I have tagged probably a couple hundred fish since last October. Many of them are underslot fish. I’ve received back about 6 or 8 recapture reports and of the “legal” fish, most of them were retained ie, kept.
Please, if you catch a tagged fish, just get the number off it for your report and T shirt, and please release it. The data is part of SCDNR research and is much more important for that than on your dinner plate!
There are many fish out there to keep. Please return the tagged fish! Thank you to those that do so.
Sells, I respect your opinion and appreciate all the knowledge you bring to this board, but I have to disagree here. There is a ton of sc red drum data from tag recaptures, but that data doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Conditions and fishing pressure change from year to year so there’s no such thing as too much data. Tag recapture data can be very helpful in determining things like fishing mortality rate for stock assessments. As tied in as you are to the management process, you know that good data is often lacking when those assessments come around.
You are probably right that there are enough red drum being tagged, especially with independent sampling programs that tag thousands each year, but tag recaptures (especially multiple recaptures) are very valuable.
Keep it up! Especially cobia. There’s a decent amount of data on Broad River cobia (still not enough), but there’s very little data on the cobia that visit nearshore charleston in the warmer months. The other species are important as well. Thanks for your help.
Ricky, I hadn’t either, until Affinity Charters posted a pic of a tagged flounder on their FB page yesterday…
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I caught a tagged flounder in PI that was tagged in more head city 5 months earlier.
Here is what you need to know about spot tail movement…, the don’t go far at all as a juvenile (under 10#]
Keep em if you wish…I don’t think it makes a really big difference.
I talked to RW about 4 years ago and he said that redfish pretty much dominated the tagging program (something like 90%). It would be nice to see tags go towards something else for a change. We know all we need to know about redfish. They are red, have spots, and you have to wear pattagonia, buffs, and green lense glasses on a bay boat to catch them…
Don’t forget, while fishing for reds, you are willing to run over any other thing on the water, just to get near “your spot”! You know, the one you stole from local guide, and call your own. Just my 2 cents! Tag Trout:smiley:
Don’t forget, while fishing for reds, you are willing to run over any other thing on the water, just to get near “your spot”! You know, the one you stole from local guide, and call your own. Just my 2 cents! Tag Trout:smiley:
Can you get a map of these privately owned fishing spots? How do they become privately owned to be stolen. Who owned it before they owned it? My SC fishing license says I can fish “ANY” public waters. Regulations has no clauses stating that you cannot fish local guide Joe Blows private spot.
I have saw pictures on here with the background whited out and I have received private messages about posting a picture. Sounds like little kids. “MAMA” “DADDY” HE’S FISHING MY SPOT.
Don’t forget, while fishing for reds, you are willing to run over any other thing on the water, just to get near “your spot”! You know, the one you stole from local guide, and call your own. Just my 2 cents! Tag Trout:smiley:
Can you get a map of these privately owned fishing spots? How do they become privately owned to be stolen. Who owned it before they owned it? My SC fishing license says I can fish “ANY” public waters. Regulations has no clauses stating that you cannot fish local guide Joe Blows private spot.
I have saw pictures on here with the background whited out and I have received private messages about posting a picture. Sounds like little kids. “MAMA” “DADDY” HE’S FISHING MY SPOT.
I knew I was going to catch hell over that post…just my opinion. kind of sick of all the crap about redfish
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Haha so true but…If other inshore fish could live up to the fight, looks and availability of reds then you might not have such a following…where trout are like reeling up a sock and flounder just flounder around mostly…keep in mind I really only fish for sport due to allergies of fish, where shrimp crabs n lobsters better watch out, get in my belly!
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and you have to wear pattagonia, buffs, and green lense glasses on a bay boat to catch them…
Well 'eff me too, no wonder I can’t catch 'em.
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Don’t forget, while fishing for reds, you are willing to run over any other thing on the water, just to get near “your spot”! You know, the one you stole from local guide, and call your own. Just my 2 cents! Tag Trout:smiley:
Can you get a map of these privately owned fishing spots? How do they become privately owned to be stolen. Who owned it before they owned it? My SC fishing license says I can fish “ANY” public waters. Regulations has no clauses stating that you cannot fish local guide Joe Blows private spot.
I have saw pictures on here with the background whited out and I have received private messages about posting a picture. Sounds like little kids. “MAMA” “DADDY” HE’S FISHING MY SPOT.
BOB
Bob I somewhat agree with your comment about owning spots, but I understand why people complain about posting pictures showing the backgrounds. Word gets out about places people have had success in catching fish - that should not be such a detrimental thing, but if you go by those places, there will be different boaters fishing that spot everytime you go by there. Same will probably happen to the places you post - you may have a productive place, post pictures of it and suddenly find your find that place you found is on everyone’s spot to fish.
I don’t know if it’s anyone laying claim to a fishing spot as much as it may be some folks trying to keep a place from being fished dry.
It sucks for people that don’t have the time or skill to find places, but it sucks just as much to have a place stripped clean of fish.
Which is why I don’t fly fish.
AOh, my, still laughing!