TRIPLETAIL (Lobotes surinamensis)

An huge tripletail caught with Capt. Scott Lum with Outcast www.centralfloridacharters.com

Angler Stan Nabozny caught  an enormous tripletail while fishing with Capt. Dwayne Newbern (www.matagordabay.com/guides/localguides.htm)


Tripletail live in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide; their range is widespread through the Indian, Atlanticand Pacific oceans.
While live shrimp or live small fish seem to be the preferred bait of many anglers, tripletails will attack dead baits, jigs, plugs or shrimp pattern flies and sometimes popping bugs.

DISTRIBUTION:	All Oceans
MAX SIZE:	55 lb / 25 kg
MAX LENGTH:	55 inch / 140 cm
MAX AGE:	Aprox 10 years
ENVIRONMENT:	Saltwater