02-19-2007, 01:31 AM
The G.T. stands for Giant Trevally. The one like he caught gets up to 150 pounds. Catching one over 100 pounds is a real trophy. You get a 20 to 30 pounder on and you have your hands full. The Hawaii guys fish for them from shore. It's a lot easier from a boat like they do at Christmas Island.
The island is just miles and miles of sand flats inside the lagoon. Nice weather usually. it's 115 miles north of the equator. Just 2 1/2 hours south of Hawaii by jet.
I like to drift the reef outside the lagoon in 5 to 30 foot deep water for the "smaller" ones up to around 12 to 15 pounds. From the boat you can land them on up to 12 pound test tackle. Once you drift out into the 40 foot deep or deeper those big 40 to 80 pounders start tearing up your tackle.
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The island is just miles and miles of sand flats inside the lagoon. Nice weather usually. it's 115 miles north of the equator. Just 2 1/2 hours south of Hawaii by jet.
I like to drift the reef outside the lagoon in 5 to 30 foot deep water for the "smaller" ones up to around 12 to 15 pounds. From the boat you can land them on up to 12 pound test tackle. Once you drift out into the 40 foot deep or deeper those big 40 to 80 pounders start tearing up your tackle.
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