What do you use to catch grouper?
Grouper can be caught on lures, live bait, and dead bait. My favorite way to catch them if they are shallow is casting jerkbaits in shallow reef areas but a large livebait sent down to the bottom and then lifted a crank or two is probably the most effective way to catch them day in and day out.
How do you catch groper in NSW?
In NSW Groper can be only taken by using a rod and line or a handline. Groper cannot be speared and have been protected from spear fishing since 1969. Groper cannot be taken and/or sold by any method of commercial fishing. There is a bag limit of 2 Groper per day.
How do you catch a blue groper in NSW?
The red crab is the ultimate blue groper bait. The only way to get these is to get them yourself using either a crab spear and getting them out of rock pools and crevices near the low tide mark. Or you can just use your bare hands and feel through red weed patches.
Can you eat groper fish?
It’s illegal to catch one, but the iconic Queensland groper is destined for dinner plates across Australia and Asia. The fish, called a giant grouper in other parts of the world, is classified as a threatened species and a no-take fish in Australian waters.
Can you keep blue groper NSW?
“Blue Groper are protected from spearfishing and have been for many years, and anyone who spears, or has in possession a speared Blue Groper, will be prosecuted and subjected to seizure of equipment and heavy penalties, including a maximum penalty of $22,000 and/or six month in prison.
Can you eat blue groper fish?
I love catching groper but limit my encounters. Big groper are slow growing and can be susceptible to fishing pressure. They are fantastic eating but I rarely take one for the table. I believe releasing them for the future is a good insurance policy to help maintain this reborn ‘white-knuckle’ fishery.
Is blue groper good eating?
Are groper and grouper the same?
Etymology. The word “grouper” is from the Portuguese name, garoupa, which has been speculated to come from an indigenous South American language. In Australia, “groper” is used instead of “grouper” for several species, such as the Queensland grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus).
Can you shoot groper in NSW?
NSW DPI Fisheries Spearing Groper is illegal!
Is groper good eating?
Big groper are slow growing and can be susceptible to fishing pressure. They are fantastic eating but I rarely take one for the table. I believe releasing them for the future is a good insurance policy to help maintain this reborn ‘white-knuckle’ fishery.
How big can groper get?
In southern Australia, the western blue groper is actually the largest carnivorous bony fish species found living on reefs, reaching a length of up to 1.7 metres and a weight of up to 40 kilograms.