Mike Trout snags 550-pound grouper at Key West

500 lb Goliath Grouper! I'd say it was a good day fishing! @trouty20 @jeffreytrout @tylertrout @debbietrout27 twitter.com/JessTara/statu…

— Jessica Tara Cox (@JessTara) January 13, 2013

There's an old baseball saying about great defense that fans with banners and color commentators will invoke sometimes. It goes something like, "Three-quarters of the world is covered by water, the other fourth is covered by [INSERT GREAT OUTFIELDER'S NAME HERE]."

Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels (or should it be "Anglers"?) has taken it to the full four-fourths by helping to catch a 550-lb goliath grouper (sadly, not a trout) while on vacation with his family in Key West. His girlfriend, Jessica Cox, tweeted the photo above.

Tyler Trout, Mike's older brother, said the behemoth was 5 1/2 feet long. He got an up-close shot of the fishy:

He wasn't very photogenic - nor could we get it into the boat. #huge #goliathgrouper twitter.com/TylerTrout/sta…

— Tyler Trout (@TylerTrout) January 13, 2013

Aww, they couldn't get it into the boat. So no trophy. Kind of like AL MVP, another one that got away. Miguel Cabrera probably would have caught the fish, hauled it into the boat and filleted it by the time they reached port. Also, it's just as well that the Trouts didn't reel in a giant trout. That would have been cannibalism, no matter what Mike Trout says.

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