ELECTRIC BLUE FISHING
Yellowedge
Grouper
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Distribution & Size Yellowedge Grouper (Epinephelus flavolimbatus) You’ll locate this fish between 210-900 feet deep in the western Atlantic from North Carolina to southern Brazil, especially along the continental shelf break and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. They’ll be associated with both rocky and soft sad and mud bottoms.
General Information The maximum known size is 45.3 inches. This grouper also is included in the 4-per-person-per-day
grouper aggregate creel with no size limit.* Their food consists of a large
variety of invertebrates, especially brachyuran crabs and ray-finned fishes.
Species found in the stomachs of these fish include squids, octopuses, crabs,
eels, lizardfish, seahorses, scorpion fish and searobins. The life span is about
20 years, and females often become males when they reach lengths of 29.5 inches.
Common size is around 40lbs. Tackle & Bait Deep drop tackle with electric reel is essential unless you fancy a long manual wind with a 3lb lead. Feeds on squids, octopuses, crabs, eels, lizardfish, seahorses, scorpion fish, and searobins and fishes. Fishing methods include drifting. Best baits are cut fish or squid.Eating Qualities Good.
Yellowedge are excellent food fish. The white, flaky fillets may be baked,
broiled, basted over charcoal, or prepared in fish chowder. The bones are large
and easily discarded. Nutritional
Information per 100g of raw Yellowedge fillet: Calories 92g, Total Fat
1.02g, Total Protein 19.3g, Omega-3 0.25g, Cholesterol 39mg, Sodium 53mg. State
Limits & Regulations
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