These four groper were among the heaviest caught during our trip. There are few foods that can compare with a fresh groper steaks especially when it is cooked to perfection, at anchor in a secluded Fiordland cove, by a very good chef ! These fish were taken in the inner sounds and not in the open ocean where the sea was much too rough for us to try fishing for our target species of Southern Bluefin Tuna. Its a hard life but someone has to do it. See also these two Fiordland groper caught by Paul Mason. Ken Mitchell caught this Fiordland groper. It weighed 64lb. Groper from Cook Strait.