Sometimes the prey becomes the predator—especially when there’s a hungry grouper involved. That dynamic played out most dramatically last week in Everglades City when a Goliath grouper ate a reef ...

Jon Black battled what is likely the biggest goliath grouper caught from a kayak and screamed like a little kid—then the fish broke his fishing rod in half. Jon Black landed what is likely the biggest ...

Goliath grouper, which can grow as large as 800 pounds and 8 feet long, have been protected in Florida waters since 1990. That’s about to change. Saturday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Yep, that’s a goliath grouper, all right. A group of fishermen from Louisiana were treated to the “trip of a lifetime” after catching an accurately named 350-pound goliath grouper off the coast of ...

A 600-pound fish that has become an unlikely South Florida tourist attraction may soon have a target on its back. Goliath groupers gather around the sunken freighters, drug-smuggling ships and other ...

Recently, a couple of fishermen off the shores of Florida’s Gulf Coast had the surprise of their lives. They had just caught a shark and were attempting to bring it on board their ship. The shark was ...

During its two-day meeting in Tampa this week, the seven-member, governor-appointed Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will vote March 3 on a final version of fishing regulations for ...

Anglers may soon get their chance to take home one of the great leviathans of the sea: the Goliath grouper. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering opening up a limited ...

Something was missing last week when Karen Bickford descended on the ARC Tower artificial reef, in 57 feet of water 12 miles off Sanibel. Bickford was participating as a volunteer diver in the sixth ...

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 goliath grouper is a fish with few natural enemies. Growing to over 300 pounds, up to 6 feet in length and possessing an underwater sonic boom as a super power, these fish are so formidable, not ...

A proposal to reopen goliath grouper season for the first time in more than 20 years received overwhelming support in a survey fishermen took Wednesday. Almost 30 people, mostly recreational anglers, ...