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 ...

Just off Anna Maria Island in Tampa, Nashville Predators forward Zach L'Heureux was on the verge of catching the fish of his dreams. As an amateur angler growing up outside Montreal, L'Heureux dreamed ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two years ago, Joe Kistel led the charge to deliberately sink two ships about 28 miles off Jacksonville coast. The goal was to create artificial reefs. Last month, he and a ...

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (SNN-TV) — Some area high school students have a big fish story to tell. According to proud dad Stuart Francis, his son Isaac and his friends caught a goliath grouper while ...

The state is allowing for the harvest of a massive reef fish again this year. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is allowing a limited take of Goliath grouper in March, 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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The goliath grouper spawning aggregation happens annually from July through October. 8 On Your Side’s Amanda Holly went diving off the east coast of Florida to see the gathering ...

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 ...

Nashville Predators forward Zach L'Heureux caught a 150-pound goliath grouper while fishing in Tampa. L'Heureux considers the fish a personal trophy and hopes to help the Predators win the Stanley Cup ...