Species report trend

Elephant Shark Fishing Reports

Callorhinchus milii

A report-based overview of where elephant shark appears in Getfished fishing report data.

Saltwater

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Report patterns

Elephant Shark report signals

Derived from fishing report data

Bait and lure patterns

These percentages show the share of bait and lure mentions found in reports for this species. They reflect observed report patterns, not universal recommendations.

Reported bait

Squid 50.0%
Fresh squid 16.7%
Pilchard 16.7%
Pippiess 16.7%

Seasonal report pattern

This shows when elephant shark reports appear across Australian seasons. Shares are based only on reports with parseable dates.

Autumn and summer show the strongest reporting activity, with reduced reports during winter.

Note: seasonal patterns may be influenced by factors such as reporting bias, species behavior, and environmental conditions.

Summer 0.0%
Autumn 92.3%
Winter 7.7%
Spring 0.0%

Reported elephant shark locations

These locations come from report records. Linked locations have matching Getfished location pages.

Barwon Heads

4

Bellarine Peninsula

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Corio Bay (St Helens rocks)

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Corio Bay (Western Beach moorings)

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Sheepwash To Lake Barwon River

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

St Leonards Pier

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Western Port

1

Bass Coast

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Elephant Shark is also known as:

Elephant Fish.