What does trevally eat?

The species predominantly takes various fish as prey, although crustaceans, cephalopods and molluscs make up a considerable part of their diets in some regions. The giant trevally employs novel hunting strategies, including shadowing monk seals to pick off escaping prey, as well as using sharks to ambush prey.

1. What is the best bait for trevally?
2. What do trevally feed on?
3. What do small trevally eat?
4. What fish do giant trevally eat?
5. Are trevally bottom feeders?
6. How do you attract trevally?
7. Is trevally good for fish and chips?
8. Do trevally fight hard?
9. Is trevally nice to eat?
10. What fish is called a GT?
11. Is trevally farmed?
12. Do giant trevally eat birds?
13. How fast do trevally grow?

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.

What do trevally feed on?

They feed on krill and other plankton in closely packed surface schools.

What do small trevally eat?

Prey: Polychaete worms, molluscs, crustaceans (including krill). Predators: Include seals and sharks.

What fish do giant trevally eat?

The giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) is considered to be powerful apex predators which hunt individually or in schools. Their prey includes cephalopods, crustaceans, and mollusks. The young giant trevally, found in the shallow coastal waters, feeds on juvenile anchovies, sardines, and other fish.

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.

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.

Is trevally good for fish and chips?

For frying, Pete chooses the most sustainable species – try flathead, pearl perch, trevally, Spanish mackerel, gummy shark, garfish, whiting or pink lings. “The flesh should be firm to the touch, not soft or mushy,” says Pete.

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.

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 called a GT?

Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) is also known as giant kingfish, barrier trevally, lowly trevally, ulua (in Hawaii) or GT for short.

Is trevally farmed?

The golden trevally is also farmed in cage aquaculture by Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Indonesia, with spawning demonstrated in captivity in Japan.

Do giant trevally eat birds?

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.

How fast do trevally grow?

Growth of GTs is reasonably rapid, with studies showing this species matures at around 60cm in length after 3 to 4 years. Growth remains rapid after maturity and fish around 1 metre long are thought to be around 8-10 years old, while large GTs over 1.5 metres long may be over 25 years old.