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Tiger Flathead Fishing Report

Platycephalus richardsoni

Tiger Flathead fishing activity is based upon real fishing reports collected over a decade, by Getfished. It represents an overview of all reports. With 37 reports across 17 reported locations, the dataset helps show longer-term fishing patterns rather than isolated catches.

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

Tiger Flathead Bait and lure signal Reported bait patterns commonly include Salmon. Lure reports are led by 40-80g knife jigs, Bottom baits and Octo-jigs.

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

Tiger Flathead report signals

Derived from fishing report data

Bait and lure patterns

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

Reported bait

Salmon 100.0%

Reported lures

40-80g knife jigs 33.3%
Bottom baits 33.3%
Octo-jigs 33.3%

Seasonal report pattern

This shows when tiger flathead 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 17.6%
Autumn 2.9%
Winter 11.8%
Spring 76.5%

Reported tiger flathead locations

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

Bicheno

10

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Storm Bay

6

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

Marion Bay

4

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East Coast

2

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

Maria Island

2

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

Port Arthur

2

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Bournda Island

1

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

East Coast Tasmania

1

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

East of Maria Island

1

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

Freycinet

1

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

Haycock Reef

1

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

Long Point

1

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

Mercury Passage

1

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

North of Maria Island

1

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

Southeast Coast

1

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

Tasmania

1

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

West of Maria Island

1

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

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