{"id":116,"date":"2018-11-20T13:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomscatch.com\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2020-11-27T19:20:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:20:47","slug":"116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomscatch.com\/blog\/116\/","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; Giant Trevally feeding on birds?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We all know that Giant Trevally feed on fish and that crustaceans, cephalopods and molluscs make up a considerable part of their diets. But birds?! In\u00a02017 the BBC released some stunning footage showing giant trevally hunting birds in Farquhar Atoll in the Seychelles. Check out the video from the BBC documentary Blue Planet II for yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r0K_LJ5GDW8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0powerful predatory fish\u00a0is considered one of the top gamefish of the Indo-Pacific region, having outstanding strength, speed and endurance once hooked. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomscatch.com\/fish-species\/giant-trevally-21\">Giant Trevally<\/a> can be hooked with life bait, cut fish and all kinds of lures like poppers, plugs, soft plastic baits, saltwater flies &amp; streamers, jigs.<\/p>\n<h2>Distribution of the Giant Trevally<\/h2>\n<p>The Giant Trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region and can be found from Japan, to Hawaii, South Africa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomscatch.com\/fishing-in-australia\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomscatch.com\/fishing-in-madagascar\/charters\">Madagascar<\/a>, Seychelles, Reunion, India, the Maladives,\u00a0Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Oman, Sudan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The species is most common in shallow coastal waters in a number of environments, including coral and rocky reefs and shores, lagoons, embayments, tidal flats and channels. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giant_trevally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more on this here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Catch &amp; Release<\/h2>\n<p>Giant Trevally have become very popular among sport fishing lovers. 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