Help with a tagged fish

[Islander26]

A budy caught a walleye tonight and we are trying to figure out this tag. The lake stocking shows the recent fish since 2000 to be marked with oxytetracycline. Looks like a duck tag to me.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/walleye24.jpg

[Passmeabrewski]

Did you see this?: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/marked-tagged-fish_229780_7.pdf

[Islander26]

Yep, but sure looks like this tag location would be a problem for a young fish in my mind..........

I have caught wire tagged fish but never like this.

[Cpt.Chaos]

We caught a walleye that was tagged like that about 5-6 years ago on Lk. Erie. The info returned to us stated that it was tagged in Mt. Clemens, I just don't remember what year. But thats cool, fish jewelry!

[icecathound]

damn kids and their peircings these days looks like its spreading to the fish world now

[averageguy]

I told you Wallie,as long as you live in this lake,no lip piercings!:lol:

[Boardman Brookies]

Did you see this?: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/marked-tagged-fish_229780_7.pdf

A buddy of mine caught one a few years ago and reported it here. Nice job! I would take that band and do something cool with it.

[Islander26]

Thanks for the replies....

Got some time at lunch today and found this info about jaw tags. The fish was 21 1/2" so that poor bugger must have had that thing on for awhile. I'm really curious to see when that study was performed. It was caught in Union Lk which was last stocked in 2005.



Report Jaw Tags

Many projects have been conducted using jaw tags. You might catch a fish bearing an external tag with the letters DNR, MDNR, MI DNR or MICH DNR (or other combinations). If you catch a fish with a jaw tag, please report the following information: species, length, weight (if known), tag location (where tag was attached), identification number (the larger of the two sets of numbers), tag return address (for example MICH DNR MM-1), capture date, and capture location by using the tag return form found at: http://www.michigandnr.com/taggedfish/. In the notes box of the form, please list time of capture and sex of fish (if known).

Upon receiving your information, a letter stating when and where the fish was tagged will be sent to you via US mail.

If you catch a tagged fish during catch and release season, or if you choose not to keep the fish, please remove the jaw tag for proper reporting. Jaw tags can be most easily removed from a fish with needle-nose pliers. When removing a tag from a fish that you plan to release, please be careful to avoid breaking the jaw bone.

Additional Information about Jaw Tags:

Large Lakes Program
One to two lakes, which are 1000 acres or larger, are scheduled to be surveyed every year. The fish tagged will be walleye, northern pike, musky and smallmouth bass. This study is designed to better determine population abundance, growth & survival, and harvest & fishing pressure.
Lake Huron / Erie Tagging Project
These projects are used to determine movement, set harvest limits and determine mortality rates. Walleye tagging programs are ongoing in both Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Lake Huron tagging started in 1981. Lake Erie tagging started in 1978.
Green Bay Tagging Project
Jaw tagging is used to assess movement patterns and annual rates of exploitation and survival of walleye in Michigan waters of Green Bay. Tagging started in 1988 and is ongoing.
Beaver Island Archipelago Tagging Project
Central Michigan University (CMU) is conducting a smallmouth bass study in and around Beaver Island. The study is designed to determine population estimates and movement patterns. Tagged smallmouth bass may have one or more of the following: jaw, anchor, or sonic tags.
Corey Lake and Pleasant Lake
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will be conducting a fish survey on Corey and Pleasant Lakes during the spring and summer of 2008. The study is being conducted to collect information on indices of abundance and estimates of annual harvest and fishing effort for largemouth bass. A second objective of the study is to collect sufficient growth and mortality statistics to be able to evaluate effects of fishing on largemouth bass. Special fishing regulations have been established on these lakes to improve these valuable fisheries.

[ausable_steelhead]

Usually they tag the upper lip. Just call the number the DNR gives on they're site and give them your tag info. They will mail you the info on your fish-date, location, fish size when tagged. I turned in a tag from a 7.5lber I caught in November off Oscoda in 2004. It had been tagged as a 3.5lber in 2001 at Dow dam in March. I still have the tag, it's pretty cool.

[jrsoup]

We have caught them here and have had several that read Oscoda and I remember one that we caught was tagged somewhere down around Detroit. They do get around.

[Greenbush future]

Caught 2 in Oscoda that had Saginaw tags.
This was a while ago maybe 6-7 years, no walleye up there now:evil:

[bigrackmack]

My buddies dad caught one up near Tawas that was 12 1/2#'s a few years back and got it mounted (that's how I seen it) and I asked him about the info on it?.....and he said his dad never called it in :dizzy:......Pretty cool....Mack

[ricochet]

I caught a Tagged walleye 3 years ago. I rolled the tag out flat so i could read it then i called the Mich.DNR and they took down the imformation and sent me a bunch of goodies plus the info on the fish and where it was released. My fish was released from Anchor Bay 35 days before i caught it up north of Port-Huron

[Getaway]

Caught lots of walleyes tagged like this, although usually they tag the upper lip.

They usually shock those fish in the spring while they are in the rivers and tag them.

[MDNRFD]

Yes if you do catch a fish with a tag please remove it from the fish safely if you are releasing and call your local DNR office. They have call cards that they will ask you the info. These are crucial in studies for future stocking and for research.

[barryl]

Why would you want to take the tag off if you are releasing it? If you left the tag in, then someone caught that fish at a later time and also call the DNR with info on the fish, it would seem that would provide a more through history? Just wondering.