Trevally - Big Eye
name: Trevally - Big Eye
other names: N/A
The Bigeye Trevally is blue-green above and silvery below. The dorsal and anal fin tips are white. The caudal fin is yellowish to black. There is a black spot on the upper operculum and dark scutes (glossary) along the straight portion of the lateral line. The posterior portion of the eye is covered by a gelatinous eyelid.
The Bigeye Jack is pelagic and widely distributed across the central Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, from Africa, throughout Micronesia, and to the Eastern Pacific south to Ecuador. Inhabits coastal and oceanic waters associated with reefs. Occasionally enters rivers. Juveniles may be encountered in estuaries, occasionally entering rivers and penetrating well inland.
Forms slow-moving schools in the passes or outside the reef during the day, dispersing at night feed. Feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans.
Jacks spawn pelagically, releasing large numbers of tiny buoyant eggs that travel the globe, carried by currents. This species grows to 85cm in length.
Trolling dead or live Mullet, Mackerel or Scad. Trolling lures, minnows, spoons or poppers. Deep jigging at drift or anchor. Casting poppers. Fly casting with chum.
