Indian River County. Offshore: The grouper bite will be best along the 27 Fathom Curve and out near the Sebastian Humps.Power drifting with big jigs tipped with cut grunt will be a good way to get ...

Rick Spratt is a liar. He had to be, I thought to myself. "We are catching some big grouper pretty close to shore," he said. "They are in shallow water, not more than 5 feet, and they are hungry ...

Grouper digging in the gulf picked up some this week, but you may have to travel to triple-digit depths to get in on it. Justin Mastry and crew caught red grouper, gags and a couple of 20-inch ...

Latham caught an 8-pound gag grouper on a live pinfish out of a pothole in Whidden Creek. ... Grouper caught in 2-feet-deep water. ... according to Don Cessna of Ray's Bait and Tackle in Englewood.

Mid-range reports of good mackerel action top water at Walton Reef just off first light working tipped flashy jigs under chum. Best at anchor with big cut bait on bottom, sharks, goliath grouper.

While there are plenty of fish to be caught within the half- and full-day arenas, the fertile grounds of the deep Gulf do offer other catching opportunities. News Sports Business Restaurants ...

Smooth seas have made long runs to the grouper grounds a pleasure. Red grouper closed to harvest on Aug. 30 and will reopen on Jan. 1.

Redfish are beginning their anticipated late-summer aggregation, Spanish mackerel continue to gather in numbers over the nearshore structure, and red grouper have started to move slightly eastward ...