08-28-12, 01:31 PM
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Catching a tagged fish...
 One of the fish I caught back on 7/29 was tagged from a creel survey that was done on our lake back in 2007. I measured it at 17.25" and weighed it a 3lb 6oz. I finally took some time to contact our area DNR about it and found out this information from them... “The fish was tagged on May 16, 2007 and it was 16.8 long. However, we did not weigh the fish. So in 5 years, this fish grew a total of 0.45 inches. Several tagged fish have been reported in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 but this particular fish (201809) was never one of the reported numbers.” It is cool to see that this nearly 17" fish from five years ago is still alive and well, and it's also interesting (to me, anyway) that it grew less than 1/2" in that time. I don't know anything about fish growth rates, etc. Do fish continue to get a little bit longer each year, or do they reach a certain length after so many years and that's as long as they will ever get? Or does it vary depending on what time of climate they live in (MN vs. TX/CA/FL/etc.)? |
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