Reel Cast – Striped Bass Recovery!

ANGLER: Lajos Agopcsa

TAG ID: GFR40380
SPECIES TAGGED: Bass, striped (Morone saxatilis)

LOCATION: Mouth of Housatonic River, Connecticut, USA

DATE: 04/27/2025

RESEARCH CENTER: The Fisherman Magazine
BOAT NAME: Caught from pier

ORIGINAL ANGLER INFORMATION:

ANGLER: Mike Roy

DATE: 04/20/2021

LOCATION: Housatonic, 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: 41.1698128
LONGITUDE: -73.1082979

FISH CONDITION: Good

BAIT USED: Artificial Lure

TOTAL LINEAR NAUTICAL MILES:  < 5 nautical miles

DAYS AT LARGE: 1468 days

MEASURED LENGTH and WEIGHT: 38 in / 18 lbs

ADDITIONAL REMARKS: Tag was recorded and the fish was released with original tag.

*Dotted point represents the original tagged location*

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