shoulders, angry eye and savage jaw into the
shallows. My close friend and guide Biita took
a hold of the beast’s spiny wrist and we all
exhaled a collective sigh of victory and relief.
Where to Hunt Them
If you’re among one of the lucky few that
have tangled with a large fly- caught GT then
it’s easy to understand how anglers become
obsessed with these magnificent fish. It’s hard
to describe or imagine the strength of a giant
trevally and their unrelenting ability to test
your tackle, strength and skill as an angler.
But boy are they fun. After years of exploring
GT waters, I have settled on my four favorite
destinations: Christmas Island, Seychelles,
Mauritius and Indonesia. Read more about
these destinations in the accompanying
sidebar.
These destinations are by no means the
final word on where these fish can be found.
There are prolific population in many other
areas of the Pacific, including the offshore
areas of Northern Australia and the Maldives.
Man of these fisheries have limited access,
inconsistent flats, or I simply have not had
the time and resources to learn their secrets
just yet. Rest assured, either myself or my
partners at Fly Water Travel will do our best
to explore them.
Ways to Hunt Them
There are many tactics that can be employed
to target giant trevally. Unquestionably, my
favorite strategy is to search for them while
wading the flats. Over the past fifteen years
of fishing Christmas Island, the Seychelles
and Mauritius I’ve learned that giant trevally
are often encountered while bonefishing. It’s
not uncommon to be happily throwing flies
at bonefish in skinny water and suddenly
see a 60-pound tank terrorizing a school of
mullet with a full 12 inches of its back out
of the water. In this scenario, my advice is to
concentrate on the edges of the flats adjacent
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