We filmed moment we landed a huge 600lb grouper fish…it felt like we were reeling in a crocodile, say Brit backpackers 
By Ryan Parry AU Source: thesun 1/28/2024
Ryan Parry
Credit: Instagram
TWO Brit backpackers landed a giant goliath grouper while on a dream trip to Australia - weighing a whopping 600lbs.

Ed Hirst, 25, and Harry Thomas, 27, caught the monster fish in Port Douglas, Queensland after an epic 30-minute tug-of-war from the beach
 

The thrilled pals, who are travelling across Oz, reeled in the beast and had to use a tie-down strap slipped around the fish’s gargantuan girth to drag the animal in.

Goliath grouper is a protected species in Queensland so the fish was quickly released after a photo to record the catch.

“It was so big I honestly thought it was a saltwater crocodile,” Ed told The Sun.

“But then this big tail splashed out of the water and we realised it was a goliath grouper. We were thrilled, what a spectacular catch.

 
Atlantic goliath grouper Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
4151Taiwan responds to NGO reports on forced labor within its fishing fleetseafoodsource2021-04-02TW
4152Salmon with sea lice pulled from storesUPI2012-10-22CA
4153Chesapeake Striped Bass Reproduction At Record Lowbaltimore2012-10-17US
4154Michigan Angler Catches Record-Breaking Great Lakes Muskiedetroit.cbslocal2012-10-20US
4155Mystery Florida eyeball is probably from '10ft swordfish', experts saytheguardian2012-10-12US
4156Rare Gold Saury Worth Weight in Actual Gold, Apparentlysoranews242012-10-05JP
4157Cub Scout catches 'monster' in Texas lakebeaumontenterprise2012-10-05US
4158Южнокорейские компании вложат 11,8 млрд руб. в создание рыбного порта в Приморьеinterfax2021-04-14RU
4159'Scolded us for being female': Woman says fishing trip prize taken away because she is a womanchron2021-03-30US
4160Incredible moment fishermen casually cast their lines out as dozens of frenzied sharks thrash in the shallows next to themdailymail2021-04-01UK
4161State scientists look to purge invasive goldfish from Maine watersbangordailynews2012-10-03IN
4162Wis. voters favor blocking of Asian carpUPI2012-10-02US
4163North Sea cod: Is it true there are only 100 left?BBC News2012-09-30CA
4164'Record-breaking' turbot caught off ShetlandBBC News2012-09-28UK
4165Judge lets fish farm activist off the hookctvnews2012-09-29CA
4166Preserving Old Female Cods Key To Population Conservation; 'Don't Seem To Have Aged Physiologically'Underwatertimes2012-09-26SW
4167Another giant sturgeon caught in Fraser RiverCBC News2012-09-26CA
4168Fisherman forced to throw back big tuna fishCBC News2012-09-20CA
4169Killing one fish species to preserve anothertheglobeandmail2012-09-20CA
4170Wallington man reels in 180lb albino fishyourlocalguardian2012-09-20UK
4171Alaska and the mysterious disappearing king salmonBBC News2012-09-19US
4172Montana announces fifth record-breaking fish in less than a yearfoxnews2021-04-01US
4173Overuse of antibiotics threatens China’s fish farms, scientists warnscmp2021-04-02CN
4174“Just incredible”: Bay of Green Bay evolves into world-class walleye fisherywbay2021-04-02US
4175Floating hotel where the bedroom is 10 feet beneath the surface of a Swedish lakeDaily Mail2012-09-17UK

216 217 218 166 of [219 - pages.]