GT can be found along the east African coastline down to South Africa and including Madagascar, Mauritiusand the Seychelles, in the Persian Gulf, off the entire south and south eastern Asian coast up to, and excluding, China, but including the Maldives, Philippines, Malaysia and the Indonesian Archipelago and down to the norhern half of Australia and the northern tip of New Zealand. The species is widespread throughout the Indian and central Pacific oceans, west to Africa and east to Hawaii and the Pitcairn Islands, though there are recent evidences that the species may be crossing over the eastern Pacific barrier and expanding as far as Central America (which will make many anglers happy if true). Captured with Oneta GT Madness off Kadavu, Fiji One of the most majestic fish in the ocean, period. They can grow up to about 5.5ft and 175lbs, but are rarely seen over 3ft and 50lbs (except in Hawaii).
GTs are fast growers, reaching about 2ft at three years. Older fish are mostly solitary when they are schooling, it will be for spawning purposes or, more seldom, for feeding. Young fish often start their lives in brackish waters such as coastal lakes and rivers, lagoons, bays and estuaries, while adults will mostly be found in nearshore rocky areas and around reef drop-offs, invading the shallow flats and headlands in pursuit of food. These powerful predators will eat just about any creature smaller than they are, including fish, mollusks and cephalopods, such as squid and octopus, crustaceans up to the size of lobsters, and are known to occasionally swallow juvenile turtles and dolphins. Once revered as gods by the Hawaiian tribes, GTs are known for employing intelligent hunting strategies, such as shadowing rays, seals and large sharks in order to ambush their prey.
All of these fish are notorious for their voracious feeding instincts and brutal fighting prowess, making them prime targets of big game and flats fishermen worldwide. Giant Trevally is the largest of the 18 species in the Caranx genus, which includes various Jacks and Trevallies and is classified under the family Carangidae, to which Amberjack also belong.
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