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Prey: Polychaete worms, molluscs, crustaceans (including krill). Predators: Include seals and sharks.
- What is the best bait for trevally?
- How do you attract trevally?
- Are trevally bottom feeders?
- Do giant trevally eat birds?
- Do you bleed trevally?
- Where can I find blue trevally?
- Where can I find giant trevally?
- Do trevally fight hard?
- What is the legal size for trevally?
- What does trevally fish taste like?
- Is trevally nice to eat?
- What fish is known as a GT?
- Where do giant trevally eat birds?
What is the best bait for trevally?
The best baits for trevally are small cubes of pilchard, skipjack or any other common baitfish. If trevally are schooling on the surface and feeding on krill they may take a small trolled lure, jig or softbait cast into the school.
How do you attract trevally?
Giant trevally will take live or dead whole fish and fillet baits as well as soft plastics and trolled minnows, but by far the most exciting and sporting way to target them is on large surface lures like poppers and stickbaits.
Are trevally bottom feeders?
Bottom Feeders:
For example golden trevally have no teeth and blubbery lips that allow them to feed on crustaceans and prey that is hiding on the bottom. Diamond Trevally do the same and 90% of the time they will eat a stationary lure of the bottom and start running off with it.
Do giant trevally eat birds?
It also shows off the giant trevally, a gigantic fish that jumps out of the sea to eat birds. I love this scene more than is healthy. I sometimes turn on the TV just to watch this fish leap out of the water to pluck just-fledged terns from the sky. ... Giant trevally are not just turning the tables on birds, however.
Do you bleed trevally?
The flesh is marbled pink with a darker fat line that can be filleted out. They are excellent smoked. For peak eating quality, trevally should be bled immediately after capture which is also the perfect preparation for a feed of sashimi.
Where can I find blue trevally?
Bluefin Trevally can be found inshore in bays, shallow reefs and tropical lagoons, as well as deeper offshore reefs, around small islands and rock formations.
Where can I find giant trevally?
The giant trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, with a range stretching from South Africa in the west to Hawaii in the east, including Japan in the north and Australia in the south.
Do trevally fight hard?
Golden trevally are well known for their dogged fighting abilities and can really put on an amazingly stubborn performance even at the smaller sizes.
What is the legal size for trevally?
There is a minimum legal length of • 30 cm total length for silver trevally and a recreational bag limit of 20 for all trevallies. The annual recreational harvest of silver trevally in NSW is likely to lie between 100 and 210 t.
What does trevally fish taste like?
Golden Trevally are pretty hit and miss at the dinner table. They have a strong, slightly tangy flavor that some people love, but many hate. Either release them, or bleed and ice them immediately to preserve the flavor.
Is trevally nice to eat?
TREVALLY has firm, dense, slightly oily meat. They can be dry if overcooked, but Grilled, BBQ'd or Pan Fried lightly they are a pleasant eating fish.
What fish is known as a GT?
Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) is also known as giant kingfish, barrier trevally, lowly trevally, ulua (in Hawaii) or GT for short.
Where do giant trevally eat birds?
On one atoll in the Seychelles, sooty terns nest on the edge of an island. The giant trevally have learned to hunt these birds when they fall in the water, a spectacle that has achieved fame through the documentary Blue Planet.
