Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
The Beast
Mark Harris:
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on April 03, 2012, 09:46:34 AM ---I had a discussion with Pat Victorino on this topic a number of years back as to where the big fish reside and we both believe that many of the bigger fish move into deep water to live. We have lone big fish in deep water regularly. Interestingly enough, this was how LPB in New Caledonia used to target them. I do believe there is enormous potential on the GBR in various spots on the outside edge of the reef where there are deep drop-offs. The little bit of experience I had at some of the reefs in the vicinity of Lizard Island showed there is huge potential there as one morning on the outside edge with Nomad guide Jason Preece saw us raise a couple of absolute dinosaurs.
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That is very interesting Brandon. I have long thought that the big fish at various Indonesian sites I know well spend most of their lives down deep and rarely come into shallower waters. The LPB New Caledonia evidence is along those lines I guess with the big fish being targeted in deeper water using massive chuggers. Also it would be no great surprise if the bigger GTs get, the more territorial and lonesome they become.
To counter that though, I know that an number of true monsters have been caught in Oman by sight casting at fish in very shallow water, often so shallow that the fish are literally lying on their sides.
Gary Prerost:
Great replys as expected.Mark my reference to it getting easier to fish remote locations was about operations already existing and catering to clients, such as oman and many other great locations.Where it can be a case of fly in fly out.Given enough money and a desire to explore naturaly the world is a smaller place to get around and it does get easier .Better boats helicopters planes there is nowhere that cannot be reached.
Brandon I would consider the GBR to be right up there but as you say the vast size is the first issue.As with all top predator current and upwellings are perfect for providing food with a delivery service so my thoughts are that bigger specimens are more likely to prefer these locations.The ribbons reef complex a case in point .
The existence of true giants in shallow water I have witnessed first hand , mostly individuals they will charge into shallow areas obviously looking for a specific food or maybe its that it is such a good tactic for them.Whether they are an oceanic wanderer provides food for thought I tend to think this has a great deal of merit following certain migrations of other species in and out of temperate waters.
All really great answers though for what I thought may have been considered a dumb question by many thanks and regards
Mark Harris:
On the contrary Gary, I think this is one of the more interesting posts here for some time. Well done.
Brandon Khoo:
There is no doubt whatsoever that you find big fish is very shallow water as well. We've hooked monsters at Shoalwater in very shallow water and a few years back, a group that went to Marion Reef saw massive GTs doing crazy things to get across the shallow areas of the reef. Malcolm Crane and I also had a double hook-up on two very big fish when we encountered a whole school of big fish in a very shallow area.
It does seem that deep water though is one area where we can specifically try to target bigger fish without being plagued by the smaller GTs.
--- Quote from: Mark Harris on April 03, 2012, 01:13:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on April 03, 2012, 09:46:34 AM ---I had a discussion with Pat Victorino on this topic a number of years back as to where the big fish reside and we both believe that many of the bigger fish move into deep water to live. We have lone big fish in deep water regularly. Interestingly enough, this was how LPB in New Caledonia used to target them. I do believe there is enormous potential on the GBR in various spots on the outside edge of the reef where there are deep drop-offs. The little bit of experience I had at some of the reefs in the vicinity of Lizard Island showed there is huge potential there as one morning on the outside edge with Nomad guide Jason Preece saw us raise a couple of absolute dinosaurs.
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That is very interesting Brandon. I have long thought that the big fish at various Indonesian sites I know well spend most of their lives down deep and rarely come into shallower waters. The LPB New Caledonia evidence is along those lines I guess with the big fish being targeted in deeper water using massive chuggers. Also it would be no great surprise if the bigger GTs get, the more territorial and lonesome they become.
To counter that though, I know that an number of true monsters have been caught in Oman by sight casting at fish in very shallow water, often so shallow that the fish are literally lying on their sides.
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Rob Langridge:
Sorry i cant contribute to the post as i don't have any experience with GT fishing but its a very interesting read.
Cheers Rob
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