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A Florida-based sportfishing company on Saturday showed off the rare catch of an enormous warsaw grouper that inhaled a bait dropped to the lightless depths.
“We sent it hundreds of feet down and waited,” William Delph of Delph Fishing explained via Instagram. “In 90 seconds, the rod bent—GAME ON!
“The fish fought, but we reeled it in and won. An amazing catch! Harvested fully, it’ll feed families.”
What might also have jumped out for some, besides the images shown below, is Delph’s opening reference to “a Gulf of America outing.”
The designation is so new that few are accustomed to seeing it in stories or social-media posts.
After all, it had been known as the Gulf of Mexico for more than four centuries until President Donald Trump ordered the controversial name change, via executive order, after his Jan. 20 inauguration.
Outside the U.S., especially in Mexico, the water body spanning from Florida across the gulf states and into Mexico is still regarded as the Gulf of Mexico. Inside the U.S., folks remain divided over the issue.
A few Delph Fishing followers objected to the Gulf of America reference. Most, however, simply commented on an extraordinary catch.
Warsaw groupers, managed by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, are found in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to Florida, throughout the gulf, and south to Brazil.
(The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has not changed its name, but a notice states: “We are actively working to rebrand and redesign our website.”)
Warsaw groupers can weigh 400-plus pounds and are prized as table fare. The recreational daily bag limit in the gulf is one per vessel.
According to the Florida-based International Game Fish Assn., the world record for warsaw grouper stands at 436 pounds, 12 ounces – for a fish caught off Florida in the "Gulf of Mexico” in 1985.
Delph Fishing did not provide a weight for the grouper, but it looked to weigh at least 100 pounds.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Giant warsaw grouper reeled from depths in rare Gulf of America catch
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“We sent it hundreds of feet down and waited,” William Delph of Delph Fishing explained via Instagram. “In 90 seconds, the rod bent—GAME ON!
“The fish fought, but we reeled it in and won. An amazing catch! Harvested fully, it’ll feed families.”
What might also have jumped out for some, besides the images shown below, is Delph’s opening reference to “a Gulf of America outing.”
The designation is so new that few are accustomed to seeing it in stories or social-media posts.
After all, it had been known as the Gulf of Mexico for more than four centuries until President Donald Trump ordered the controversial name change, via executive order, after his Jan. 20 inauguration.
Outside the U.S., especially in Mexico, the water body spanning from Florida across the gulf states and into Mexico is still regarded as the Gulf of Mexico. Inside the U.S., folks remain divided over the issue.
A few Delph Fishing followers objected to the Gulf of America reference. Most, however, simply commented on an extraordinary catch.
Warsaw groupers, managed by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, are found in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to Florida, throughout the gulf, and south to Brazil.
(The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has not changed its name, but a notice states: “We are actively working to rebrand and redesign our website.”)
Warsaw groupers can weigh 400-plus pounds and are prized as table fare. The recreational daily bag limit in the gulf is one per vessel.
According to the Florida-based International Game Fish Assn., the world record for warsaw grouper stands at 436 pounds, 12 ounces – for a fish caught off Florida in the "Gulf of Mexico” in 1985.
Delph Fishing did not provide a weight for the grouper, but it looked to weigh at least 100 pounds.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Giant warsaw grouper reeled from depths in rare Gulf of America catch
Continue reading...
