Graysby Grouper Caught Off Coast Near Southport Sets New NC State Record

Graysby Grouper caught off coast near Southport sets new NC state record

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WNCN) — A fish caught off the coast of Southport earlier this month has set a new North Carolina State record for its species. According to the NC Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Marine Fisheries, Wyatt Rabon of Leland was fishing 45 miles offshore of Southport with his dad and friends on [...]

Leland man lands new state record for graysby grouper

Leland resident Wyatt Rabon holds the new state record for catching a 3-pound, 8-ounce graysby group off the coast of Southport in Brunswick County. Photo courtesy DCM A Leland man holds the new state record for the graysby grouper. Wyatt Rabon’s 3-pound, 8-ounce catch on May 16 about 45 miles offshore of Southport was recently certified by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of marine Fisheries as the state’s large…

State certifies Graysby Grouper for new state record

MOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record for the Graysby Grouper (Cephalopholis cruentata).