A group of fishermen off the coast of Bonita Springs, Florida were reeling in a black tip shark when one of the ocean’s most underrated monsters showed just how dangerous they can be – and snatched ...

The goliath grouper is found primarily in shallow tropical waters among coral and artificial reefs, according to NOAA Fisheries. Its range includes the Gulf of America — formerly known as the Gulf of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — Get your fishing reels ready! Florida will allow limited fishing of goliath groupers after a three decade ban. The Florida Wildlife Commission lifted a 32-year ban on killing ...

Florida fish and wildlife officials Wednesday proposed new regulations to ban all fishing within 1,000 feet of three known goliath grouper spawning sites in South Florida. The rules ban fishing from ...

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 ...

While the overall angling effort is down, the catching is up for those choosing to prospect shallow and deep. The conditions have been ideal with ample bait, relatively calm seas, respectable tides, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is now accepting applications for next year's limited Goliath grouper season.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) — Three decades after the state banned the harvesting of goliath grouper, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved plans Wednesday ...

A Florida teenager and his friends landed the catch of a lifetime when they pulled in a fish estimated to weigh about 250 pounds from the beach. FOX 13 in Tampa reported that Isaac Francis, a ...

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 ...

FWC accepting applications now for 2026 goliath grouper harvest. The goliath grouper harvest period opens March 1 and runs through May 31, 2026. The 2026 goliath grouper harvest is limited to 200.