Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Tagging Bass

I was looking for a way to tag some bass at a small private pond that I fish at to monitor size for future catches.

Hopefully esshup will see and comment how he tags bass. He keeps extensive records.

Take a look on Google for "Floy Tags" or "T-Bar tags"...these are very easy to use. You use a small tagging gun similar to the ones that clothing stores use to put those plastic price tags on clothes. The tags are usually numbered, so you can keep track of each individual fish you tag over time. Usually, the best place on bass to tag them is along the back, just below the dorsal fin.

See this from the archives - has how to pics and more

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=24354#Post24354

Get in touch with Greg Grimes here on the forum. He has a tagging system that uses just what was described. Numbered tags or non-numbered tags. I use the numbered ones. They go in the fish towards the rear of the dorsal fin, and you have to make sure the tag goes thru the rays that extend down into the fish so it "sticks" in the fish. I stuck the first tag in a fish in the early summer of 2009. I recently caught one that had the tag all covered in algae. I scraped off the algae and still could read the numbers plainly.

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to look into the tagging gun mentioned.

See video 4 and 5 has some info also. http://lakework.com/site/media.php

We are working on adding titles but not been done yet. Sold two guns last week to Australia, weird how folks find us.

Scotty have anything to do with it?

no dont think it was him two different fish farms. Tag kits are a good seller just wish we made more than $10 but Love for folks to have them in their pond mgmt arsenal.

I have the tagging gun from Greg. It's perfect - easy to use, small enough to keep in my pocket while fishing - and great fun to monitor your fish.