View Poll Results: Which saltwater fish is your #1 option?

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  • Permit

    6 16.67%
  • Bonefish

    1 2.78%
  • GT

    13 36.11%
  • Tarpon

    8 22.22%
  • Milkfish

    2 5.56%
  • Mako Shark

    1 2.78%
  • Any other suggestions

    5 13.89%
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Thread: Your ultimate #1 saltwater species on the fly?

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    Default Your ultimate #1 saltwater species on the fly?

    If you could target and catch any 1 of the following saltwater fish, which would it be?

    1) Permit
    2) Bonefish
    3) GT
    4) Tarpon
    5) Milkfish
    6) Mako shark
    7) Any other suggestions

    Out of interest.....

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    I guess I should have also added Sailfish / billfish to this.....

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    Not to mention Tuna and their related types.
    "Hierdie drol het baie vlieë" - Ago 2014.

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    I have a yearning to catch a decent GT on fly (then again, I would probably die of heart-attack if that ever happened) and to name but a few, I would love a Golden Dorado and a yellowfish
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    I voted GT because it's been an obession for me since I got ****ed up by one a few years back, but Bonies and Tarpon are also on the list of "wants" with my last BIG desire to get a Tuna on fly.
    "Hierdie drol het baie vlieë" - Ago 2014.

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    200lber Tarpon from a float tube!

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    I would like any of the above, but I voted for Permit because they are truely such a beautiful looking fish, and having had a couple of casts at some recently, I am truely 'bitten' to catch one in my lifetime....

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    Quote Originally Posted by beefybovril View Post
    I would like any of the above, but I voted for Permit because they are truely such a beautiful looking...
    Also known as Greater Pompano or Indian Ocean Pompano (I think), a mate picked a big(ish) one up while casting to what he thought was a GT, he reckons they put up a hell of a fight.
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    From what I have seen ... probably Triggers or those Humpback/head Parrots
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scythe View Post
    Also known as Greater Pompano or Indian Ocean Pompano (I think), a mate picked a big(ish) one up while casting to what he thought was a GT, he reckons they put up a hell of a fight.
    Yip, I believe they are the cousin of the atlantic permit Trachinotus falcatus caught in the states. On the Southern Oman coastline, they are in abundance and are regularly caught. Have a look at this chaps blog - he has caught 6 in the last 2 months - such stunning looking fish.....http://notemapez.tumblr.com/

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