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School Shark Fishing Reports

Galeorhinus galeus

School Shark 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 13 reported locations, the dataset helps show longer-term fishing patterns rather than isolated catches.

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

School Shark Bait and lure signal Reported bait patterns commonly include Salmon, Squid and Pilchards. Lure reports are led by Paternoster rig.

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

School 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

Salmon 24.1%
Squid 17.2%
Pilchards 10.3%
Fresh baits 6.9%
Mullet 6.9%
Barber perch 3.4%
Barracouta 3.4%
Calamari 3.4%
Fresh calamari heads and hoods 3.4%
Fresh chunk baits 3.4%
Fresh strip baits 3.4%
Fresh wrasse 3.4%

Reported lures

Paternoster rig 100.0%

Seasonal report pattern

This shows when school 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 35.6%
Winter 42.2%
Spring 22.2%

Reported school shark locations

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

Barwon Heads Offshore

4

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

Offshore 50m

4

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

Apollo Bay 50m

2

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

Blanket Bay (Apollo Bay)

2

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

Port Fairy

2

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

Port Fairy Offshore

2

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

Port Phillip Heads

2

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

South Channel

2

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

Torquay Offshore

2

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

Inverloch

1

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

School Shark is also known as:

School Sharks.