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GTalking about targeting trevally
This brassy (tea-leaf) trevally was caught on a MMD Splash Prawn shed on the surface over shallow water.
’DAY everyone, ties individually. main, which makes the in this month’s Bluefin Gold Coast Seaway and article I will its rock walls a great
Gold Coast Guide
by BRAD SMITH
discuss some ideas for This trevally is star- place to find them.
targeting one of our tling in appearance and
The most successful technique for targeting them is to troll small deep-diving minnow lures.
hardest-fighting estu- ary species: trevally.
brassy, golden, bigeye and giant, with the last two the most prolific.
new and full moons. They also like lots of baitfish present and tend to spike in their feeding habits around
as its name suggests, has almost metallic blue fins and sometimes blue spots on its body.
The Gold Coast and Tweed Heads area harbours numerous trevally types includ- ing bluefin, diamond,
The common theme with all these trevally is they become more active on the big tides leading up to both the
tide changes.
Now let’s have a
I have never caught one too far upstream, with the entrances of rivers being their do-
Diamond
look at these varie-
Once again, this is an amazingly pretty fish.
Its body has a me- tallic, almost chrome sheen as well as long, flowing filaments ex- tending from its dorsal and anal fins.
This golden trevally hit a trolled deep-diving lure.
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I love this species because through sum- mer it moves out of the
It seems this fish is a bit of a loner and not so much a schooling spe- cies.
I have only caught diamonds as welcome by-catch while target- ing other species. Brassy
Also known as the tea- leaf trevally, the brassy has black spots on the sides of its flanks.
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