Caught my first Tagged fish last night

[Mr. Sandman]

Got back the info on the fish.
tagged 10/25/06 by the NJ Dep of the F&W off barnaget inlet, NJ (IBSP, in the ocean) and was 28.37". The fish was 29.5" when I caught it off Gay Head on 8/08. It only grew 1.13" in almost 2 years?....whats wrong with that picture?
I asked for the pin but they sent me the hat. (it is a kind of cheap hat with a "SB conservation Participant" and a SB embroided on the hat...its OK, nothing I would buy though)

[Monty]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

Got back the info on the fish.
tagged 10/25/06 by the NJ Dep of the F&W off barnaget inlet, NJ (IBSP, in the ocean) and was 28.37". The fish was 29.5" when I caught it off Gay Head on 8/08. It only grew 1.13" in almost 2 years?....whats wrong with that picture?

They only measure at the fork, whereas we usually do a complete length.

[ThrowingTimber]

Got a tagged bluefish last year... I got the thing in and I was thinking to myself what idiot would tag bluefish.. I HAD to send it in just to see..