| American Shad | Chartreuse, Pink, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Green/Floy T-Bar Tag | | | Purpose of this tagging study is to obtain a population estimate. |
| Black Drum | Brown - Anchor Tag, White - Anchor Tag, Orange - Dart Tag | | | The purpose of tagging black drum is to obtain life history data including growth, migration, and distribution. |
| Blue Catfish | Orange, Yellow or White - Floy T Bar Tag | Back of the dorsal fin on the left side | | Tagging studies were in place to estimate population sizes and movement rates. |
| Bluefish | Green T-Bar Tag | | | The purpose of the tagging study is track movement in Chesapeake Bay and coastal migrations. Fish are also tagged with internal acoustic transmitters. We kindly ask fishermen to release the tagged fish alive and report the tag number, capture date and location. |
| Largemouth Bass | Yellow external dart tag (3 inches)
Each tag will have a number and a phone number for reporting the tag. Anglers should not remove the tag if they are releasing the fish.
| | Tim Groves at 1-301-888-2423 and report the tag number and approximate size of the fish.
| We are conducting a mark-recapture project on Mattawoman Creek (Potomac River) to estimate catch-and-release mortality, which will be used in managing the fishery and assessing the potential of catch-and-return areas. |
| Muskellunge | Gray, Green, Yellow - T Bar Tag | Left side below dorsal fin | | Anglers are encouraged, but not required to release a legal (36" +) tagged fish. |
| Northern Snakehead | Yellow or Blue/Floy T-Bar tag | | | Monetary Reward; Fish must be harvested. Purpose of the tagging study is to determine patterns of movement, estimate population size, individual growth rates, and fishing mortality. |
| Striped Bass | Pink - Internal Anchor Tag
Green - Internal Anchor Tag
Florescent - Old Diamond Jim Tag, Internal Anchor | | | Tagging data are used to determine migration rates, migration patterns, growth rates, and mortality rates.
The reward for calling in a tag is a certificate with information about the tagged fish and a hat with a picture of a striped bass on it. There are also high reward tags worth $125. |
| Walleye (Nontidal Potomac River) | Yellow Dart Tag | The tag is located along the soft dorsal fin on the left side of the fish. When you call the number on the tag, report the date and location of the catch, the tag number, and whether the walleye was kept or released
If a fish is to be released, the department asks the angler to report the tag information but to not remove the tag from the walleye. | | The purpose of this project is to obtain exploitation rates |
| Yellow Perch | Black Raspberry Floy T-Bar Tag | | | Purpose of this study to obtain exploitation rates. |
