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Estuary Perch Fishing Reports

Macquaria colonorum

Estuary Perch fishing activity is based upon real fishing reports collected over a decade, by Getfished. It represents an overview of all reports. With 62 reports across 17 reported locations, the dataset helps show longer-term fishing patterns rather than isolated catches.

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

Estuary Perch Bait and lure signal Reported bait patterns commonly include Bass yabbies, Frozen pilchard and Pistol shrimp. Lure reports are led by Soft plastics, Surface lures and Vibes.

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

Estuary Perch 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

Bass yabbies 16.7%
Frozen pilchard 16.7%
Pistol shrimp 16.7%
Scrub worms 16.7%
Worms 16.7%
Yabbies 16.7%

Reported lures

Soft plastics 17.9%
Surface lures 7.1%
Vibes 7.1%
Hardbody lures 5.4%
Cranka crabs 3.6%
Small hardbody lures 3.6%
Small soft plastics 3.6%
Z-man grubz 3.6%
Zman grubz 3.6%
Bait 1.8%
Berkley 3 minnows 1.8%
Curl tail plastics 1.8%

Seasonal report pattern

This shows when estuary perch 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 29.0%
Autumn 29.0%
Winter 32.3%
Spring 9.7%

Reported estuary perch locations

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

Barwon River

12

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

Hopkins River

10

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

Barwon River Queens Park

4

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

Glenelg River

4

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

West Coast Estuaries

4

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

Barwon River Above Lake

2

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

Barwon River Estuary Barwon Heads To Thunderbolt

2

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

Barwon River Shannon Ave-queens Park

2

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

Curdies River

2

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

Glenelg River At Nelson

2

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

Grammar School Lagoon

2

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

Maribyrnong River

2

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

Painkalac Creek

2

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

Patterson Lakes

2

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

Stoney Creek Reservoir

2

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

Western Estuaries

2

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