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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

When we started presenting the results of our research on goliath grouper ecology to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission over a decade ago, we found that none of the commissioners had ...

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, ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Fishermen can apply to obtain one of 200 goliath grouper fishing permits that will take effect next March. Those selected will be able to harvest goliath grouper between 24 and 36 ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (SNN) — A group of Riverview High School students had the idea to go shark-fishing last weekend and reeled in something unexpected off of Turtle Beach in Sarasota. “At first we were ...

What's over 8 feet long and can hit 800 pounds? Did we mention you can grab your fishing pole to catch one? There is a size limitation. Florida FWC accepts applications for limited-harvest of goliath ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate information. It has since been corrected. Florida fish and wildlife officials Wednesday proposed new regulations to ban all fishing ...