What is the best bait for trevally?
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What is the best bait for trevally?
The best baits for trevally are small cubes of pilchard, skipjack or any other common baitfish. If trevally are schooling on the surface and feeding on krill they may take a small trolled lure, jig or softbait cast into the school.
Is trevally good bait?
Quite a few years ago (more than i would like to admit) the fresh bait everyone seemed to use was trevally. Its has quite firm flesh for staying on the hook and can be easily cut into either cubes or strips. Yeah – I know its tastes good too which is why it and things like crayfish etc work.
What lures do trevally like?
Giant trevally will take live or dead whole fish and fillet baits as well as soft plastics and trolled minnows, but by far the most exciting and sporting way to target them is on large surface lures like poppers and stickbaits.
What food does trevally like?
GT are powerful apex predators that will just about anything but predominately feed on baitfish. Within reef environments they have a particular preference for fusiliers and will even eat other predators such as tuna and mackerel. Other organisms making up their diet include crustaceans, squid, octopus, crabs and eels.
Do you bleed trevally?
They are excellent smoked. For peak eating quality, trevally should be bled immediately after capture which is also the perfect preparation for a feed of sashimi.
Can you catch trevally off the rocks?
If serious about targeting trevally off the rocks, I suggest having a heavy stray-lining outfit. I’d recommend a 7-9-foot (2.14-2.75m) rod rated to 15 or 24kg, with a nice sensitive tip that will allow you to flick out small baits.
How big is a legal trevally?
30 cm
Finfish bag and size limits
| Species | Size limits or legal length (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Swordfish | Swordfish | – |
| Tailor | Tailor | 30 cm |
| Teraglin | Teraglin | 38 cm |
| Trevallies | Trevallies | (silver trevally only) 30 cm |
Where do you catch trevally?
locations to catch Trevally
- Portsea Pier.
- Blairgowrie Pier.
- Rosebud Pier.
- Frankston Pier.
- Mordialloc Pier.
- Werribee River.
- Cunningham Pier.
- Portarlington Pier.
Are trevally hard to catch?
Having a decent growth potential, these hard-fighting, goodlooking and tasty fish often take a bit of finesse to beat. I reckon that trevally are close to the perfect inshore opponent: you can have your sport – and eat it too!
Is trevally a bottom feeder?
Bottom Feeders: For example golden trevally have no teeth and blubbery lips that allow them to feed on crustaceans and prey that is hiding on the bottom.
Is trevally good for eating?
TREVALLY has firm, dense, slightly oily meat. They can be dry if overcooked, but Grilled, BBQ’d or Pan Fried lightly they are a pleasant eating fish.
What is the legal limit size for trevally when fishing?
25 100
Table 2 – Further size limits for finfish within the combined bag limit
| Finfish species | Min fish length (cm) | Min set net mesh size (mm) |
|---|---|---|
| School shark | — | 125 |
| Tarakihi | 25 | 100 |
| Trevally | 25 | 125 |
| Trumpeter | 35 | 100 |
Can you catch trevally at night?
Trevally will take a bait either tide, day or night but prefers the deeper waters during the day and anywhere close to structures at night.
Do you need to bleed trevally?
Are trevally bottom feeders?
Bottom Feeders: For example golden trevally have no teeth and blubbery lips that allow them to feed on crustaceans and prey that is hiding on the bottom. Diamond Trevally do the same and 90% of the time they will eat a stationary lure of the bottom and start running off with it.
What size hook should I use for trevally?
For trevally, 4/0 or even 3/0 hooks will get more hook-ups than hooks in larger sizes, while 12/0 or 14/0 hooks are not too big for hapuku and bass. Correct hook size selection is particularly critical when fishing live baits. Live bait hooks are relatively heavy gauge to stand up to strong fish and heavy tackle.
Are you supposed to bleed trevally?
Is trevally good eating?
