We regularly catch these brutes anywhere from 1m of water on the flats to the numerous offshore reefs. Land based, boat, fly or lure, they will give you a great workout. 20kg+ is a regular sized specimen around the waters of Wilderness Island with 30+kg a good chance.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Caranx
Species: C. Ignobilis

The giant trevally’s range extends eastwards along the Asian coastline including Pakistan, India and into South East Asia, the Indonesian Archipelago and northern Australia.[4] The southernmost record from the west coast of Australia comes from Rottnest Island, not far offshore from the capital city of Perth.

The giant trevally is a powerful predatory fish, and is an apex predator in most environments; from the estuaries it inhabits as a juvenile to the outer reefs and atolls it patrols as an adult.

Studies in controlled environments on the giant trevally’s feeding strategies have found that hunting in schools increases their capture efficiency, however is not necessary for an individual’s survival. When a school is formed during feeding, one individual will take a leading position, with others trailing behind it.

Several individuals will attack the prey school, striking and stunning the prey, with the leading individual generally being more successful. Some individuals act individually and opportunistically within the school if one of the prey fish becomes isolated, with the main advantage of schooling appearing to be the ability to further break up and isolate prey schools.