dirvin21 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Headed up to Coffs Harbour this morning and of course the fishing rod came with me Stopped at my favourite tree on the way up with the perfect weather anticipation was high. Its funny how fish can bring you back to reality after about 20 casts not even a bump. As a last ditch effort i tried a rapid twitching retrieve and straight away it was nailed not a big moses perch but a start Now with some inspiration I kept casting with some success with some small GT's then big eyes also jumped in on the action only small fish but still fun With some success I headed to Coffs and with some time to fill in I headed to the marina started casting a zerek shrimp around and after a few miss hits it was finally taken after a solid struggle a silver trevally came up I havn't caught these guys before and I'm amazed how hard they go pound for pound match with a GT all you can do is hold the spool and stop them from burying in the pylons With a bit of perserverance I started hooking them more regularly mostly around 28-30cm got a few with yellow fins I think are a subspecies Then a take from a better fish he took the lure out in the middle and ran straight towards me to the pylons had to hang out as far as possible grab the spool and pull as hard as possible and with some luck out came this guy he was a better quality of fish going 34cm these guys just dont give up Then another take right at the base o the pylons luckily it ran outwards first all i could say to the guy fishing next to me was "I think I'm in trouble" I was ran up and down the jetty up under the pylons and by some miracle out again and finally the beast surfaced he went 38cm but would have weighed every bit of 1.2kg don't know exactly how many I caught but it was some of the best white knuckle fishing I have ever done lure of choice was the Zerek live shrimp 2.5" cheers for reading Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 nice report dirvin looks like you had quite a bit of fun with those trevally have never seen trevally like that with yellow fins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 nice report trevally are hard fighters size aside well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 good stuff dirvin..sounds like a great session...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Well done Dave. Just reading your report is a tonic at present LOL. Cheers, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Good stuff Dirvin! Those trevally are hard fighters for their size. As for the yellow coloration of the fins, I'm pretty sure that's common for juvenile and sub-adult silver trevs. Once they reach adult stage, they lose the yellow in the fins. Cheers, Wellzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombora Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 nah those trevs with the yellow fins are a different species - compare them to the silvers in the pics - different body shape but also totally different fin shapes and placement. silvers don't change their fin shape and placement as they grow. don't know what species they are. great little session mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 7 hours ago, bombora said: nah those trevs with the yellow fins are a different species - compare them to the silvers in the pics - different body shape but also totally different fin shapes and placement. silvers don't change their fin shape and placement as they grow. don't know what species they are. great little session mate. I agree best answer I have found is what were collectively known as "silver trevally" Pseudocaanx georgianus are now 2 separate sub species the yellow finned ones being Pseudocaranx sp "dentex" that's my theory anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Nice little session there Dave! It's amazing how one fish after many casts can change your effort! Well done cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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