ANGLER: Lewis Kaplan

TAG ID: GFR72882
SPECIES TAGGED: Bass, striped (Morone saxatilis)

LOCATION: Fire Island Inlet, New York, USA

DATE: 11/22/2025

RESEARCH CENTER: The Fisherman Magazine
BOAT NAME: Surf

ORIGINAL ANGLER INFORMATION:

ANGLER: Rob Lane

DATE: 04/14/2025
LOCATION: Raritan Bay, New Jersey, USA

RESEARCH CENTER: The Fisherman

BOAT NAME: Fisher Price IV
CAPTAIN NAME: Derek Bielitz

Catch Data

OCEAN: Atlantic

Lat/Long of Deployment:
LATITUDE: 40.48
LONGITUDE: -74.09

Lat/Long of Recovery:
LATITUDE: 40.633757
LONGITUDE: -73.327229

FISH CONDITION: Excellent

BAIT USED: Live Bait

TOTAL LINEAR NAUTICAL MILES:  appx. 36 nautical miles (straight line)

DAYS AT LARGE: 222 days

MEASURED LENGTH and WEIGHT: 31.5 in / 12 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)