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<blockquote data-quote="Captainbrad" data-source="post: 40769" data-attributes="member: 320">So I have been very lucky over the past couple years to catch 9 (3 last year and 6 this year) catfish that were tagged in Canada and have migrated here to the Grand Forks area.&nbsp; While catching tagged catfish is not all that odd to catch 9 in that short of a time apparently is.&nbsp; I received an email from the adviser of the tagging project from the University of Nebraska&nbsp; a few weeks back asking for some more specific river and catch data from the GF area.&nbsp; Over the course of a few weeks of emails I was able to arrange a few hours of actual tagging of these catfish.I went to Selkirk, MB over the weekend for an annual catfish outing but the highlight was yesterday getting to get into the tagging boat and be able to see how it is done and visit with the guy in charge.&nbsp; There is so much to learn about channel catfish and having caught a few I thought it would be cool to see the process.&nbsp; Over the course of three hours we had a good run.&nbsp; Not only did I see a catfish tagged in person but I personally got to tag 14 others myself.&nbsp; I even managed to catch one that was tagged the week earlier so now I have 10 total.&nbsp; Such an important study and I am so happy to be just a small part of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captainbrad, post: 40769, member: 320"] So I have been very lucky over the past couple years to catch 9 (3 last year and 6 this year) catfish that were tagged in Canada and have migrated here to the Grand Forks area. While catching tagged catfish is not all that odd to catch 9 in that short of a time apparently is. I received an email from the adviser of the tagging project from the University of Nebraska a few weeks back asking for some more specific river and catch data from the GF area. Over the course of a few weeks of emails I was able to arrange a few hours of actual tagging of these catfish. I went to Selkirk, MB over the weekend for an annual catfish outing but the highlight was yesterday getting to get into the tagging boat and be able to see how it is done and visit with the guy in charge. There is so much to learn about channel catfish and having caught a few I thought it would be cool to see the process. Over the course of three hours we had a good run. Not only did I see a catfish tagged in person but I personally got to tag 14 others myself. I even managed to catch one that was tagged the week earlier so now I have 10 total. Such an important study and I am so happy to be just a small part of it. [/QUOTE]

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