Another Grouper Crossed Off The Kayak List.

[John McKroid]

Fishing pressure has thinned out the SE Florida Grouper population. I got lucky and crossed the Snowy Grouper off the list the first year in a Kayak. It was two more years before landing a keeper Black and five years before Landing a keeper Gag Grouper. I mention keeper because many of the groupers have off-season windows and 20-24" minimum size limits. After seven years in the kayak, I was stoked to land my first keeper Scamp Grouper last month on a slow pitch



Still not even halfway.......the Goliath, Nassau, Red, Yellowfin, and Warsaw Groupers are still pending.

 

[AndyJ]

Congrats on the beautiful fish. A Goliath on a kayak sounds interesting. Would love to see the video.

 

[RockHopperNCKA]

Nice!

 

[stonefly]

You should look into a vacation in Gonzaga bay B.C..

 

[John McKroid]

You should look into a vacation in Gonzaga bay B.C..

I have thought about doing a Baja kayak fishing adventure, but Gonzaga is low on the list of places I would want to go. If I wanted to expand my grouper list, the Bahamas is much closer to Florida.