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Offline RB13

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Million $$$ fish
« on: Mar 03, 2014, 12:33 PM »
Caught this fish and just figured the Nebraska G&P tagged it for research, so I measured it and threw it back.  A week later my friend calls me and says i threw back a fish could have been worth $2,000,000, boy did i feel sick! Turns out it was tagged for Cabelas fish for millions contest.  luckily the fish wasn't worth anything because the contest was over, plus i wasn't pre-registered. Still thought it was cool to catch a tagged fish.  I was wondering if anyone else ever catches fish with these tags?  P.s i was using a perch colored Northland Forage Minnow with a waxie. 


 
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Offline Tmaida17

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #1 on: Mar 03, 2014, 03:00 PM »
Where was this?
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Offline Maddog

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #2 on: Mar 03, 2014, 04:07 PM »
A day late and a dollar short ;D
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Offline Whopper Stopper

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #3 on: Mar 03, 2014, 05:41 PM »
Quote from: Maddog on Mar 03, 2014, 04:07 PM
A day late and a dollar short ;D
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Offline SeisMec

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #4 on: Mar 04, 2014, 01:15 AM »
I've never caught a tagged fish, good for you!
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Offline adipose

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #5 on: Mar 04, 2014, 09:37 AM »
i wonder if the fish knows how popular he was .........
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Offline perchmasterson

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #6 on: Mar 04, 2014, 05:23 PM »

tags from fish and game to track migration of perch in local lake. one of the two is usually a 5-10 $ reward to make sure tracking number is turned in
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Offline Derrick NY

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #7 on: Mar 04, 2014, 06:26 PM »
I have caught a few tagged fish. Only 1 T-bar tagged fish like the one in the picture, and a few P.I.T tagged fish in Idaho.
2,000,000$ fish thats insane nice catch!
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Offline icefishnrancher

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #8 on: Mar 04, 2014, 07:20 PM »
Quote from: RB13 on Mar 03, 2014, 12:33 PM
Caught this fish and just figured the Nebraska G&P tagged it for research
mind telling where?...I'd be REAL surprised if the NE game & parks ever had a "you catch we pay" program.  Still interesting tho.
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Offline RB13

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #9 on: Mar 05, 2014, 09:09 AM »
Nice Perch, perchmasterson!  and the fish came out of Box Butte, apparently it didn't have anything to do with G&P research. Just the Cabelas contest.  Sure would be nice if they had a you catch we pay program though, like a banded goose.  Here is a link to the participating waters from the 2013 contest.   http://www.americanaoutdoors.com/cabela-s-announces-fish-for-millions-participating-waters.html   
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Offline lakerdave

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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #10 on: Mar 05, 2014, 07:42 PM »
I have got tagged smallmouth before on the Hudson river . Metal Tagg in the mouth .
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Re: Million $$$ fish
« Reply #11 on: Mar 07, 2014, 09:00 AM »
Nice story.
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