571 Striped Bass tagged
24 February 2010 | About 8 miles off of Corolla, NC
Tina
As of 0915 on Feb 24, this cruise has tagged 571 Striped Bass and one recapture. 156 Striped Bass were caught in one tow yesterday. The smallest being 503mm and the largest 1081mm. We have caught 10,907 Dogfish, 591 of those in one tow. The smallest Dogfish was 505mm and the largest was 997mm. We have still only tagged one Sturgeon. The largest flounder caught was 405 mm (caught this morning) and the largest Skate was 925 mm. We will continuing to fish through the day and will begin our transit back tonight.
The picture shows both watch crews measuring and tagging the 156 Stripped Bass caught in one tow.
Weather: cloudy, 40 degrees F, winds 6 knots, seas 2 feet