MASTER OF DISGUISE
NOT A SPECIES THAT RECEIVES A LOT of attention from sport fishermen, the tripletail is widely distributed across tropical seas, especially the Indonesia region and in US waters.
The IGFA all-tackle record for this species is held with a fish of 42lb 5oz, which was caught in 1989 off South Africa.
Juvenile tripletails (Lobotes surinamensis) are coloured a mottled yellow, brown and
