From 1985 until 1994, my Dad tagged hundreds of bass in RI.
He has had 6 tags returned.
I was visiting my parents in Florida this January and he received a letter from the Littoral Socitey with another returned tag. The fish was tagged over 11 years ago at Pt Judith and the return was from New York. Unfortunately, the person who returned the tag did not send measurements so we could not see how big the fish had grown.
My Dad also once caught a Federal tagged bass and returned the tag, I guess thats a big deal, I think he got a hat or something for it.
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