Achieving long‐term retention of pop‐up satellite archival tags (PSATs) has proven difficult for all fishes but is particularly challenging for small migrant species due to the relatively large size of tags. In this study, the authors tested the latest and smallest PSAT model on the market, the mark‐report satellite tag (mrPAT), and developed a simple, cost‐effective method of tag attachment on sheepshead Archosargus probatoce...