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Some donkies there chad...    bet those trevs pulled hard... they really are a powerful fish...
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Yeah your dead right John, they are a fantastic sport fish. It doesn't matter if its off the beach, on the rocks, on the spin gear..... your in for a really good battle. Trevally are incredibly partial so soft plastics, they love bright colors and plenty of movement, so its an attractive way to catch them, especially with a 5kg plus fish attached on the end. 

They use the depth in their body to pull with each surge in the swell and tide to gain freedom and have some amazing runs on light gear. One of the finer parts of fishing for trevally off the rocks is sight fishing them through the burly. When they are on the chew they become quite aggressive and push for every last scrap of food proving to be their down fall.

Chasing trevs in the far north is incredibly addictive and im sure most anglers who have been there to do it have all got "that one that got away "yarn. 

Nick ill give you a little tip mate.

Fishing has no rules, no boundary's and is only as good as you let it be. The only boundary is the angler and what length you are willing to go to enable you to catch the fish within that area.  One of the most exciting aspects of fishing is pulling out a map, doing your home work, putting a mark on it after reading marine charts and making a plan to get there. You will find every area/location has its day, but the spot you select comes down to what you want to target. In order to do well with the kingfish/trevally/snapper you have to carefully select a spot specific for that specie, understand the conditions and put a bit of homework in. Wether thats coro, the far north or where ever.  It will only be as good as you make it and the time you put in before you get there.

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Some top advice there Chad. The ones that do their research and prep are usually the same that make up the magic 10%.
 
Some really serious fish in your photo selections there. I'm heading North with a mate in October, and if conditions allow, will hopefully get out to Scotts Pt. Personally I'm aiming for a 10lb trev, but will accept bigger if it comes along... Wink
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Nice fish chad
Does a ten lb trevally put up more of a fight than a ten lb snapper?
What's the biggest one you have caught?
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Thanks for the advice chad I look forward to sone great trips
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Originally posted by nickstaa nickstaa wrote:

Nice fish chad
Does a ten lb trevally put up more of a fight than a ten lb snapper?

imo no doubt. a 10lb snapper i can skull drag, big trevs are like crafty kingfish. awesome fun on light gear off the beach, 90 mile with salted tua tuas or mussels with bait elastic. trevs, great eating and great bait, same cant be said about the humble snapper ;-p

i prefer far north for snapper, but the west side of coro in spring isnt bad provided you can get to spots that arent over fished (ie NOT fantail bay). plenty of big kings in coro though. landed some horse KY there a month back too, always good for bait or the smoker or even baked.
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Don't rule out the Pinnacles around from Fletcher bay. Very exposed, gets good ground swell pounding on you at times, usually water is rough.

As Chad has pointed out, once you have done your homework & have gained an understanding on how a given area works, taking in consideration of tides, moon phase & the weather leading up to the chosen time to fish an area & the targeted species of fish actually show up when you are there... can make for amazing fishing

I have seen some horse kings at the Pinnacles.
Not really a snapper spot, although have caught some ok fish while live baiting for kings
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