We ran out to the Triangle Wrecks yesterday to try for tautog. The bite was pretty good in the morning, when it was rough and cold. It was really slow in the afternoon, when it was calm and the sun was out. We caught 18 tautog with most being in the 18-20 inch range. The largest was a 24-inch fish caught by Chris Boyce. We caught two 19-inch fish that already had tags in them. The one caught by Wes Blow was blind in its left eye. Other than that, it seemed fat and healthy. Both of the tagged fish appear to have been tagged close together by their tag numbers being close in the same series of tags: 227024 and 227033. Both of these fish were re-released with their tags in place.
Turns out both of these fish were tagged by me, on the same wreck, in 2010.
Wes’ 19.25 inch/half blind fish was 13.75 inches long on 1/16/2010
The other, 19 inch fish was 14 inches long on 2/1/2010