Went to visit the folks this weekend and had some time to do a little fishing around Seabrook/Kiawah. We caught a lot of tagged fish - reds, black drum, and a sheepshead. The kids were excited because they knew it meant they’d get a t-shirt. We recorded the tag #s and measured each fish, so the DNR will get a full report. It was funny - at first everyone was so excited to catch a tagged fish, but as we caught fish after fish after fish with tags, recorded the data on each, they started to get happy when they DIDN’T get one with a tag. Later that night, I was at the Harris Teeter on Kiawah and saw an old lady in the bread isle with a tag behind her ear. I think someone’s getting carried away! 
All fish were released ready to fight another day. I knew the reds were being tagged but I didn’t realize the other species are also being studied. Very cool!
Some pics from the weekend…
A tagged red for my daughter
Tagged sheep for my wife
An over-slot red is always a nice surprise - even better with a tag
A few tagged black drum
No tag, but lots of spots
It just doesn’t get any prettier than this. Can’t wait to come back for another visit
Last pic is beautiful! I bet more than one of those was
Tagged by capt Waller aka saltfisher
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I guarantee most of those are Mike Wallers. I’ve tagged a few with him myself
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He will know soon enough since they sent it in. I talked to these folks in the shop and I laughed when they said they were all caught in the same general area. Nice catches
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I’m just putting the report together now. Eight tagged fish on Saturday morning, and another thirteen on Sunday. No fish was caught by us twice. The big red had a tag that started with the letter K and had a six digit number. The rest started with CR and had either a four or five digit number. A bunch of the fish had thin worm-like parasites which we removed before releasing them.