In our continuing effort to keep Tarpon Research data available to the public, ProjectTarpon.com has added slides from a PowerPoint presentation showing data from the PAT (Satellite) Tag research project from 2001-2010, including some interesting data gathered this year from Florida's west coast, including Boca Grande.
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Cool info, thanks. I grew up in Miami fishing poons in the freshwater canals behind my house, and in salt lagoons from shore...so it is amazing seeing the ranges and water depths...I would never had imagined them going over 200' down..would be curious to see if that coincided with a hurricane of something. Cant wait to get my first TX tarpon action this year!
The deep dives are thought to coincide with spawning. The biologists are starting to postulate that the water pressure associated with these deep dives help the maturation of the eggs or promote spawning.
Scott, thanks for the info addition. Hard to beleive so little has been known about them, but glad to hear that technology is gathering such important data, so we can ensure they are here for our future generations.
Why are the locations listed as Boca Grande in 2010, actually not Boca Grande (ie one is actually Sanibel Island)?
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I think just out of simplicity sake - that's all. Should be Boca Grande area, I guess. Also, likely because the funds for these tags were raised in Boca Grande, so I think it's just a combo of those factors. No intent any other way.
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