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wolfman · 12-04-2015, 11:11 AM

As the guy that formally did the necropsies at Hubbs mission bay I can assure you that ALL heads are scanned and individually measured and documented. If you want to keep the head, come in during open hours and have it scanned. You can keep it frozen until it's convenient. There simply isn't time to notify everybody that doesn't have a tag but that being said if you take the time to fill out the little white forms, I ALWAYS sent the otoliths!
The odds of catching a White Sea Bass with a tag are remote but I caught one at La jolla. It was approximately 8 years old and was released from the Carlsbad hatchery. If you think it's hard to catch White Sea Bass now imagine what it would be like without the 2 million fish Hubbs has released on the pacific coast so far!

12-04-2015, 11:11 AM	#44
wolfman Wolfman Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 51	White Sea Bass necropsies As the guy that formally did the necropsies at Hubbs mission bay I can assure you that ALL heads are scanned and individually measured and documented. If you want to keep the head, come in during open hours and have it scanned. You can keep it frozen until it's convenient. There simply isn't time to notify everybody that doesn't have a tag but that being said if you take the time to fill out the little white forms, I ALWAYS sent the otoliths! The odds of catching a White Sea Bass with a tag are remote but I caught one at La jolla. It was approximately 8 years old and was released from the Carlsbad hatchery. If you think it's hard to catch White Sea Bass now imagine what it would be like without the 2 million fish Hubbs has released on the pacific coast so far!