tagging fish

[Jordan]

hey all, i was wonderin if anyone on the site had any knowledge on tagging fish. im really really interested to see if the cod in particular, are the same ones im catching over and over or if there is just a really large number of cod in a small area. is there anything as simple as a bit of paint or stapling something to the fish? (in a non painful way) as i honestly believe i havnt caught the same fish twice yet, and would really like something to proove my theory.

jordan

[Bud]

One of those zip ties you've got, put it around the tail wrist and you are on a winner:P

[ellicat]

Jordan, Why not do some real tagging. Call the DPI&F. You can arrange to get a bag of tags and the implement to tag them properly. If you see Reelchippy on in the morning send him a PM. He's been tagging for at least 12 months so he'll know who to call etc.

[Jordan]

far out i diddnt realise i was aloud to, thats really helpful, thanks heaps. does that mean once a fish is tagged no one is aloud to eat it?

[ellicat]

No, I'm pretty sure you can still keep them. If you catch one that's got a tag you can log the details and update the DPI on the details of the catch etc I think. Reelchippy will know.

[Jordan]

hmmm been doin a little bit of reading into the whole tagging thing. they say you gotta write down a whole heap of detalis like weight and length n stuff. sounds like a pretty timely process. im finiding it over timley trying to get the hooks out of a well swollowed lure, epecially since its only worth fishing for an hour a day, i want to have my lure in the water for as long as possible. im thinking i mite just take a hole puncher and do the tail fin or something. since all they do is generally just sit under a rock i dont think it will affect them 2 much. does this sound wrong or brutal?

[ellicat]

No more brutal than sticking the tag into their back:ohmy:

I wouldn't have thought there was much more info than what you post in the reports anyway. What's a link mate ?

[Bud]

Mate that does sound a bit wrong. But hey who am I to say. I guess stabbing a tag into a fish in the name of science probably isn't too comfortable for the fish either.

[Jordan]

http://www.daffa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/6079/rfcgp_tagging_guidelines.pdf

think thats the one i was readin b4. i was hoping there wouldnt be any nerves in the tail, since theres no meat there, and since they dont do alot of swimming, it wouldnt affect them much. anyone else have anything against it or and oppinion on it? i'd like to have a few oppinions before i go ahead and try it. ill probably only do it on the 40 cm plus fish.

[jeff f]

jordan it only takes about 1 minute to fill out a tag card and you dont have to do it there and then you do it when you get home

[Jordan]

what do i do to get them? and will the DPI really be interested in common species such as cod and bream?id really like to get into the tagging stuff, and when i thought about what elliecat said yesterday after i winged about it taking to long, im pretty much taking all the details down as it is.

[jeff f]

sun tag are happy for you to stick them in everything and anything