Tag Return Striped Bass

[Billfish715]

Recently, I tagged a 32" striper with a Littoral Society yellow tag while fishing off Island Beach State Park. The fish already had a U.S. Fish and Wildlife pink anal tag in it. After phoning in the information I received a certificate and a pin from their program based in Maryland. The only information about the fish's initial capture was that it was tagged by the NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Hudson River. It was tagged in the spring of 2014 in the Hudson River. How this information helps the Feds monitor the striped bass stock and their growth and migration is sketchy to say the least. What was the fish's size when first tagged? Was it caught past the Tappan Zee Bridge or near the Verazanno? Maybe if someone catches the fish again, my tag will shed more light.