Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Tagging fish

Mine isn't the worlds sharpest but I did clean it with alcohol a few times after tagging fish. The next fish I tag will have the large tab cut off the end of the plastic tag so they don't collect FA like shown in the picture.

It is inevitable you're going to hit some veins/arteries while inserting tags but you would thing the tag area would scar over. I know the dnr here has moved to freeze tagging for bass and walleye and self piercing tags for sturgeon