This gag is no joke

Hi fishing fans,

There are lots of reports at the moment of grouper being caught in pretty good numbers off shore, so we thought we'd take a look at this funny-looking fish which can give you some excellent arm-aching action.

There is some pretty comprehensive advice at basspro.com which you might want to follow. But for a simple guide to catching a grouper, be it gag, red, black, yellow fin or Warsaw, there are a few basic rules you should follow.

There are basically three approaches used when fishing for grouper – straight bottom fishing, freelining live bait, and slow trolling. Fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico often have the most success trolling for grouper.

In the gulf grouper anglers use diving plugs that go as deep as 30ft or more over artificial reefs. Anglers slow troll these large artificials over and around these structures and generally speaking if there is a grouper nearby it will bite - they're good like that.

For more info, check out this video of some lucky guy catching a 400lb goliath grouper - the music is a bit annoying, but look at the size of that thing!



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