Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Reports & Expeditions
Batu Abah Bali, Feb 4th 2014 - magnificent monsters
Mark Harris:
Hi Ryan, it is probably the 3rd time I have pushed MH80H to what I believe is close to its limit. Extremely pleased with the performance. This is as proper as a proper rod gets!
100% with you on deep water. There is a very good Hawaiian academic paper which says exactly that. Big GTs spend so much of their time in deep water and that's why the ideal GT fishing site is shallow reef or shelf with adjacent deep water. Then you need the right combination of circumstances to bring them into the shallow water.
Ryan Keith:
--- Quote from: Mark Harris on February 06, 2014, 02:18:34 PM ---100% with you on deep water. There is a very good Hawaiian academic paper which says exactly that.
--- End quote ---
Aha! I knew I couldn't have come up with the theory on my lonesome. I remember the paper to which you refer. I recall thinking, at the time of reading, that they found such a high proportion of the population in deep water because the GTs had been overfished in the shallows (and, hence, become rare). In any case, the research does prove there's a number of GTs that live deep.
Good to hear the rod is performing for you. Methinks I'm honing in on the model that's best for me :)
Andrew Smith:
Truly a massive fish and congratulations mark. I know how hard you have worked for that one!!!
I bet Adhek was extremely pleased!!! ;D
David Lumanauw:
I also have read that Hawaii university paper where they put a transmitter to a big GT to follow its movement. They spend most time in 100m deep (50-150m), and dont move too far away, returning to the same path everyday. From the chart, they seldom go to top water or to shore.
Mark Harris:
yes David, that's the one. I personally believe this behaviour is the norm in many places, especially with larger older GTs. But that is only my belief.
Hopefully we will soon know more about this with the GT satellite tagging program by No Boundaries in Oman. More research on this is certainly warranted!
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version