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Bass - How Far do They Travel ??

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Thought this might be interesting, although most here know about seasonal migrations in there respective geographical waters.  Anyone else have any "long distance" facts ??



 



A few years ago I landed a fish not from the the light house in Montauk.  Before I released it, I noticed it was tagged.  I reported the information printed on the tag to the wildlife organization.  They sent me back the bio of where and when the fish was originally picked which was from deep in the Chesapeake on the Virginia side and an informational pamphlet, they also sent me a "ceremonial" hat....LOL.  The fish traveled 4 states, not including the length of Long Island.  



 



 



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thats so cool,I once caught a bass in the west river in ct. it was tagged and was 37 inches.

after the tag was sent in they sent me the info and the fish was originally tagged at horton point NY and was 14 inches then.

it was roaming the northeast for 9 years when I caught it,it is still swimming,,,,I hope.

 

 

 

 

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Turns out, the bass was tagged in March of the same year, in North Carolina. Quite a swim in about 2 months.

 

A few years ago I caught a fish in Ortley Beach, NJ that was tagged by the NC Dept of F&G. It was a beautiful fish, caught on a pencil popper in the bunker schools of June. I re-tagged the bass with a BSC dart tag and released her. A healthy 47" bass.

 

When I got the tag info back from NC I was amazed to see that the fish was tagged just 17 days earlier in the Roanoke River, NC. Using google maps and a ruler I was stunned to see the fish traveled around 500 miles in 17 days. The math works out to an average of 29.4 miles a day.

 

That's one focused and motivated bass...........eating bunker the whole way.

 

Been tagging bass for over 20yrs and that is one of my favorite returns.

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