STUDIES ON THE STRIPED BASS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST 



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extreme example of this is that of a bass that bore tag No. 197, which was seined, 

 tagged, and released in June in the Niantic River. This bass was caught in a trap 

 in Niantic Harbor in July and released, caught on a rod and line in the Niantic River 

 in September by the author and released, and caught and released again while seining 

 for tagging purposes in the Niantic River in early October. Returns from tagged 

 striped bass first indicated that a migration to the south was starting in late October, 



Figure 26.— Chart of the Atlantic coasfcsbowing the migrations of striped bass as determined by the returns from 1,397 Individuals 



tagged from April through October 1936 (see table 17). 



when two fish tagged in the Thames River were recovered in the Niantic. Although 

 these fish had oidy moved about 10 miles, they were the first that had ever been 

 taken to the south or west of the original point or release. Almost immediately 

 thereafter bass that had been tagged in Connecticut waters during the summer began 

 to be caught in large quantities in the pound-nets at Montauk, Long Island, N. Y., 



