Your rod should be balanced with the reel, and while you do want a very powerful rod, something in the 30- to 50-pound class is sufficient no need for a tuna rod. Also, conventional reels often have much higher line capacities, and since you're going to be fishing deep, you'll need as much line as possible. While you can catch smaller grouper with spinning gear, conventional offshore tackle is what you need to catch the biggest grouper.Ĭonventional level-wind reels sit on top of the rod, utilizing more of the rod's backbone, and giving you more leverage against a heavy fish. To catch big, heavy, powerful fish, your gear better be up to the task. Shipwrecks are the most notorious grouper hideouts, and fishing these tangled-up messes of debris requires accurate depth readings, patience, and the understanding that you'll probably lose some tackle. To have the most success when fishing for grouper, your boat electronics need to be powerful enough to key into the structure you seek.
They snap open their giant mouths and engulf anything they can choke down. They are classic ambush predators, spending most of their time holed up in heavy structure waiting for smaller fish to swim by. Grouper are extremely dependent on structure. Shipwrecks, oil rigs, and offshore reefs are where you'll want to focus your efforts when fishing for grouper in the summer. In the summer, as nearshore water temperatures rise, grouper relocate to deeper dwellings offshore. Many times in winter, the biggest grouper will be posted up on ledges and steep drop offs slightly further offshore while smaller grouper may move all the way up into inshore passes and canals. Start your search for grouper close to shore over reefs, gradually moving away from shore until you find concentrations of grouper. In the winter when water temperatures cool down, grouper can be found in nearshore waters that are warmer than the depths of the deep blue. The first step to catching grouper is knowing where they'll be and when. Fish Nearshore in the Winter, Offshore in the Summer Give us a call at 32 or email us at our General Email Address. Questions? Contact Us Mount This Fish Company team members are ready to help whether you have questions or are ready to place an order and would rather do it over the phone. Then drill in a screw or hammer in a nail and the bracket will easily hang on the nail or screw head. After removing this fish mount from the packaging, hold up the gag grouper fish mount up on the wall where you would like it to live and then mark the spot where the hanger is on the wall.
Gag Grouper Mount Installation Process Our easy to hang bracket arrives already attached to the backside, balance point of this fish mount. We are proud to boast a less than 1% damage rate but should for any reason this fish mount arrive to you less that 100% perfect, please let us know right away and we will remedy the situation accordingly. Gag Grouper Replica Shipping Process Once it is completed and ready to ship, our packaging team will carefully package this gag grouper fish mount to ensure a safe journey from us to you. The final step is to clear coat the gag grouper replica with a UV Protectant Urethane clear coat allowing you to hang it indoors or outside with superior protection from the elements. Without a picture our normal process is to paint a standard grayish, copper body with hints of olive green with slightly darker, intricate blotchy splotches.
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Gag Grouper Mount Painting Schedule We encourage our customers to send in a picture of their catch so we can paint the full mount replica to match your catch. These fish do not grow as large as other groupers like the Black Grouper but are extremely hard fighters and are known to bring a grown man to his knees. Gag Groupers are bottom fish and are usually found around rock structures and reefs in the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean down to the Bahamas, Caribbean, and into the Gulf of Mexico.
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24" Gag Grouper Full Mount This 24" Gag Grouper full mount, which we call a two sided wall mount, is very realistic with the skin texture that was captured during the molding process.
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