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Tarpon Fishing Report

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Tarpon fishing activity is based upon real fishing reports collected over a decade, by Getfished. It represents an overview of all reports. With 45 reports across 15 reported locations, the dataset helps show longer-term fishing patterns rather than isolated catches.

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

Tarpon 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

Tarpon report signals

Derived from fishing report data

Seasonal report pattern

This shows when tarpon 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 15.6%
Autumn 26.7%
Winter 42.2%
Spring 15.6%

Reported tarpon locations

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

Southport

19

D Entrecasteaux Channel

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Hervey Bay

5

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Moreton Bay

3

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Gold Coast Broadwater

2

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

Maroochydore

2

Sunshine Coast

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Noosa Heads

2

Sunshine Coast

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Tin Can Bay

2

Sunshine Coast

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Tweed Coast

2

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

Twin Waters

2

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

Ballina

1

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Booyan Bridge

1

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

Burnett River

1

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

Caloundra

1

Sunshine Coast

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Mooloolaba

1

Sunshine Coast

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Moreton Bay/ Jumpinpin

1

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