Star Tagged Redfish question - Page 3

**iridered2003** · #21 06-06-2012, 11:24 AM

my understanding is that one was let go in the bayou. im not sure, but thats what i was told and i believe the man that told me

**JFolm** · #22 06-06-2012, 11:26 AM

I always thought I would have the fish mounted but I don't know if I would like to tell that story every time someone came over lol. If I didn't register that is.

**V-Bottom** · #23 06-06-2012, 11:28 AM

One at Offats all the time, Causeway too

**FireEater** · #24 06-06-2012, 11:29 AM

A big trout or Ling is a different story all together as there are countless out there.

There are ONLY 60 tagged Reds, 20 in each area, Upper, Middle and Lower Coast.

As I said before, now that we know the other one in West Bay was not released, that makes two guys who must not catch a lot of Reds.

So many out there, so why keep ones you know are tagged for a tourney? Not like you will not catch anymore Reds in your lifetime.

I picture guys like that as only thinking of themselves throughout their lives.

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**Shaky** · #25 06-06-2012, 11:35 AM

I caught a red that had a tag in it several years ago, I was sick as heck since I was not entered in the Star tourney.

I then realized that it was a regular tpwd tag, not Star. After that moment I have been entered every year just in case.

Regardless, I sent the tag info back to tpwd and got some pretty cool info on that particular fish.

All I can stress is, if your not entered and catch a tagged fish you will go through several bouts of kicking yourself in the arse! lol

**Spooled Ya!** · #26 06-06-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Gman4499

I heard the one caught in wes was kept to eat. A friend from sea isle saw the guy.

Did he see the fish? So you are saying that a tagged red was caught in west bay, the fisherman was not entered, and just ate a 50,000$ fish. If true, he is a jackass! I kinda want a discription of the guy your friend saw. Sounds like a Tall tale to me. just sayn.

**grman** · #27 06-06-2012, 11:59 AM

The story I heard - and I repeat the HEARD part - is that a vacationing visitor - not even a Texan - caught the red - cleaned it and ate it - and brought the tag only to the weight station. And he was not entered.

**Bull Red** · #28 06-06-2012, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by grman

The story I heard - and I repeat the HEARD part - is that a vacationing visitor - not even a Texan - caught the red - cleaned it and ate it - and brought the tag only to the weight station. And he was not entered.

Dam snowbirds!!!

**Spooled Ya!** · #29 06-06-2012, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by grman

The story I heard - and I repeat the HEARD part - is that a vacationing visitor - not even a Texan - caught the red - cleaned it and ate it - and brought the tag only to the weight station. And he was not entered.

Wish he would have caught this instead. This Lady fought harder than most reds.

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**CaptDocHoliday** · #30 06-06-2012, 12:30 PM

If I wasn 't entered in the STAR but caught one, I would keep it too. It's kind of like shooting a banded duck. It's still a neat trophy to have caught, even though you didn't win the truck. I have a tag off of a tagged Walleye I once caught saved up. Can't decided what I'm going to do with it, but I'd like to find someway to incorporate it into a custom rod build.