Habitat
An inshore schooling species, juvenile trevally are found in shallow sandy areas with larger individuals more common in offshore waters.
Fishing information
Caught using light tackle and a variety of lures and baits including soft plastics, flies and baits such as raw chicken meat or prawns. Often caught from wharves and jetties or from the shore around the east and north coasts of Tasmania. Occasionally taken in gillnets. Sometimes caught whilst line fishing for blue warehou as the two species tend to favour the same inshore habitats. They are known to grind their gill rakers with bony plates in the mouth to produce a grunting sound.
Cooking
Eating quality is good when fresh but does not keep well unless frozen. Silver trevally have a high oil content and dark firm flesh which lightens during cooking. Suitable to bake, barbeque, shallow or deep fry, grill, foil bake or smoke. A parasitic louse is sometimes found on the gill arches of this species but its presence does not affect the eating qualities of the fish.