Man catches 'huge' 350-pound grouper off Florida coast

WLS logo
Monday, January 13, 2020
Man catches 'huge' 350-pound Warsaw grouper off Florida coast
Warsaw groupers can grow to a length of 7.5 feet and weight of 580 pounds.

One Florida man will have an incredibly enormous fish story to tell!



The fisherman caught a Warsaw Grouper weighing a whopping 350-pounds, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.



The fish was caught with a hook and line in roughly 600-feet of water on December 29 off the coast of southwest Florida.



WHAT A CATCH! Man catches 350-pound fish off Florida coast.


Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission estimate the fish is at least 50-years-old.



Making it the oldest sample they've ever collected for their program.



Warsaw groupers can grow to a length of 7.5 feet and weight of 580 pounds.



The record for the largest one caught in Florida is nearly 440 pounds.

Copyright © 2024 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.