Question about salmon tags

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Question about salmon tags

Post by fishermom » Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:47 pm

My son and I went up where the salmon are spawning on the Stilly today. It was a bittersweet experience - thousands of fish spawning, torn up and bedraggled, dead and dying. Anyway, we saw a smaller dead salmon with a bright yellow tag with numbers. The tag was in the salmon's mouth.

Does anyone know what the tag is for?
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RE:Question about salmon tags

Post by curado » Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:52 pm

report it it is a jaw tag it. i cant remember what it is for though
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