taged striper

[striprman]

I've caught 3 tagged fish. Got a nice letter from the U.S. Department of the Interior, fish and wildlife service. (Maryland Fisheries Resource Office) thanking me for "participating". "Form" letter said tagging takes place from Massachusetts to North Carolina.
The enclosed "certificate" is very nice. Yellow parchment paper with a pic of a bass and data about the tagged fish.
tag # 198299, date tagged 11/13/1991, hatchery fish, Patuxent river in MD, tagging agency MDHAT (Maryland hatchery)
tag# 334928, date tagged 4/13/98, wild, Rappahannock river in VA, tagging agency VAVINS (Virginia ???) that was a decent fish about 35 pounds, 45 inches.
tag#31533, date tagged 11/15/88, release site: Little Neck Bay (Long Island)
size at release:18.1 inches, wild, tagging agency NYDECCST

All caught in the canal

got a hat with a logo and printed "participant striped bass consevation" for each fish.

[cow tamer]

I too caught a tagged bass in November. The tag is from the Hudson River Foundation. There tag is located in the lower, back belly area whereas the American Littoral Society tag is located up behind the dorsal fin area. The Hudson tag is 3 inches and straight wheras the Littoral tag is looped.

[afterhours]

pic of hudson river certificates.

[UserRemoved1]

My 10 year old caught one with a USFWS tag and we called right from the boat, he got a great pin and a nice wall hanging showing where the striper was tagged. He had been caught only 30 days before somewhere down south.

[MoroneSaxatilis]

The Littoral tagged fish I got this year was belly tagged. I can't remember where the tag was located on the Littoral tagged fish I caught several yeras ago.