Interstate kingfish recapture!
Troy Harris with the original tag and release.
KINGFISH tagged under NSW DPI s Game Fish Tagging Program are regularly recaptured twice and sometimes even three or four times. The vast majority of multiple recaptures are often juvenile fish (sub 90cm fish) that haven’t travelled far between recapture locations. But for the first time in the history of the Game Fish Tagging Program, a tagged kingy has been recaptured multiple times in different states!
The record-setting recaptured kingfish was originally tagged and released on 18 February 2018 by Troy Harris. Troy was fishing aboard charter boat Reel Therapy which is operated by well-known SA skipper Ryan Carlisle. The fish was originally tagged at Rocky Island offshore of Coffin Bay, SA. The fish was 117cm and 14kg upon release.