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Samsonfish Fishing Report

Samsonfish fishing activity is based upon real fishing reports collected over a decade, by Getfished. It represents an overview of all reports. With 152 reports across 74 reported locations, the dataset helps show longer-term fishing patterns rather than isolated catches.

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Samsonfish Seasonal pattern Report activity is strongest through winter, with spring also contributing a notable share of reports. Activity is lower through summer.

Samsonfish Bait and lure signal Reported bait patterns commonly include . Lure reports are led by .

Dataset context These patterns reflect observed report behaviour across time and locations. They highlight trends and tendencies, not guaranteed fishing outcomes.

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Report patterns

Samsonfish report signals

Derived from fishing report data

Seasonal report pattern

This shows when samsonfish 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 7.9%
Autumn 19.1%
Winter 50.0%
Spring 23.0%

Reported samsonfish locations

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

Bunbury

11

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

Fish Towers

8

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

Five Fathom Bank

7

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

Mandurah

7

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

Coffin Bay

5

Eyre Peninsula

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Port Lincoln

5

Eyre Peninsula

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Dawesville Cut

4

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

Elliston

4

Eyre Peninsula

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Flinders Island

4

Eyre Peninsula

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Rocky Island

4

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

White Hills

4

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

Black Island

3

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

Dart Reef

3

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

Fremantle Traffic Bridge

3

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

Garden Island

3

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

Greenly Island

3

Eyre Peninsula

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Mondrain Island

3

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

South-West

3

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

Swan River

3

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

Williams Island

3

Eyre Peninsula

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Busselton Jetty

2

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

Cabbage Patch

2

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

Cape Le Grand

2

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

Esperance Islands

2

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

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