Bob gave me the go ahead to make this correction for the purchase of tagging equipment. I wanted to clarify the tagging info.
Aquatic Ecosystems sales a tag gun and the colored tags for $100. They are a great company and supporters of Pond Boss if you plan to tag a certain cohort such as adding northern bass to a population this is great way to do it. However the point of the article was tagging individual fish. To do so you need to use numbered tags. The floy tag system has a covering over the actual tag. We have bass tagged 5 years back that with a thumb rub can clear algae and read. They are quality tags.
Also Nate mentioned to me he is not sure about the $80 tagging kit mentioned. He does not sell this.
We have the numbered tags cheaper than anyone we invested in a large inventory. I love it so not really a profit item for us just like it when pondowners tag their fish. The gun is normally $50 but I drop price for any PB subscriber to $40. The numbered tags are $70/100 and although not listed on the web the colored tags are $5/100. Please call the office if you wish to get this discount we have no way of doing it on our website.
I do not want to solicit our business and not the intent of the article. The tutorial in the article showing the use of the tag gun is at the top of this page.
http://lakework.com/cart/index.php?p=catalog&parent=7&pg=1We also have a pond kit that includes the tagging gun and tags as well as a high quality scale, measuring board, clip board, thermometer, secchi disk, and data sheets we designed. We are proud of this kit and think it is what most pondowners need to track fish growth. The price is about half of what it would be if individual products bought elsewhere separately.
I hope you enjoyed the article and more folks start tracking their fish movement and growth.
