Thursday, December 23, 2010

Loreto fishing, Goliath Grouper


Goliath Grouper:
The Goliath Grouper
is found primarily in shallow tropical waters
among coral and artificial reefs at depths of up
to 165ft. Thier range includes the area from the
Sea of Cortez to Peru. They may reach extremely
large sizes, growing to lenghts of 8ft and can weigh
as much as 800lbs. in and around the loreto marine
park they are fairly rare and have been fished to
near extinction. But world class Grouper fishing can
be done on the Pacific side of the Baja. In Punta
Abreojos using 3-5lbs. whitefish as bait.
The current IGFA record for a Goliath Grouper
is 677lbs Caught off Florida.

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