Other Species

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We catch a huge variety of species when popping the Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef. Whilst we are generally targeting GTs, you never know what else is going to smash a popper.

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Bluefin Trevally

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Great Barracuda

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Blackfin Barracuda

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Narow Barred Mackerel

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Gren Jobfish

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African Pompano

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Brown Marbled Grouper

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Coral Grouper (Coral Trout)

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Malabar Grouper

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LongTom

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Red Bass

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Red bass cuaght on popper in Fiji

Red Bass

The Red Bass is red with brownish to black shading along the back and usually on the uppermost rays of the pectoral fin.

It has deep grooves that run from the eyes to the nostrils. The species grows to 75 cm in length but is more commonly seen at lengths up to 50 cm.

They are a comon by-catch when casting poppers and sticbaits and notoriously good at reefing you !

Giant Trevally - Habitat

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The giant trevally inhabits a very wide range of offshore and inshore marine environments, with the species also known to tolerate the low salinity waters of estuaries and rivers. It is a semi-pelagic fish known to spend time throughout the water column, but is mostly demersal in nature.^[20]

The species is most common in shallow coastal waters in a number of environments including coral and rocky reefs and shorefaces, lagoons, embayments, tidal flats and channels. They commonly move between reef patches, often over large expanses of deeper sand and mud bottoms between the reefs.^[21]^[22] Older individuals tend to move to deeper seaward reefs, bomboras and drop-offs away from the protection of fringing reefs, often to depths greater than 80 m.^[23]^[24]

Yellowfin tuna

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Yellowfin tuna

The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

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Giant Trevally - Description

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Description

The giant trevally is the largest member of the genus Caranx, and the fifth largest member of the family Carangidae (exceeded by the yellowtail amberjack, greater amberjack, leerfish and rainbow runner), with a recorded maximum length of 170 cm and a weight of 80 kg.^[4] Specimens this size are very rare, with the species only occasionally seen at lengths greater than 80 cm.^[10] It appears the Hawaiian Islands contain the largest individuals, where indivduals over 100 lbs are common. Elsewhere in the world, only three individuals over 100 lbs have been reported to the IGFA.^[11]