Tom Rowland Podcast Episode 804 is a solo episode where I take you along on a fishing adventure to the other side of the world — chasing giant trevally across remote islands and atolls in the Seychelles, the gear and tactics it takes to land them, and what it is like to fish that fierce on such distant water.
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In this solo episode, Tom Rowland recounts a trip to the other side of the world to chase giant trevally (GT) across the remote islands and atolls of the Seychelles. He covers the journey, the gear, the tactics, and what makes GT one of the most exciting and brutal fish to target.
A giant trevally is a powerful, aggressive saltwater predator found around tropical reefs, flats, and atolls. GT are prized by anglers for their raw strength and explosive strikes, and Tom Rowland explains why landing a big one on remote water is such a demanding challenge.
Tom Rowland traveled to the Seychelles, fishing remote islands and atolls on the other side of the world. In the episode he describes the journey, the environment, and what it takes to reach and fish such distant, pristine GT water.
Tom Rowland breaks down the heavy gear and the popping and casting tactics used to draw explosive GT strikes over the reef and flats. He explains how the fishing differs from anything most anglers experience closer to home and why preparation matters so much.
GT are among the strongest inshore predators in the world, and the remote locations where the biggest ones live add travel, conditions, and logistics to the challenge. Tom Rowland describes the physical and mental demands of chasing them on the other side of the world.
Tom Rowland Podcast Episode 804 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and iHeartRadio. The video version is embedded at the top of this page.
Chasing giant trevally on the other side of the world is one of those experiences that is hard to put into words, so I wanted to do a solo episode and take you along for it. The travel, the islands, the explosive strikes — this trip stuck with me, and I wanted to share the whole arc of it.
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I walk through what it actually takes to reach this kind of remote GT water — the travel, the atolls, and the feeling of fishing somewhere so far from anything. The journey is half the story. Listen to that part early in the episode.
GT are unlike almost anything else inshore — the strike is violent and the fight is a war. I get into why they behave the way they do and what that means for how you fish them. Worth hearing in the episode.
Heavy tackle, the right presentation, and the willingness to grind — I break down what worked and what it takes to actually land a big GT over the reef. Press play in the player above for the full breakdown.
Fishing the far side of the world changes your perspective, and I close with what this adventure left me thinking about. Listen to that part of the episode.
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What stays with me from this trip is how big the world of fishing really is, and how much there is left to chase. Standing on a remote atoll waiting for a GT to explode on a popper is the kind of thing that resets you.
If you have ever dreamed about fishing the far corners of the planet, I hope this one lights that fire a little more.
Press play in the player above, or grab Episode 804 on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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Tom Rowland is a lifelong angler, charter captain, television host, and founder of the Tom Rowland Podcast. With decades of experience fishing destinations around the world, he shares both the adventure and the practical craft of the sport, from the flats of the Florida Keys to remote GT water on the other side of the planet.
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