Radio tagging MD DNR

Captmikestarrett · 09-13-06, 08:04 AM

Nine years ago I helped MD DNR do a survey of LGMouth habits. 20 LGMouth alive and kicking where donated from a small tournament where the anglers where to record eactly where they caught there fish. Each was given a plastic tag with a number. Fish where caught and tagged and each angler described the exact location of where the fish was caught. I mean exact right down to second limb on said tree three laydowns into said creek. All 20 bass where returned to Smallwood State park for tagging and release. Some traveled twenty miles to weigh in. 17 of the fish radio tagged returned to with in 100 feet of capture point. 1 stayed at dock where released. 2 where never found. The 17 that returned did it in less than two days.

Kinda interesting you think..

Wish I had the exact report but this is the gist of it.

Capt Mike

skeeter944 · 09-13-06, 08:23 AM

that is pretty intresting.

JB · 09-13-06, 10:44 AM

Kind of kills my theory of fishing the ramp where the tournaments release the weekly tournament fish doesn't it?

Wishing2BFishing · 09-13-06, 11:10 AM

Very interesting. I wonder if the report is still available.

scrap · 09-13-06, 12:43 PM

i heard or read the same thing, that bass will return to the area where they were caught, even if it is a long distance to return.

CarpMan · 09-13-06, 02:33 PM

No matter where you release a bass, they will always find their way back to their birth place or hatching grounds, and they will stay there within a twenty five yard radius of home for their etire life.

flbassman · 09-13-06, 03:36 PM

Hmm.... Explains why ponds have certain "hot spots" for no apparent reason....

Christopherkeene9 · 09-13-06, 03:51 PM

Or why you catch dinks in a certain part of the pond, man I gotta cut me out a new spot now and abandon that one!!

09-13-06, 08:04 AM	#1
Captmikestarrett BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: Accokeek MD Posts: 3,315	Radio tagging MD DNR Nine years ago I helped MD DNR do a survey of LGMouth habits. 20 LGMouth alive and kicking where donated from a small tournament where the anglers where to record eactly where they caught there fish. Each was given a plastic tag with a number. Fish where caught and tagged and each angler described the exact location of where the fish was caught. I mean exact right down to second limb on said tree three laydowns into said creek. All 20 bass where returned to Smallwood State park for tagging and release. Some traveled twenty miles to weigh in. 17 of the fish radio tagged returned to with in 100 feet of capture point. 1 stayed at dock where released. 2 where never found. The 17 that returned did it in less than two days. Kinda interesting you think.. Wish I had the exact report but this is the gist of it. Capt Mike __________________ Capt Mike Starrett light tackle guide Potomac River http://www.indianheadcharters.com

09-13-06, 12:43 PM	#5
scrap BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 217	bass return to area i heard or read the same thing, that bass will return to the area where they were caught, even if it is a long distance to return.

09-13-06, 03:36 PM	#7
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	Hmm.... Explains why ponds have certain "hot spots" for no apparent reason.... __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

09-13-06, 08:23 AM	#2
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	that is pretty intresting.

09-13-06, 10:44 AM	#3
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	Kind of kills my theory of fishing the ramp where the tournaments release the weekly tournament fish doesn't it?

09-13-06, 11:10 AM	#4
Wishing2BFishing BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Morgantown, Pa Posts: 1,254	Very interesting. I wonder if the report is still available.

09-13-06, 02:33 PM	#6
CarpMan BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 676	No matter where you release a bass, they will always find their way back to their birth place or hatching grounds, and they will stay there within a twenty five yard radius of home for their etire life.

09-13-06, 03:51 PM	#8
Christopherkeene9 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oviedo, Fla Posts: 2,270	Or why you catch dinks in a certain part of the pond, man I gotta cut me out a new spot now and abandon that one!!

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