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The giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis (also known as the giant kingfish, lowly trevally, barrier trevally, ulua, or GT), is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The giant trevally is distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, with a range stretching from South Africa in the west to (more…)

Tarpon are large fish of the genus Megalops. There are two species of Megalops, one native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific oceans. They are the only members of the family Megalopidae. There are two species of tarpons, the Megalops atlanticus (the Tarpon) and the Megalops cyprinoides (the Indo-Pacific tarpon). Megalops atlanticus (more…)

The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes. This species is native to the coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, from southern Florida and Texas to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Common snook are protandric hermaphrodites, changing from male to (more…)

Permit are one of the most coveted species in all of fly fishing. They are notoriously fickle and every one that you catch is to be celebrated. Most every person that considers themself a permit angler knows the exact number that they have miraculously brought to hand… I don’t know of any other species that (more…)

Bonefish are considered to be among the world’s premier fly game fish and are highly sought after by anglers. Bonefish are primarily caught for sport. They are not commonly eaten. The bonefish (Albula vulpes) is the type species of the Albulidae family, or bonefishes in order Albuliformes. It is amphidromous, living in inshore tropical waters, (more…)

Sailfish are two species of fish in the genus Istiophorus, living in warmer sections of all the oceans of the world. They are predominately blue to gray in color and have a characteristic erectile dorsal fin known as a sail, which often stretches the entire length of the back. Another notable characteristic is the elongated (more…)

“The three greatest gamefish in the world are tarpon, bonefish, and Atlantic Salmon, but I’ll take the Atlantic salmon over all of them.” – Ted Williams, “The Splendid Splinter” The thrill we get from a screaming reel and a jumping fish is primal, and an anthropologist could probably trace it all back to one fish, (more…)

The grayling (Thymallus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. There are six species spread across the northern hemisphere, but only the Arctic Grayling is found in North America. They range in northern regions of North America, Asia and eastern Europe; east of the Ural Mountains. The (more…)

The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche are any large species of bonytongue in the genus Arapaima native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America. Arapaima can reach lengths of more than 2 m (6 ft 7 in), in some exceptional cases even more than 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and over 100 kg (more…)

Just south of the Tropic of Cancer, at approximately 23.5 degrees north latitude, (named nearly 2000 years ago because the sun was in the direction of the Cancer constellation during the June equinox) is the northern tip of the Mexican Yucatan. The peninsula itself is bordered on the west and north by the Gulf of (more…)