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    Posted: 23 Mar 2011 at 8:08pm
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doing a bit of research about giant trevally, had a look at wikipedia and it stated that:

In the south, the species reaches as far south as New South Wales in Australia[19]and even to the northern tip of New Zealand in the southern Pacific.

have a read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_trevally

in reference to range of gts world wide.

got me thinking, has anyone caught a gt in nz before?? 
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don't believe everything you read on wikipedia. 
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i wish!!!!! man looks like a hunt for the elusive nz gt might be under way
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From Wikipedia........


"The Fabled silver Parengarenga Giant Trevelly,  are unstopable over the white  silica sands of the Harbour always reaching the barnacle encrusted horse mussels, leaving unsuspecting anglers wondering..... If Only! Ouch"
 
 
ADDIT: Actually from an over imaginative mind...... But who knew?
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never trust wikipedia, anyone can write anything on there
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LGB guy's have hooked and lost marlin...but surely a GT would have surfaced for one of these guys fishing that terrain all the time??? If it gets you up there fishing, good enough excuse I reckon...


Hunny, Going to catch a Far North GT, may be a while....

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The only GT I've heard of in the far north squeals like young school girl and hosts a tv programme...
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Yup....no GTs here. Dammit. Maybe though with global warming, well, there is always hope! ;-)
Not even any GTs at norfolk Island, and that is hundreds of miles to the north of NZ....
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Chris Brown who speared NZ's first marlin said that he saw one up at the kings in a school of kingis years ago he put at 30 kg plus, but it never came close enough for him to have a go at. I believe him as he was one of the first real blue water spearo's in NZ, plus he speared a 54 pound (I think that was the weight) Samson Fish at the Mokes years ago which I think is one of only two which have been caught in NZ.
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A sambo was seen at Cape Brett pretty recently by a super experienced spearo.

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We have Queensland Grouper here too.
 
If GT's ever got here the local baitfish would'nt last very long LOL and would they out compete the Kingies?
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I will be cacthing one of these fish in the far north this coming June.
(The far north of New Caledonia though)
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yep i don't believe wikipedia, just caught my attention on the reference to nz. 

in nz we have our own versions of gts, they have green backs with yellow stripes on their sides, they inhabit the same sort of terrain and fight hard.Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by long john long john wrote:

don't believe everything you read on wikipedia. 
Gee I thought everything on the net was gospel.
Interesting reading on the Sambos being caught in NZ waters. Would be interested to know if they tasted any good when compared to the sambos that they get in souther/eastern australia and the ones we get in western australia.
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I had heard of one being caught in Doubtless bay several years ago, a small one about 6kg. Cant say it was a reliable source but from time to time the odd tropical species does end up here so I guess you never know. I doubt that the wikipedia source was based on actual encounters and probably more likely a  educated guess....
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I get asked how big the GT is on the wall in the shop all the time...... it is a good trevor from the far north but it aint no GT'. I have heard plenty of stories about GT's at the kings but again I would hazzard a guess they are large trevors being referred to as Giant trevally by our standards.
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Originally posted by Marligator Marligator wrote:

Chris Brown who speared NZ's first marlin said that he saw one up at the kings in a school of kingis years ago he put at 30 kg plus, but it never came close enough for him to have a go at. I believe him as he was one of the first real blue water spearo's in NZ, plus he speared a 54 pound (I think that was the weight) Samson Fish at the Mokes years ago which I think is one of only two which have been caught in NZ.

Chris is a top bloke, a great spearo, but he was also legend for the stories he told. I guess he might have seen a GT...
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yup, if Brownie dived as well as he spins yarns, he'd have been world champ for sure.
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Are GT's Migratory? I didnt really think they were,pretty content to rule their reef.  
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pound for pound the big silver trevs would give a gt a go, bummer they dont get 50kg+ 
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