GT Breeding

[Ian Ramsey]

Can someone please tell me , when GTs are breeding in the Cairns , Cooktown   region. 

                                 Thank You  Ian

[Chris Young]

Are you feeling frisky Ian ? or do you like to watch

[Andre van Wyk]

Are you feeling frisky Ian ? or do you like to watch

Bwwwahaahahahaha!!!

[AustralianAngling]

I believe during the same months as we find the Giant Black Marlin spawning, September to December this period is the main time you find allot of fish spawning along the reef it also aligns with closure's we have to reef fishing as species like the coral trout are know to spawn.

[Chris Young]

Steve....do these times coincide with the "mobile bommy's" you see up there? are they connected?

[AustralianAngling]

Steve....do these times coincide with the "mobile bommy's" you see up there? are they connected?

Always find schools of GT's when diving the openings and isolated bommies but at that time of year they tend to be more cruising along the edges packed up obviously breeding  they act very different to other times of year, also what I have noticed over many years observing them underwater as well. Usually find a larger fish away from the main school I am guessing it being the female.

[Kamalu Charlot]

Thought this was interesting information from the Hawaii tagging project on a ten year old fish tag.  Originally posted on the Hawaii fishing forum.  The more we learn about GT hopefully the more interest there is in conservation.

I wonder where else it might have gone in 10 years? Amazing! m
On Feb 29, 2012, at 3:20 PM, [email protected] wrote:

Wanted to share another interesting tag recover
with all of you from the DAR Ulua Tagging Project.

I got a call from Molokai about a tag ulua recovery
but they could not read the tag number close to the
barb as the end of the tag was cut off. So I had
them send the tag to our office.

The ulua was recaptued off of Momomi Beach (we have
not had any papio/ulua tagged off that area so I had a
hunch it was a traveler).

Fortunately when we received the tag we were able to
read the number with assistance from a mircoscope.

Here is the original tagging information:

Date Tagged: 4/30/2001
Tag. no.: U0487
Species: White ulua
Measurment: 25" fl.
Weight approx.: 10 lbs. (+ or - 1 lbs.)
Location: Bamboo Ridge - Oahu
Angler: Brett Fee

Recovery information:

Date of capture: 1/20/2012
Measurement: 42" fl.
Weight: 43 lbs.
Location of capture: Moomomi Beach-Molokai
Angler: Paitaka Reis Mawae

This ulua has been at liberty the longest so far in this project.
It was at liberty for 3,917 days (10.7 yrs), grew 17" and
traveled approx. 35 miles (straight line).

Thank you for everyones help and support to the DAR Ulua
Tagging Project.

Mahalo,

Clay

[Geoff Volter]

wow- so how old is an 80lb beast?