Shark Eating Goliath (Full Episode) | Monster Fish

Zeb explores Florida's deep-water reefs and wrecks on a mission to catch a gargantuan seven-foot goliath grouper, the largest of the western Atlantic groupers. He uncovers the surprising truth about its monstrous reputation.
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[@longwhitemane]

I remember as a child in the early and mid 1970's our family going to Cholla Bay, Mexico for sport fishing derbies. Back then the Goliath Grouper wasn't protected and I can remember dozens of these fish being brought in. They are also delicious; the meat is light, fluffy and hardly fishy at all.

[@jeffjohnson5053]

DON"T catch these fish! leave them alone!! When you hook them, many of them die from the stress of being caught!! LEAVE THEM ALONE!!

[@dennishowes3752]

Wqqqqqq mop

[@bingbongbang8895]

@@jeffjohnson5053. . .Yeah, we know, that's what the whole video is about. These people are conducting research, Einstein.

[@brentvanwie1961]

@@jeffjohnson5053 catch and release doesn't usually kill them and most people don't mean to catch them they don't eat shortish much unless they are struggling on a line being reeled in I've had many experiences on reef with dozens of Goliath grouper and you can't get a snapper grouper shark or anything else to the surface you obviously think with emotion and pay no attention to facts and have no real world experience whatsoever

[@RedHeart64]

@@brentvanwie1961 Could be a vegan too. They've been known to harass hunters and people who are fishing. I've seen them harass hunters (maybe once people who were fishing, but they didn't come near us so I don't know for sure).

[@Do-UR-Research2749]

These groupers love Stone Crabs and lobster. They are everywhere in South Florida, from the shallows in the Evergaldes, and around bridges in the big cities like Miami. To the deep reefs and wrecks off shore. There's alot of them out there, they have made a great comeback.

[@ticket2space621]

Oh yeah

[@CookieDoe1111]

Wow…I don’t fish however I’ve a new found respect for fishermen & I’ve actually loved every part of this documentary

[@caseG80]

Should go fishing sometime it’s really exciting and you just never know what size fish you might catch but just being out on the water or on the shore of a lake with friends relaxing taking in the sun listening to the birds enjoying Mother Nature makes it a wonderful time catching fish is just a bonus!! Cheers

[@M4G4M4N]

Look up "Devon Larratt grouper fishing" here on KZbin

[@tomtalker2000]

When your reeling in a 7ft 300+lbs fish. That deserves EVERYONE'S respect. And too think they get bigger than that...!!!

[@cesaryaelmurillo4367]

The last grouper had a healed bite wound in its back!!! Probably something tried to eat it when it was young and bite off a chunk out of its back and it survived! Such an amazing fish!

[@NoNORADon911]

One greedy JUICE fish probably tried to eat another

[@alwaysright6358]

Should be titled "Shark-Eating Goliath", otherwise it means a "shark is eating the Goliath".

[@mohandhanoa4797]

Thank you for the English lession .

[@JenzzKizz]

Stop reading into everything so much The comments aren't for your drama...

[@JenzzKizz]

Stop reading into everything so much

[@Samantha-qm3ni]

Dude I thought this was about a shark eating a Goliath. I thought wow that must be a big shark!

[@larrystenger1247]

Great documentary. At age 81 I no longer dive but sure enjoyed the underwater scene a and information. Once 50 years ago I hooked either a Jewfish or Goliath from a 16 foot boat in the Florida Keys, after 2 hours, it spat out the hook but it looked almost as big as my tiny boat.

[@NoNORADon911]

Same fish lol. The juice our owners made the name get changed because they are whiny over sensitive bee yatches

[@boomshine7]

3:05 that face when he said 14 foot hammerhead shouted 'get me back to shore RIGHT NOW'

[@Devin3Anthologie]

Having previously watched Josh Jorgensen reel several of these groupers in, I have seen how big they can get. "Goliath" is no understatement . Awesome video.

[@jeffjohnson5053]

DON"T catch these fish! leave them alone!! When you hook them, many of them die from the stress of being caught!! LEAVE THEM ALONE!!

[@Devin3Anthologie]

@@jeffjohnson5053 Dude, why are you yelling at me. I didn't catch the fish, did you see where I wrote that I caught the fish? No of course not. Why don't you leave ME ALONE. 🙎🏾‍♀️

[@aeromotive2]

@@Devin3Anthologie lol

[@blizzride]

​@@jeffjohnson5053you should change your name to KAREN😂😂

[@WeirdUglyVermin]

Imagine scuba diving and this thing just swims at you

[@JNL37Dyxce5]

I have animals and birds look🦋

[@NoNORADon911]

Toss it some fake gold and run, they are juice fish after all

[@bobwilson9820]

Beautiful cinematography and narration. Well done.

[@mrwang420]

It's not really stealing fish off your line when you put fish on your line to catch a grouper.

[@frankpohl8746]

He's talking about just fishing and grouper stealing his catch. Lot of sharking going on also.

[@dadezgambino177]

Really enjoyed this episode 👌🏽

[@zeph6439]

Now that's a lunker bass! It's good to see them coming back from the brink of extinction. They're very friendly with divers.

[@philrivera7876]

Outstanding filmography and documentary on these Goliath Groupers! Fascinating to see first hand with the guidance of the State government, Florida State University and local experts just what expertise it takes to study this creature, it’s life cycle, environment and contributions to the Florida coast. I love how Zeb thoroughly explains why he’s there to understand what locals experience versus what the scientific community documents. The reasoning and incredible filming is fabulous. Thanks to Natgeo for bringing this to us all!

[@billrobbins5874]

Incredible documentary. A true delight in this world of today. Thank you to all who put this together. Thanks to the expert fisherman who brought it in and the Boat Captain who knows where there at. ♥️👍♥️

[@ead3nblvck938]

This documentary lives rent free in my mind since I first saw it a couple of years ago. I’m not sure why this fish and the alligator gar live rent free in my mind lol.

[@cheese11659]

Never seen someone scuba dive in a shirt before😂

[@bobwilson9820]

Marine biologists often don't care what other people think of them, nor what might be stylish. They may be diving in long-sleeved shirts and maybe jeans, as common-sense protection against the sun and whatever might sting them. The latest in dive gear may be beyond their means.

[@jonm4501]

And a button up shirt too.

[@8Scorpions]

If you ever need a hand catching bait, let me know😁...Awesome scenery!!!

[@ushook]

A 44 min video out of a 10 sec clip ...

[@Maxiloup]

This is so fascinating , thank you for the amazing video .

[@Puddlez325]

I would love to be with these creatures as a job. Groupers are my absolute favorite. I’ve always had a fascination of the ocean it is such a beautiful and unique environment that we should respect and appreciate living with these ancient creatures

[@raymundturner1140]

Is there a new season coming out?

[@LucyLu1965]

Wow!! BEAUTIFUL!! GREAT VIDEO. GREAT JOB ALL THESE GUYS INCLUDING THE WOMAN DO....👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@colb9916]

great to sea such big fish. Ive a photo from the 80's of a massive fish my dad caught off Steep Point ( western most point in Australia), while he was running fish/dive charter boat out of Shark Bay. Im not sure of the scientific name, but ive only ever known them to be called Slimy Cod. At 6feet 11 inches and 298kg (around 650 lb) its the largest of its kind ive seen.

[@jonm4501]

Potato Cod

[@sat20387]

Nice shirt ....You are the best dressed scuba diver.

[@NotTheEx]

I was just beginning to lose my fear of sharks and you give me a new oceanic phobia. Thanks a lot. LOL

[@robertbihn3005]

stay safe, don't leave your room

[@NoNORADon911]

Always be cautious of the juice

[@NoNORADon911]

@@robertbihn3005 I wear 4 mask alone and have all 16 boosters I'm super safe, totally cereal

[@cinesme]

This was impressive ! Didn’t know about the grouper till now !

[@IslandAnglersTV]

Great episode!

[@SeanWyseman]

As a scuba diver I've spent a lot of time with much larger groupers than I see on this show. I've always thought them to be diver-friendly as I've fed them lots down around 80' deep. They eat a ton of small stuff. I don't think I fed them anything larger than my fist if I recall correctly. So I was surprised to hear of them attacking divers. That's new to me.

[@M4G4M4N]

Hire and pay a camera crew and make your own grouper video and upload to KZbin, I'll watch it for sure.

[@user-yq6ov6ow7l]

How do you hire someone without paying them

[@MusMasi]

@@user-yq6ov6ow7l interns

[@MusMasi]

not surprised they attacked spearfishermen to take the fish the spear fisherman as speared.

[@SeanWyseman]

@@M4G4M4N Good idea!

[@dmbd.5365]

I remember in the 1980s seeing a grouper the size of a vw beetle in el Jo bean on the myakka river.

[@johnathandeckard1954]

This video would be better if you cut out 80% of the talking and 100% of the BS drama.

[@thehammsburglar668]

so true

[@michalslepcik1931]

Point😉👍Well☝️Taken!

[@hotrd91614]

Nat Geo WILD at its best,,not?...

[@scottmccutcheon9828]

Exactly. @00:38:45 ~ "It's almost impossible to pull line off this reel, and this fish is doing it" Uh, isn't that dependent upon how the drag is set? Am I mistaken or did I hear him earlier say, "This is the first time I've gone diving" ....... as he's plunging in to 100 ft. deep ocean? Uh, I doubt a "first time" diver is gonna make his "first" scuba dive in to 100 ft depths. If I'm not mistaken, there's a bit of acclimation that takes place simply because of the increasing pressure the deeper one dives, not to mention the diver better have his breathing intervals correct lest things (like a ruptured lung) go seriously bad real quick. Then again, it is Nat Geo.

[@toite3x3ninjah]

And while he was fighting one of the fish he was showing two different rods 😂😂

[@jamesblake7338]

Yeah they’re awesome and kinda scary to see when you’re not expecting one! Great info on this species!

[@RedHeart64]

I was on the Skyway bridge on the fishing pier, and saw a guy catching a large stingray. Suddenly a goliath grouper attacked the stingray, which did it's best to try to not be eaten. It was a relatively small one - maybe three and a half to four feet long. (It still looked huge!)

[@jonm4501]

The juveniles start life in the bays and migrate to deeper water as they grow.

[@NoNORADon911]

Haha

[@randellbrady1030]

What will happen to the rope part that was still tied on the duskie shark? Will it rot off?

[@shiry5664]

Excellent Amazing Jobs Guys,, keep up more, biggest Fish

[@eric3skywalker913]

Any good soul wants to share the timestamp for when the grouper eats the shark? Thanks!

[@matthutchings1988]

That Nevada Wolfpack hat though 🤘🏻go pack!!!

[@ApbtThailandKennel]

Great video we wish you all a great day and best greetings from Thailand stay wild

[@aves4081]

Thanks for a video, I have not watched this series yet

[@EstebanHuerta-j4f]

Anybody else noticed he dived in his butten up shirt and cargo shorts 😂

[@hongchang9370]

Yes, I heard 30+ yrs ago they are very good eating, that’s probley why they had to be protected,almost fished to extinction. You guys are doing a great thing. Thanks Bearhunter5

[@NoNORADon911]

Our owners the juice made them change the name to what it is now what a bunch of whiny bee yatches

[@brentchalmers1436]

what brand of boat is that at: 2:00??? Can anyone help me out?? length??

[@richarda.valdes1197]

The closet fish that acts , strikes and run after a catch rather it be the bait or another ….Calico Bass . Best fishing experience in the sea weed in So. California. A Calico will follow the other Calico that been caught and if once you hook the bass let it drift back down and reel in again. More times that not you’ll bring in two Calicos at the same time. Love it ❤❤

[@sLife_-]

Amazing video💚💚💚😏

[@timjohnson8725]

The grouper know the fish is caught and it's easy pick off. I've lost many of fish this way.

[@kartikeypatel7426]

Well information. Good show.

[@tammielander7198]

Love watching this i learn so much

[@lordbyron3603]

Excellent video!

[@chrisleach4245]

You can get tags to fish them now like alligator they have to be in between a certain size. I don’t fish but I seen it on the news here in SW FL.

[@bingbongbang8895]

I can imagine these animals in the ocean 60 million years ago. They seem so primitive.

[@michaelharris4651]

Well done to josh and all the crew 👍🇦🇺

[@jimmarburger611]

Nice vid, I didn't know you were allowed to take them out of the water.

[@seanconnery1277]

Very good video.Thank you.

[@mumble_jumbo]

Absolutely amazing footage!

[@rorybodechon6604]

The subtitles move on too fast. The person will still be speaking and the subtitles will have already moved on to the next sentence. It's annoying.

[@jamiecrawford1482]

Wow he was lucky that this fish didn’t swallow him whole over 300 pounds that’s insane!!!

[@liswhetstone6567]

WOW. So interesting Thanks for the lesson.

[@Sharkman4569]

NatGeo’s version of River Monsters

[@pamtnman1515]

A poor copy

[@gregcorker2193]

Fantastic video.

[@The63blonde]

You're making it look really easy pulling them up. I've seen weight lifters try and almost get pulled in

[@shawnrachal1631]

I love Nat Geo and nature!

[@pamtnman1515]

Nature is great, National Geo has become a destructive cultural force

[@sandyhill1392]

You had the grouper out of the water WAY TOO LONG.

[@killingfields1424]

Theres a lot here in the Philippines as big as a ship. One lives under the docks in General Mill Inc. in Lapu-lapu City Cebu. Its size is not measured but its eyes have a diameter of 1 meter.

[@kuku-og6rq]

kugtong!!!

[@davidvongieserbrechta2752]

One Meter would be a VERY BIG EYE. As a matter of fact The Colosol Squid has the largest eye's in the animal kingdom and even they do not have eyes that big. A grouper in order to have eyes that large would have to be larger than a Blue Whale, must also be a Very Big Dock that it lives under.

[@Swedeflyern]

@@davidvongieserbrechta2752 im pretty sure it was meant as, the distance between the eyes.

[@rushslayer8647]

It's literally like watching and more importantly listening to an eight-year-old while fishing

[@majscrap2629]

Yes, a rather childish narration style.

[@SeazBreeze]

Where lays this wreck?

[@DennisMartinovich-os5ev]

Right this guy goes diving with his polo shirt on give me a break dive dresser boy lmao

[@borisdavidov6600]

Zeb come and film a documentary of danube salmon in Bosnia at the last wild rivers in Europe :D

[@shortsweetreviews]

Amazing AMAZING video

[@mystikmind2005]

Oh i can tell you those groper are indeed attacking the diver deliberately.... but not because they think the diver is food, they are trying to either assert dominance and or intimidate the diver in order to get the food... and this is a perfectly natural behavior.

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

Well this is epic to see the shark- eating fish

[@SirGoofyparrotfish]

I want more monster fish episodes i have that giant sting ray episode on my dvd

[@thomaskrawczynski921]

Grouper after it gets back down with his friends. Grouper; they stole my lunch!!!

[@aburguesiafede3912]

The best chanel you tube NGW✌😎 I'm from Brazil!

[@davidpeterson486]

Boarding a Goliath grouper is considered harvesting them and is against the law. Seems like they should know this!! Florida law says "Large goliath groupers should be left in the water during release. The skeletal structure of large goliath grouper cannot adequately support their weight out of the water without some type of damage. If a large goliath is brought on-board a vessel or out of the water, it is likely to sustain some form of internal injury and therefore be considered harvested."

[@frankpohl8746]

Go back and rewatch.

[@davidpeterson486]

@@frankpohl8746 sorry, I was just reading the law which states boarding a GGrouper is illegal period. Yes, they took good care of boarding the fish but the law is for everyone including the researchers tagging them.

[@shiry5664]

AMAZING INCREDIBLES JOBS GUYS MORE FUN,,, ENJOYING VIDEO THANKS

[@samwright285]

Great video. Thanka

[@Pinoycommentary]

Woow😍🤗😘😋🐟🐋 nice big fishing😍👏

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Great video

[@user-pc7bn5cv8m]

The fact that these beasts can eat sharks is insane

[@JNL37Dyxce5]

I have animals and birds look🥰

[@jeffjohnson5053]

DON"T catch these fish! leave them alone!! When you hook them, many of them die from the stress of being caught!! LEAVE THEM ALONE!!

[@Milo-mc6dd]

“It’s illegal to handle one” so he catches one and handles it

[@shadythereok]

Excellent video, thanks for the narration

[@martinpanks992]

You guys should have a little 2 tonne 12 volt winch it would make life a lot easier

[@jonm4501]

An electric reel?

[@hongchang9370]

Those Bull sharks scare me ,and I am sitting on my couch in Boston Mass. wow thanks Bearhunter5

[@CAPS_AMERICA]

Wow, Sashimi and all-year long fish diet with one grouper!

[@RajA-0202]

Is this the best Host NatGeo can get? Not sure if he cuts it

[@pamtnman1515]

Kind of effeminate 😬

[@friedrichbacon2129]

hows that a size of a small car lol

[@dyulstrip]

Can’t believe what i saw. That’s amazing.

[@daviddesousa3178]

Groupers remind me of the freshwater large mouth bass. Will swallow anything they can fit in their mouths

[@NAVYABHAN]

So said every Monster🐋Grouper,"I wonder what a Diver🤿tastes like?"🍧scream!

[@NaturalMonty]

Wow..fascinating!

[@ericbeattie761]

First ones just a baby. You know you have a big one when it blooms. Sounds and feels like an explosion

[@seanstillwaggon8424]

Glad to see Tony Romo found some hobbies during his retirement.

[@rdecook651]

If you go below 60 feet I thought you have to decompress before reaching the top. I know it also depends on how long you've been down, too. Also, is a "venting tool" not required per FWC regulations?

[@ericmorrison8772]

Haha.... Calm down. Jeez

[@mikewhitman745]

Yup, it's not even 60 feet. There are charts that tell you and my dive computer will calculate stops and time. Mandatory safety stop no matter what the depth and time you've been down.

[@dericbarnwell1477]

ZEB'S GOING TO BE WORN OUT BY THE END OF THIS VIDEO: WRESTLING WITH BIG FISH

[@BRSP1022]

Is that a Nashville Sounds hat?

[@howardedwards5908]

My biggest caught on rod n reel is 738lbs n got pics 7ft long n 6ft 10 in diameter

[@johnschultz8906]

Have these ever been successfully kept in captivity

[@quickaccessdeliverynsw5400]

WOW, good to see their comeback

[@lonniejoraskie4440]

Just me or did anyone else think get it back in the water?

[@outdoorescape2619]

Enjoying the fishing, fish tagging, scuba scenes and info on the Goliath grouper. For the critics....your only comment is u prefer amateur video with only a little boring commentary and no drama? wow......

[@tosca7216]

But this was so amateur! Not scientific at all. I would prefer to watch Attenborough or Cousteau rather than some guy showing off he has the biggest.

[@outdoorescape2619]

@@tosca7216 I see your point . to each their own.