Giant 350 lb. Grouper caught off Florida

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) -- A fisherman in Florida landed quite a catch.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the angler landed a Warsaw Grouper weighing a whopping 350 pounds.

The big catch happened in December with a hook and line in roughly 600 feet of water.

Biologists with the FWC Research Institute estimate the fish is 50 years old.

Warsaw groupers can grow to nearly eight feet long and can weigh up to nearly 600 pounds.

The largest ever caught in Florida weighed nearly 440 pounds.