Bally,
I do love pelicans as birds, but boy can they be pests when it comes to fishing! Especially with small(er) fish.
edit - Regarding Grouper, you have a lot of big honkin' Grouper in your part of the world too. The ones around Oz and NZ are the Giant Grouper variety. The one I caught was a different sub-species (genus or whatever') called a "Goliath Grouper". And despite their name (i.e. Goliath), I believe the Giant Grouper (which you have) are actually bigger than the Goliath variety. I've seen reports of them reaching 400 kg (800+ lbs). They say the Goliath's can approach those weights, but I've never heard of one being caught. Mine was a 'medium' sized one (hard to believe, I know!)
I do love pelicans as birds, but boy can they be pests when it comes to fishing! Especially with small(er) fish.
edit - Regarding Grouper, you have a lot of big honkin' Grouper in your part of the world too. The ones around Oz and NZ are the Giant Grouper variety. The one I caught was a different sub-species (genus or whatever') called a "Goliath Grouper". And despite their name (i.e. Goliath), I believe the Giant Grouper (which you have) are actually bigger than the Goliath variety. I've seen reports of them reaching 400 kg (800+ lbs). They say the Goliath's can approach those weights, but I've never heard of one being caught. Mine was a 'medium' sized one (hard to believe, I know!)