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Tarpon in the mullet migration

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During the fall, mullets migrate to South Florida from their summer home of Georgia and the Carolinas in order avoid the winter months. While traveling along the shore and intracoastal waterways they encounter numerous predators such as tarpon, shark, and larger predatory fish.