Yellowedge Grouper

Averages 5 or 10 pounds; may exceed 30 pounds. World record 13 pounds.

Deepwater, Yellowfin, Grouper

Over deep coral reefs at times, but prefers 300 feet and more. A solitary species occurring in rocky areas and on sand mud bottom. On soft bottoms they are often seen in or near trenches or burrow-like excavations. Feeds on a wide variety of invertebrates (mainly brachyuran crabs) and fishes. Marketed fresh and considered good quality.

Mottled light brown overall. Dorsal, pectoral and anal fins have yellow outer edges. Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Distinguished by the following characteristics: buff or greyish brown head and body, whitish ventrally; yellow margins of dorsal and pectoral fins, sometimes including anal and caudal fins; pale blue line from the eye to the angle of preopercle; depth of body less than head length, contained 2.7-2.9 times in SL; head length 2.4-2.6 times in SL; convex interorbital area; angular preopercle, serrae at the angle distinctly enlarged; eye diameter equal to or greater than interorbital width in fish less than 45 cm SL; posterior and anterior nostrils subequal in size.

Summary of Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Note: Distribution range colors indicate degree of suitability of habitat which can be interpreted as probabilities of occurrence (fishbase.org)

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Power reels best. Heaviest manual rods and reels possible. Any kind of cut bait.