My brother Ben with a large grouper caught at our normal fishing ground, the largest grouper we ever caught :D

This fish tend to grab the bait and run straight under the rock and stays there. If you didnt manage to pull it before it run under a rock don't try to pull it out by force, if you do so you will probably break your line.

The best way I learned from experience of landing these type of fish is to tighten the line till the fish cannot move deeper under the rock and just leave the fish there for about 10-15 minutes.

This will tire down the fish, after that length of time, try and see whether you can pull it out slowly. If the fish still will not buldge, the next step is to loosen the line and make the fish think it is free.

Keep holding on to the rod and get ready to reel in the line fast. Once the fish think it is free it will slowly move out from the hole and start swimming around. When that happened reel in as fast as you can and don't let the fish go under another rock.

This fish was landed with a light rod with 12 lb line and 25 lb leader, with a circle hook and live prawn bait.

Shown on above is the fish being cleaned by my dad the fisherman and the chef ;)