Atlantic Goliath Groupers and Yellow-tailed Snappers

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If yesterday was near-perfect conditions at Looe Key, today was perfect. Winds at 4mph, 85 degrees, aquarmarine waters like glass. Sharks, groupers, barracudas and snappers circled my boat for about three hours.

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Barracuda

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Yellow-tailed Snappers. Only the small ones are basically left as there is a limit on how big a fisherman may catch them (one foot).

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They were so close I could only get head shots. The groupers can weigh 400 pounds.

 

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There were three Goliaths out on the reef. This was the youngest one.

 

 

 

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