The first tagged fish recaptured was at Tweedmill yesterday (Wed 26th Sept 2007) and was of a Salmon which had been tagged at Paxton House on the evening of 18th September 2007.
Photographs (courtesy of Rob Eyton-Jones) from last week's netting trip can be seen below:
Rowing the shot. Setting the net in a semi-circle in the river
Drawing the net in
Pulling the net to the bank
Fish hauled in
Anesthetising fish prior to taking a scale sample and tagging
Ready to be measured, tagged and have a scale sample taken
Tagging a scale sample
Tagging the fish
Carefully releasing a tagged fish to Tweed
The tagged fish swims away
If you catch a fish with a tag, as shown above, please contact the Tweed Foundation (01896 848271 or Email: info@tweedfoundation.org.uk)
quoting the tag number, and place and date of capture