March 1 to May 31 — but if you want a license to harvest one of these big boys, you need to apply in the next two weeks. The ...

Swimming in the ocean is an incredible experience, with astonishing surprises for even the most seasoned divers. Take the goliath grouper, for example — these enormous fish are both awe-inspiring and ...

Fog enveloped palmetto trees in a peaceful haze as the sun poked over the eastern tree tops on a humid spring morning in southwest Florida. A single osprey perched on the edge of its nest, defiantly ...

Many Florida anglers know the Goliath grouper as the creature that rises from the depths and steals their catch off their line. But few know what it’s like to reel in this highly protected fish, let ...

The Florida wildlife commission lifted a 32-year ban on killing goliath grouper Thursday, in a decision that received strong support from the fishing community and intense opposition from ...

Shhhhhhhh. Listen to that. It’s the sound of hundreds of feisty, cow-size fish making sweet, sweet love. Early October is the height of spawning season for goliath grouper, which means the rare ...

Jonathan Earhart of Hobe Sound has been catching and releasing goliath grouper since he began fishing Florida waters as a young boy. For the past decade, the fishing guide has steered clients to ...

The rare catch of a giant Warsaw grouper Sunday remains the most notable highlight, so far, during a monthlong fishing competition in Destin, Fla. The grouper, landed by Garrett Thornton with Capt.

“You work your whole life in the ocean for a moment like this,” Tallboy Fishing Charters Captain Richard Pollitzer said after snaring an incredibly massive and rare fish. During a recent expedition in ...

Join us on an exhilarating underwater adventure as we plunge into the depths of the ocean, armed with a spear, ready to encounter one of the sea's most formidable creatures—the giant grouper. This ...