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Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber
Too bad theyre too little to carry tags, it would be a pretty cool study  |
No, not too small at all. ALS recomends a minimum tagging length of 12". The ones I usualy tag in Matunuck are approx. 15" and up. That being siad here are some tag recaptures of fish tagged in Matunuck:
Tagged: 4/21/05
Recap: 5/20/06- Justin Pilachowski, Westerly, RI
Tagged: 4/25/06
Recap: 7/02/06- James Makein, Peter and Rowley R., MA
Tagged: 4/01/06
Recap: 8/29/06-Rob Brothers, Pleasant Bay, MA
Tagged: 4/11/06
Recap: 8/5/06- Michael Polakowski, Harpswell, ME
Tagged: 4/29/05
Recap: 8/5/06-Richard Rudolph, Hampton, NH
In addition to these I also had a few tagged in April end up in Truro about a month later, although I've misplaced the return data at the moment. On an interesting side note, fishing friend and mentor Al Anderson has tagged fish at the wall and that have ended up in Jersey only months later. Go figure.
So far all the tagging data I've collected does not indicate that any of the Matunuck fish overwinter in the Thames. With the ammount of fish I tag on the wall and the ammount tagged in the Thames at least one would have shown at the other location.
Also I'm not sure if these are pond fish either. I just began tagging salt pond fish last spring and winter. It'll be interesting if any of them show in Matuncuk. And does it seem to anyone else that the coldness of the water would be more likely to cool the rocks than vise versa?