TREVALLY ALLEY
It never ceases to amaze me how hard silver trevally fight. For a fish with such a slim forked tail, they still transmit remarkable force back through the rod due to their ability to turn side-on, using the surface area of their flanks to resist. On light gear, a 40cm trevally can be a real handful. When they school up at this size it’s time for sore forearms and a whole lot of fun.
Sydney residents enjoy the predictable arrival of dense silver trevally schools following the cold waters of winter and spring to our ocean rocks and into our estuaries. What’s more, they fall for inexpensive bait and basic tackle flung at them from both boats and shore. This makes them a sporting, inexpensive, prolific and accessible species to target, especially in the cooler months.
The larger specimens are often more prevalent in our estuaries during late spring and summer. While trevally can be a year-round prospect, for sheer numbers we’re best to target Sydney trevally schools
