A Tagged fluke
Anyone ever seen this before?
Caught this baby fluke (around 12").
Thought I hit the jackpot and wasn't sure what to do. In the end i left it on the fluke thinking it was too young to snip off and hadn't had enough data collected. I even briefly thought there may have been prize money involved.
But when i got home, upon closer examination of the photos, realized i was supposed to snip it off. The letters were barely visible in the bright sun.
Oh well. Wish I had snipped it off. Clearly the location of the tag on the fish is inflamed and unpleasant for the fish. Went back to the same spot a couple days later to see if i could catch the same fish but to no avail. (This was off the Jersey Coast)
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