Reel Cast Charters – Striped Bass Recovery!

ANGLER: Costa Moreshead

TAG ID: GRF45979
SPECIES TAGGED: Bass, striped (Morone saxatilis)

DATE: 08/02/2023

LOCATION: Offshore Kennebunkport, Maine, USA

BOAT NAME: Louise T.
CAPTAIN NAME: Costa Moreshead

ORIGINAL ANGLER INFORMATION:

ANGLER: Mike Roy

TAG ID: GFR45979

SPECIES TAGGED: Bass, striped (Morone saxatilis)

DATE: 04/11/2022

LOCATION: Housatonic River, Milford, Connecticut, USA

RESEARCH CENTER: The Fisherman

BOAT NAME: Reel Cast Charters
CAPTAIN NAME: Mike Roy

CATCH DATA:

OCEAN: Atlantic

Lat/Long of Deployment:
LATITUDE: 41.20439
LONGITUDE: -73.10915

Lat/Long of Recovery:
LATITUDE: 43.34500
LONGITUDE: -70.47900

FISH CONDITION: Excellent

BAIT USED: Live Bait

TOTAL LINEAR NAUTICAL MILES: 173 (straight line) nautical miles

DAYS AT LARGE:  478 days

MEASUREMENT WAS: Measured

ESTIMATED SIZE & WEIGHT: 30 in / 12 lbs

ADDITIONAL REMARKS: Tag was removed and the fish released without a new tag. Fish was caught in a large school of other like sized Striped Bass. The fish vomited up whole squid when we were netting it.

*Dotted point represents the original tagged location*

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