John Balingit's first Giant Trevally

Common name: Talakitok

Other names: turrum, ulua, lowly trevally, lesser trevally, bumper, black trevally

Scientific name: Caranx ignoblis

Date caught: November 2, 1998

Place caught: Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines

Time of strike: 3:55 P.M.

Time boated: 4:00 P.M.

Weight: 4.5 kilograms or 9.9 lbs.

Length: 73 CMS.

Equipment used: 60 lb. line on a Daiwa Sealine 900H trolling reel & 7' trolling rod

Lure: Rapala Magnum Sinking Plongeant (CD 14 CG MAG) Pearl/Flourescent Orange

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