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A striking trevally that shows brilliant gold and black tiger-bars as a juvenile, fading to silvery-gold with scattered dark blotches when adult. It has rubbery, toothless lips it uses to root prey from sand, and is a hard-pulling, popular flats and reef gamefish.
Sandy flats, lagoons and reef margins
Calm, clear days over sandy flats and lagoon edges where fish are seen tailing and grubbing
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Medium or fly outfit; sight-cast to fish tailing and grubbing on sand flats and lagoon edges.
Sight-cast a , small or a live shrimp to golden trevally grubbing on the sand.
Eating & safety
Toothless and harmless to handle; simply mind the sharp dorsal and finlet spines when gripping.
Best conditions: Calm, clear days over sandy flats and lagoon edges where fish are seen tailing and grubbing
Its Latin name dates to Forsskal's 1775 Red Sea description, where he recorded the local Arabic name 'reem' that still endures.