29" fish took a mack from me today. Had a pink tag in its belly that I snipped off and slid him back in after taking a measurement on the deck. Just cleaned the growth off the tag and it says " Reward " with the 800 tel # and the tag number. Called the #, was voicemail for USFWS. So will call tomorrow. After doing a search here, it looks like a pin or hat for the reward. Now if it had been a green tag....... Anyone else had a pink USFWS tag recently or know what tags are good for $$$$? This fish was healthy, even where the tag was inserted. Much better than the two ALS fish I have caught. Those wounds were nasty......

My son Thomas got a hat a few years ago. Nice too.

I caught a fish with a pink USFW tag and got a nice pewter striper pin for my hat

I got a pin and a letter about the history of the fish. It was pretty cool. I wonder if ive caught others after dark, i didnt even see the tag on mine but my buddy did right before i released it.

Got a Littoral Society tagged schoolie yesterday. Also got a 33# fish with a pink tag(still gotta call that one in) in May. That was the biggest tagged fish I've ever caught, usually get 1 per year. Some of these tags look pretty poorly done too.

Ross, a Pink tag = Pink hat.
Real fishermen wear pink, right? :no2:

Seriously, that is cool. Always interesting to learn the history of a tagged fish. Remember to let us know when you find out...

Fish was tagged in Delaware Bay on 4/24/09. Was 26.32 inches at that time.
I got the pin and a certificate.

I got a 25lb fish a couple weeks back that was tagged by the Berkeley striper club out of NJ. They are suppose to be sending me info on the fish and such pretty cool.

sweet!

Ross, a Pink tag = Pink hat.
Real fishermen wear pink, right? :no2:

Seriously, that is cool. Always interesting to learn the history of a tagged fish. Remember to let us know when you find out...


or a pink Tie :drool:

nice, I got a yellow tag on the smallest striper I've ever caught, lol, in early june. It was a Hudson River Foundation one that said reward, $10-$1000, so naturally I was pumped. Called em up and i get 10 bucks, and a chance in a drawing with about 250 other guys for 2 1k, 2 500 and 2 250's. lol, I say false advertisement!

Tagged fish today was a 32" 15#er with a USFWS tag.

I got one a few weeks back in the canal fish was 24 pounds and about 42 or so inches I set it free

When it was tagged 1/2006 in North Carolina it was 32 inches no weight
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Has been a while since I got a tagged fish.

Has anyone ever wrote the number down, taken a weight and measurement and phoned it in but left the tag inplace as to continue the data???? Can this be done and still get your hat?

I'm sure you can because when I called it in she asked if I removed the tag, the tag was so dirty I couldn't read it so I removed it

Tagged fish today was a 32" 15#er with a USFWS tag.

Fish was 23.25" whan tagged off W Hampton NY on 11/16/07

Asked for the hat this time. Pretty good looking hat too!

29" fish took a mack from me today. Had a pink tag in its belly that I snipped off and slid him back in after taking a measurement on the deck. Just cleaned the growth off the tag and it says " Reward " with the 800 tel # and the tag number. Called the #, was voicemail for USFWS. So will call tomorrow. After doing a search here, it looks like a pin or hat for the reward. Now if it had been a green tag....... Anyone else had a pink USFWS tag recently or know what tags are good for $$$$? This fish was healthy, even where the tag was inserted. Much better than the two ALS fish I have caught. Those wounds were nasty......

Big differance between the average ALS tagger and a trained biologist...it's funny about tagged fish, they seem to run in cycles... I havent got one an about 3 years now, the last time i got tagged fish I got 3 the same week... all taged in Maryland the same day...BTW... all hat fish.

I caught a Littoral Society tagged fish about 3 weeks ago. The tag hole was nasty and raw and teh tag was compeltely covered in weed growth. I think I did the fish a favor by removing the tag. Picture below. Sorry it's blurry, but you can still see the growth. I caught another tagged fish from the same exact rock on the same lure 2 years ago in June that had originally been tagged in the Thames the previous February. Interested to see if this fish comes back with simliar data.

Fish was tagged in Delaware Bay on 4/24/09. Was 26.32 inches at that time.
I got the pin and a certificate.

Very interesting. I caught one in the Canal in late May that was tagged on the very same day in 2009 in the very same place. It think my fish was 26.74 inches at the time of tagging. I guess they were schoolmates.