Tagged fish.

[Sweetwater]

I caught a tagged striper a few years ago. I carefully measured the fish and released it. After sending in the info, I got a hat and document showing the fish's length when it was tagged. Turns out it was an inch "longer" when it was tagged the previous year than when I caught it. Somebody messed up.

[Finaddict]

I've caught a couple of tagged fish ... one did not look overly healthy ... it was sore and the moss/slime on the tag was growing down the tag into the fish, it looked a bit puffy around the area.

When I lived in Miami for five years, a local guide tagged a bonefish right off Key Biscayne on the Cape Florida flat ... it's the most northern flat in Biscayne Bay ... next to the stilt houses you see in the movies and television shows of Miami ... the next morning, it was caught down off Long Key ... about 50 miles or so south of where the fish was released ... that's a fast trip for a fish in one night.