Decided to try my luck way back in Bushy yesterday. Tucked back in a creek to get out of the wind. Glad we did because once we found them they were hungry. Incoming on our 3rd spot and finally found some dinks mixed in with a few nicer ones. Biggest one came on mudminnow but cut shrimp and mullet did best. Close to 30 fish for the day which made the wind and cold not as terrible. Not one trout although my buddy said he had one right to the side of the boat. No dead fish to be seen anymore although buzzards were circling everywhere. Saw lots of ducks and pelicans way back in the creeks too. Pretty sure the pelicans were eating some of the little fish we saw swimming slow and lethargic like on top of the water. I think it was a croaker but I’m not sure, I didn’t pick it up and the pic will not load for some reason.
Also, each of us caught a DNR tagged fish with the orange tag. Both fish tagged in the belly, one looked severely infected. I’ve never seen one look that bad on the back. Some of the older tags on the belly usually develop algae and cover over the numbers and by time it gets scraped a few times to see the number they get scraped away too. Wonder if it just went in at too deep of an angle or something, who knows.
Nice work! Given the amount of time reds rubbing their bellies on various structure, that tag location seems counter intuitive. Seems it would be constantly irritated and never really allow the tag’s entry spot to heal. Doesn’t the SCDNR site show the proper tag location as being on top of the fish beside the dorsal fin?
I was following mdaddys lead. I thought it was a nice follow up for his comment.
I caught a 37 incher at folly beach with double tags in that spot. So I guess they last a long time. Both where unreadable so I didn’t report it and 1 was broken or deep. Report it and you will get a t shirt or hat, all my tagged fish hats find their way to the ocean. They use to be worth money.
I know how the t-shirts and hats work. Tell me how the tag travels from their dorsal to their anus area. I need answers. Or are you talkin out your anus again?
I know how the t-shirts and hats work. Tell me how the tag travels from their dorsal to their anus area. I need answers. Or are you talkin out your anus again?
Thought it was a flounder, and would flip location…
I know how the t-shirts and hats work. Tell me how the tag travels from their dorsal to their anus area. I need answers. Or are you talkin out your anus again?
Another inch or too and that tag would have been in the fishes anus.
Maybe a porpoise bit down on it and drove the tag thru the fishs’ body…There has to be a reason other than stupidity.
I know how the t-shirts and hats work. Tell me how the tag travels from their dorsal to their anus area. I need answers. Or are you talkin out your anus again?
Another inch or too and that tag would have been in the fishes anus.
Maybe a porpoise bit down on it and drove the tag thru the fishs’ body…There has to be a reason other than stupidity.
quote:Originally posted by RADDADDY
DNR tags smaller fish in that location. I can’t explain why as I have never understood the reasoning.
