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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: WayneD on December 29, 2011, 02:20:28 PM

Title: Tagged bass recapture details
Post by: WayneD on December 29, 2011, 02:20:28 PM

Hey guys. Just got this back from Bill Sawynok on the tagged bass I got the other day.

Tagged in Somerset Dam on 31/12/1994 by Harvey B. Total length 320 fork length 300

Recaptured in Brisbane River near junction of Lockyer River on 24/12/2011. Total length 440 fork length 425.

So after 6202 days on the run it has travelled 66km over 2 dam walls and has only grown 125mm.

Thought that was some pretty amazing data. Slow growth rate that's for sure.

Title: Re: Tagged bass recapture details
Post by: WayneD on December 29, 2011, 02:37:25 PM

I must be good at catching fish that have been on the run for a while as my other tagged bass I caught a few years ago was out for 4092 days.

Tagged 25/04/97, 250mm fork length, Somerset Dam
Recaptured 08/07/08, 500mm fork length, Wivenhoe Dam.

250mm growth in 11 years.

Had another one that I caught in the Albert too but it was no where near exciting.

Title: Re: Tagged bass recapture details
Post by: StevenM on December 29, 2011, 02:54:03 PM

Love this type of info

thanks for sharing Wayne.