Angler hauls in monster fish off Louisiana shore

A Houston resident will soon have his name etched high in the Louisiana record books for a massive fish he hauled in last weekend.

On Saturday, Cullen Greer caught a 297-pound Warsaw Grouper while next to an offshore rig in 500- to 600-feet of water. The exact location was about 35 miles from the end of the Mississippi Delta.

The grouper was 6 feet 6 inches long and 6 feet in girth. Greer said he reeled in the lunker after about 30 minutes using a live bait.

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Source: KMSS

TF&G Staff

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