taged striper

[snake slinger]

i caugt a bass with a tag the tag reads return littorol soc new jersey.do i just mail it to them?

[MAC]

Originally Posted by snake slinger

i caugt a bass with a tag the tag reads return littorol soc new jersey.do i just mail it to them?

Yes, but just mail the tag not the bass.... (just messing with you) They will send you a letter with when it was tagged and a hat I believe. Good job.

[denis]

You can call it in they will tell you what to do.--908-291-0055

[JFigliuolo]

didn't know what to do. didn't clip the tag.

[MoroneSaxatilis]

Originally Posted by snake slinger

i caugt a bass with a tag the tag reads return littorol soc new jersey.do i just mail it to them?

Here is their website. Follow the links to d/l a tag report.
http://www.littoralsociety.org/

[Bass Babe]

Do you keep the fish and the tag, rip the tag off/out, or take down the number and let the fish go? Do they want to know length or girth or weight, or only location?

[MoroneSaxatilis]

Originally Posted by Bass Babe

Do you keep the fish and the tag, rip the tag off/out, or take down the number and let the fish go? Do they want to know length or girth or weight, or only location?

http://www.littoralsociety.org/tag%20form.htm
IMO, they don't ask for enough info. I caught a Littoral tagged fish about a month ago and I had everything from xacxt L/L to length, weight, girth, water temp, etc etc. As you can see from the tag return form in the link, they don't need to know all that.

It's your choice whether or not to keep the fish. In either case they request that you cut the tag off and send it to them.

[Water Treater]

Cut the yellow ALS tag at the knot to avoid cutting through the six digit ID number. Make a note where/when you caught the fish, it's fork length, and if the fish is of legal size and if you keep the fish and happen to weigh it, its weight. Weight is not critical info because the guy/gal who tagged and released that fish did not and could not accurately measure its weight at time of release.
Send info with tag to Pam Carlsen Director of the ALS fish tagging program in Sandy Hook, NJ. You will be a hero and will be rewarded. I've tagged more than 1,000 fish for the ALS (42 returns so far) but I've never caught a fish with a tag. Consider yourself lucky. Buy a lottery ticket with the same number. Who knows!

[snake slinger]

thanks for the help.the fish was around 25 inches i saw the tag when i was unhooking it and i cut it out and released the fish

[Swimmer]

Think how funny that would be to box up the striper with some dry ice and fedex or brown the fish, tag and all to whatever organization sponsered the tag.