Hi All
I have tried to attach a picture of one of our primary target species here in Kilwa, Tanzania - GT or Giant Trevally. Not sure what you call them in the US but Latin name is Caranx Ignobilis. One of the strongest fish in the sea, we fish for them with surface poppers. Great sport and seriously strong fish. I hope the picture comes out. If not I'll have to get some advice on how to post pictures.
Best
JT
Nice GT.
Very nice. We call them Ulua in Hawai'i. Great fight, and good eating.
That is one tough looking fish.
the face of a GT always has that look...oh crap, I cannot believe I got caught look. lol
GTs, if you look at them in the water while you are fighting them, you will notice that they will wedge their bodies about 90 degrees to the line and they swim sideward back and forth. So much fun.
I need to venture out of cali to fish. You guys have much more variety! Nice catch!
Nice fish! Thanks for the picture
Nice GT! JT
JT. Welcome and thanks for posting that photo. I looked up the fish specifically by the name you used. We catch them down in Mexico and they are called Jack Crevalle, from Nova Scotia to Uruguay and the West Indies they are called Horse-eye Jack, from New Jersey to Brazil African Pompano. They are also called Threadfin Trevally. FYI they have 3 different Latin names, Caranx Hippos, C. Latus, and Alectis Ciliaris. This information is from Peter Goadby Saltwater Gamefishing Offshore and Onshore 1991 Cornstalk Publishing. Dominick
Dominick,
Bit of misimformation there. Fish common names can confuse and muddy the taxonomic waters, especially when speakimg of widely distributed species. These guys are only one species with one scientific name...
Caranx ignobilis
Check out my friend at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology's site for sum good general info...
http://www.hawaii.edu/himb/ReefPredator/Ulua.htm
I have spent some time assisting the Department of Aquatic Resources on a Tagging project, and am actually listed as having tagged the second most GTs of anyone. Most of my catches were on commercial gear though.
John
John its only misinformation if I express an opinion and I am wrong. That is why I cited Goadby's book. I have no reason to believe that the information in the book is incorrect, i.e. the Latin names are from different naming authorities in 1766, 1788 and 1829. All I can go by is what I read. I am not interested enough nor do I have the time to cross reference the information. So one of us is wrong or both of us are wrong or both of us are right. The only real truth is "I know that I don't know." Dominick
Quote from: Dominick on March 13, 2015, 07:34:09 PM
John its only misinformation if I express an opinion and I am wrong. That is why I cited Goadby's book. I have no reason to believe that the information in the book is incorrect, i.e. the Latin names are from different naming authorities in 1766, 1788 and 1829. All I can go by is what I read. I am not interested enough nor do I have the time to cross reference the information. So one of us is wrong or both of us are wrong or both of us are right. The only real truth is "I know that I don't know." Dominick
:) :D
Not trying to be critical or anything. There are alot of species of Jacks, and especially in the Pacific, but there is only one
Ignobilis
Actually the quote "I know that I don't know" should be attributed to Socrates. He posed it as an argument that knowledge is never really acquired. Dominick
JT,
That's a nice GT! We have a similar fish called a Jack Crevalle. They get pretty big and fight hard as well. Keep the photos coming, Brother!
Regards,
Dan
Oops. Maybe I should have read y'all's replies before I hit "post" lol
Quote from: WCFLA on March 14, 2015, 01:04:47 AM
JT,
That's a nice GT! We have a similar fish called a Jack Crevalle. They get pretty big and fight hard as well. Keep the photos coming, Brother!
Regards,
Dan
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=203569&one=T
http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-ignobilis.html
Not trying to be a smart or anything.
Caranx ignobilis it is, we call them giant kingfish, excellent catch
Quote from: Dominick on March 13, 2015, 08:55:34 PM
Actually the quote "I know that I don't know" should be attributed to Socrates. He posed it as an argument that knowledge is never really acquired. Dominick
Nice come back Dominick ;D Nice fish Also <*{{{{><