NZ GT's??
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Topic: NZ GT's??
Posted By: alan syme
Subject: NZ GT's??
Date 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales - New South Wales in Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_trevally#cite_note-Hutchins-18 - [19] and even to the northern tip of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand - 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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Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2011 at 8:14pm
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don't believe everything you read on wikipedia.
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Posted By: Jonny rotten
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2011 at 8:36pm
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i wish!!!!! man looks like a hunt for the elusive nz gt might be under way ------------- Rocking the CROCS since 2011 |
Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2011 at 9:08pm
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From Wikipedia........
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ADDIT: Actually from an over imaginative mind...... But who knew? ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: Kurt051
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2011 at 9:25pm
| never trust wikipedia, anyone can write anything on there |
Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2011 at 9:54pm
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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.... Can you bring home some milk?  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
Posted By: EditB
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2011 at 9:59pm
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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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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2011 at 11:55pm
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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.... |
Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 6:01am
| 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. |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 7:50am
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A sambo was seen at Cape Brett pretty recently by a super experienced spearo. |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 7:55am
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We have Queensland Grouper here too.
If GT's ever got here the local baitfish would'nt last very long
 and would they out compete the Kingies? |
Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 10:09am
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I will be cacthing one of these fish in the far north this coming June.
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Posted By: alan syme
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 7:01pm
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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.
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Posted By: S.O.T
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 7:27pm
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long john wrote:Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 9:47pm
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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.... ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 9:44pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 10:00pm
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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Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 6:26pm
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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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Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 8:08pm
| Are GT's Migratory? I didnt really think they were,pretty content to rule their reef. |
Posted By: Corokingi
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 1:24pm
| pound for pound the big silver trevs would give a gt a go, bummer they dont get 50kg+ |
Posted By: Edick
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 6:36pm
| I'm picking they mostly live at top of the West Island |
Posted By: Cbro
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 8:52pm
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We do get the occasional GT up here off Cape Karikari, its very hit and miss but can pay off big time as the ones passing our coast are very big...this one was the only one I hooked during this years run. I have a good video of me landing this fish, needs some serious editing before I publish it. 
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Posted By: awawa
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2011 at 12:24am
| Looks like Tonga |
Posted By: S.O.T
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2011 at 1:27am
Likes this 
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Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2011 at 8:24pm
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I'm sure I've seen the same fish and same rock pool and same rocks with a little japanese guy holding the fish in another picture - sure you didnt photoshop your head onto the same guy??? ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2011 at 10:13pm
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Wow, the mythical karikari GT lives. Was this off the most northern island? Like the one 1200km north of the others?
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