This is wrong! Not only are QLD Gropers a protected species but any cod this size is a no take fish.
This QLD Groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) was observed in a spawning aggregation at the entrance to the Gold Coast Seaway in the lower end of the Moreton Bay Marine Park
@funkngroovy you mean wiped out by recreational line fisherman.
UNMCATOK 6 months ago
question: Are grouper actually a very good eating fish, or just "average" ...
activerog 9 months ago
Furthermore, I have seen dozens of photos of line-fishermen with QLD grouper gilled and gutted. Spearos are definitely not the only ones doing it. It's disgusting.
crikeyrulesok 1 year ago
pathetic, no wonder our sport gets badmouthed.
crikeyrulesok 1 year ago
anyone seen it since? I really think the North Wall needs to be declared off limits to Spearing. Too many people enjoy the life in the seaway for it to be wiped out from spearos.
funkngroovy 1 year ago
Kaptain Kev - I agree this film made me well up - but I work in a spearfishing shop and most people realise that it's the minority that are idiots. There are things underway to try and catch the fish and take the spear out :)
RonniYabcha 1 year ago
I luv spearfishing , makes me sick looking at this clip. I'd like to meet the dickhead that shot this fish in a dark ally and say hello , PLEASE DON"T THINK SPEARO'S SHOOT FISH LIKE THIS , 99.9 don't but there is that .1% that don't have a brain. :(
kaptaincev 1 year ago