Donald “Hey Pal” Jones – Striped Bass Recovery!

ANGLER: Nick Tokarski

TAG ID: GFR60249
SPECIES TAGGED: Bass, striped (Morone saxatilis)

LOCATION: Offshore Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, USA

DATE: 10/31/2024

RESEARCH CENTER: The Fisherman
BOAT NAME: Queen Mary
CAPTAIN NAME: Cole Riback

ORIGINAL ANGLER INFORMATION:

ANGLER: Trevor Jones

DATE: 10/12/2023
LOCATION: Offshore Sea Bright, New Jersey, USA

RESEARCH CENTER: The Fisherman

BOAT NAME: Muscles Magoo
CAPTAIN NAME: Harry Browne
MATE 1 NAME: Bob Lutz

Catch Data

OCEAN: Atlantic

Lat/Long of Deployment:
LATITUDE: 40.3489
LONGITUDE: -73.9643

Lat/Long of Recovery:
LATITUDE: 40.34344
LONGITUDE: -73.9593

FISH CONDITION: Excellent

BAIT USED: Artificial Lure

TOTAL LINEAR NAUTICAL MILES:  < 1 nautical miles

DAYS AT LARGE: 385 days

MEASURED LENGTH and WEIGHT: 43 in / 34 lbs

ADDITIONAL REMARKS: Fish looked healthy. Tag site looked good. It was caught on Shrewsberry rocks Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey. 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)