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Species Spotlight: Tarpon
Species: Tarpon Also known as: Silver King, Sabalo Latin Name: Megalops cyprinoides TARPON Description Because of their large size, legendary strength and stamina, magnificent beauty, and habit of jumping when hooked, the Tarpon is among the world’s most prized game fish. Tarpon are toothless and they swallow their prey whole. Adult Tarpon are four to eight feet long and weigh anything […]
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Species Spotlight: Permit
Name: Permit Also known as: Palmetto Scientific Name: Trachinotus falcatus PERMIT Description The Permit fish has a compressed body that gives the fish the impression that’s it’s tall and thin. They can be recognised by their elongated dorsal and anal fins, their tails are also deeply forked. They’re usually a highly reflective, greyish-silver colour, so much so that they are […]
Species Spotlight: Snook
The Snook is a fish that is targeted by many anglers due to its amazing taste and the fact it can provide great sport on light tackle. These fish are highly valuable to commercial anglers especially and their predatory nature means that they can be targeted using a wide variety of methods. Name: Snook Also known as: Baracouta, Sea Snoek, […]
Species Spotlight: Milkfish
The Milkfish is an intriguing species of fish, due to their feeding habits of predominantly eating algae these fish need a more skilled approach to catch them. This, in turn, makes the Milkfish a favourite species of many anglers to catch, the Milkfish is also a stunning looking creature with is silver flanks and long torpedo-like body this fish is […]
Species Spotlight: Bonefish
Name:Bonefish Also known as: Silver Ghost Scientific Name: Albula vulpes BONEFISH Description So far 11 species/subspecies of Bonefish have been discovered around the world. Many fish look the same to the untrained eye. Some of the species of Bonefish include: Albula vulpes (which are found in North American areas) Albula Esuncula (the eastern Pacific Bonefish) Albula Gglossodonta (the round jaw […]
Species Spotlight: Giant Trevally
Name: Giant Trevally Also known as: GT’S, Gangsters of the flats, lowly trevally, barrier trevally, giant kingfish or ulua. Scientific Name: Caranx ignobilis GIANT TREVALLY Description The take from a GT is so violent it can quite literally take you off your feet. As a predator, they are perfectly built for speed. They have a streamlined body with a huge […]
End of Year Round Up
What a year it has been and one I am personally very proud of. At the end of 2017, we purchased a property that was converted into brand new offices and became the new head office for Sportquest Holidays. We therefore started this year with lots of exciting times and challenges. Once the office work had been completed we could […]
Don’t Underestimate The Cloudy Days – Bonefish
If you have ever been on the flats and woken to cloudy weather you may have been a bit disheartened, fear not here we explain why sometimes cloud cover can create great visibility in the water. Without a doubt, bone fishing is a visual game. Therefore, there’s no question that a bright, sunny, cloudless day is ideal on the flats. […]
New Exclusive Fly Fishing Host – Jo Stephenson
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Jo Stephenson who has joined Sportquest Holidays as one of our New Exclusive Fly Fishing Hosts. Jo will be working closely with the Sportquest Holidays team to develop and run more Sportquest Holidays hosted fly fishing destinations. Sportquest Holidays Managing Director, Peter Collingsworth welcomed Jo into the group and commented: “We are delighted […]
