ANGLER: Nick Carter

TAG ID: GFR62484
SPECIES TAGGED: Drum, red (Sciaenops ocellatus)

LOCATION: Pumpkin Hill Creek, Jacksonville, Florida

DATE: 12/09/2024

RESEARCH CENTER: N/A
BOAT NAME: Maverick HPX
CAPTAIN NAME: Nick Carter

ORIGINAL ANGLER INFORMATION:

ANGLER: Chris O’Connor

DATE: 01/26/2024
LOCATION: Pumpkin Hill Creek, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

BOAT NAME: Angler’s Mark
CAPTAIN NAME: Capt. Lawrence Piper

Original Deployment Photo

Catch Data

OCEAN: Atlantic

Lat/Long of Deployment:
LATITUDE: 30.52558
LONGITUDE: -81.5032

Lat/Long of Recovery:
LATITUDE: 30.52892
LONGITUDE: -81.50628

FISH CONDITION: Excellent

BAIT USED: Artificial Lure

TOTAL LINEAR NAUTICAL MILES:  < 1 nautical miles

DAYS AT LARGE: 318 days

MEASURED LENGTH and WEIGHT: 27.25 in / 9 lbs

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

Wasn’t sure it was even a tag. The tag was covered in algae and already appeared to be coming out, possibly from netting the fish and it rolling around. Per the last time this fish was caught/tagged almost a year ago, it was caught within a mile or that location. It should also be noted, this fish has grown tremendously in the past 11 months and that goes against everything I’ve ever heard about the time span of redfish growing! Crazy!