Fishing report with S.C DNR in Hilton Head. 12/13/2007

[Capt Rick Hiott]

I was asked by Capt Dan Utley to go on a fishing trip with him and a marine biologist (Glenn Ulrick) from the SC DNR here in Charleston.
The trip was this past Thursday out of Hilton Head,SC.
We went off shore about 5-6 miles to an area that had held the red drum in the past couple of weeks.
Well, we caught 5 fish that were around 38"
As you can see in the pictures below, a lot of information was gathered from this outing.
An orange dart tag was inserted along with a P.I.T. tag and also a clipping of the anal fin for the D.N.A. testing to see if the fish were from a spawn by DNR.
These pictures are copyrighted.

[Steve]

Very informative trip and post. Thank you for the tagging pics!
They give others an idea of how a research trip is conducted.

[Capt Rick Hiott]

I forgot,,,For those of you who dont know what a P.I.T. tag is, here is some info on it.
http://www.biomark.com/







Thanks Steve. Ill be going out on an electric shock boat tomorrow with the South Carolina DNR.
I will be taking lots of pictures of the event. Ill post a report...................




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[hooked]

Nice fish! Any good shore fishing on hilton Head?

[Capt Rick Hiott]

You need to contact Capt Dan Utley for that info.
Here is his web site. www.fishincoach.com