Caught my first tagged bass this morning. The tag was a plastic line (similar to fly line) punched through the tail behind the dorsal fin and tied in a knot. Most of the address was rubbed off, but did a search on the forums here and determined that its an American Littoral Society tag. From the website
http://www.littoralsociety.org , looks like you have to mail in the info with the tag, although I think someone said you can phone it in. You'd think they would have an email or web form, but I guess they want to see the tag.
The fish was 31" and otherwise healthy, besides the spot on the tail where the tag was rubbing. The top of the tail was all raw and red, and the tag hole looked pretty raw too. Fish is probably releived to be rid of it, looked like a nasty sore. From the posts I found on the search, it looks like this is common for this type of tag.
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