We have now tagged 31 fish – 10 at Fraser Island, 9 at the entrance to the Tambo River, 8 in McLennan Straits, and 4 in the Mitchell River.
Tagged and released at Tambo River entrance on 18 December 2006
Weight: 350 g, Length: 380 mm
Remained around entrance of Tambo River until end January 2007. Then swam from Tambo River entrance to Metung in 2 hours. Detected at Metung until 9 May, after which it moved to Tambo River entrance by 14 May.
Moved up Tambo River to Johnsonville then back to entrance.
Detected around entrance until 21 May.
Moved back to Metung via Jones Bay by 9 June.
Summary of movements by dusky flathead up to September 2007. NAC – Nicholson Angling Club
Release date | Length (mm) | Weight (g) | Release location | Method caught | Person | Details of movement |
17/01/2007 | 480 | 722 | Fraser Isl. | Mesh | Doc McKenzie | Only detected Reeve Channel |
17/01/2007 | 460 | 555 | Fraser Isl. | Mesh | Doc McKenzie | Only detected Reeve Channel |
17/01/2007 | 495 | 700 | Fraser Isl. | Mesh | Doc McKenzie | Only detected Reeve Channel |
17/01/2007 | 435 | 534 | Fraser Isl. | Mesh | Doc McKenzie | Only detected Reeve Channel |
17/01/2007 | 680 | 2102 | Fraser Isl. | Mesh | Doc McKenzie | Only detected Reeve Channel |
17/01/2007 | 530 | 943 | Fraser Isl. | Mesh | Doc McKenzie | Moved down to entrance of Gippsland Lakes. Has not been detected since 4th June. May have snuck out of Lakes. |
16/03/2007 | 440 | 548 | Mitchell River | trawl | Jeremy Hindell | Moved to entrance of Mitchell river. Not detected since 18 May. |
8/04/2007 | 440 | 530 | Nicholson River | Angling | NAC - Lucas | Tag re-used from fish caught in Tambo River (see below). Fish moved up and down Nicholson River several times before departing end of June. |
2/05/2007 | 375 | 340 | Hollands Landing | Angling | Brett Geddes | Only detected at eastern entrance of McLennan Strait |
2/05/2007 | 440 | 570 | Hollands Landing | Angling | Brett Geddes | Only detected at eastern entrance of McLennan Strait |
2/05/2007 | 430 | 560 | Hollands Landing | Angling | Brett Geddes | Only detected at eastern entrance of McLennan Strait |
2/05/2007 | 430 | 520 | Hollands Landing | Angling | Brett Geddes | Only detected at eastern entrance of McLennan Strait |
2/05/2007 | 480 | 650 | Hollands Landing | Angling | Brett Geddes | Only detected at eastern entrance of McLennan Strait |
2/05/2007 | 480 | 640 | Hollands Landing | Angling | Brett Geddes | Only detected at eastern entrance of McLennan Strait |
6/12/2007 | 350 | 285 | Mitchell River boat ramp | Angling | NAC - Dale | Remained around Mitchell River Cut. Moved to Mitchell River entrance, then to Paynesville. Moved back into Mitchell River and up to Cut. |
18/12/2007 | 470 | 730 | Tambo River entrance | Angling | NAC - Kevin | Remained around entrance to Tambo until March. Briefly moved up Tambo River to Swan Reach, then back downstream to entrance. Last detected at Tambo entrance 26 March. |
18/12/2007 | 435 | 550 | Tambo River entrance | Angling | NAC - Kevin | Remained around entrance to Tambo river until end February |
18/12/2007 | 440 | 480 | Tambo River entrance | Angling | NAC - Kevin | Remained around entrance to Tambo river until mid February |
18/12/2007 | 435 | 450 | Tambo River entrance | Angling | NAC - Kevin | Re-caught in Tambo River around Johnsonville. Fish retained by angler and acoustic transmitter returned via NAC. |
18/12/2007 | 335 | 320 | Tambo River entrance | Angling | NAC - Ken | Remained around Tambo entrance until end of April |
18/12/2007 | 380 | 350 | Tambo River entrance | Angling | NAC - Kevin | Remained around entrance of Tambo River until end January. Then swam from Tambo entrance to Metung in 2 hours. Detected at Metung until 9 May, after which it moved Tambo River entrance by 14 May. Moved up to Swan Reach then back to entrance. Detected around entrance until 21 May. Then moved back to Metung via Jones Bay by 9 June. |
18/12/2007 | 415 | 450 | Tambo River entrance | Angling | NAC - Kevin | Moved from Tambo river entrance to Jones bay. Not detected since 1 February. |
18/12/2007 | 420 | 505 | Tambo River entrance | Angling | NAC - Ken | Moved to Mitchell River entrance, moved in and out of Mitchell. Last detected here 12 July. |