Pride 023 – Striped Bass Recovery!

ANGLER: Don LaRuffa Jr.

TAG ID: GFR70023
SPECIES TAGGED: Bass, striped (Morone saxatilis)

LOCATION: Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts, USA

DATE: 09/03/2025

RESEARCH CENTER: The Fisherman
BOAT NAME: TUNAGI
CAPTAIN NAME: Don LaRuffa, Jr.

ORIGINAL ANGLER INFORMATION:

ANGLER: Brian Miller

DATE: 11/15/2024
LOCATION: Offshore Tobay Beach, Fire Island, New York, USA

RESEARCH CENTER: The Fisherman

BOAT NAME: Fisker Outdoors
CAPTAIN NAME: Brian Miller

Original Deployment Photo

Catch Data

OCEAN: Atlantic

Lat/Long of Deployment:
LATITUDE: 40.600423
LONGITUDE: -73.429466

Lat/Long of Recovery:
LATITUDE: 42.69317
LONGITUDE: -70.77617

FISH CONDITION: Excellent

BAIT USED: Live Bait

TOTAL LINEAR NAUTICAL MILES:  appx. 172 nautical miles (Straight Line)

DAYS AT LARGE: 292 days

MEASURED LENGTH and WEIGHT: 35 in / 14 lbs

ADDITIONAL REMARKS: Tag was removed and the fish was released without original tag.

*Dotted point represents the original tagged location*

(Map pins indicates original and recovery locations and does not reflect fish exact movements)