DIY Fish Tagging

A little info about how I create my tags for tracking the growth of the largemouth bass in our pond. Yooper Outdoors saving the fishing world $$$$$.
Gun with 1000 barbs and 5 extra needles- www.ebay.com/it...
Heat shrink tubing. Choose size of 2mm then just select how much of it you want- www.ebay.com/it...

[@MississippiAdventures]

Awesome thank you! I’m about to start tagging on my channel to track the fish in my stock pond. I bought one of the $100 kits off eBay but I’m going to use your method to make more tags when I run out

[@snipertv2755]

Great idea.. I tagged my first bass today with fishing line and a small piece of hospital band 😂😂

[@garnetprince6199]

Great idea Nathan. About to tag a few Trout.

[@HarrisonDeubler]

Very helpful thanks

[@seanjoyce768]

so much help I'm trying to manage to ponds and increase size of the fish

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

glad I could help.

[@motheinternettroll2267]

YOU SIR, ARE BRILLIANT! JUST SAVED ME A LOT OF MONEY

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

You are welcome.

[@retroversecards]

This is amazing. I need to do some tagging and culling 😮

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

Thanks for watching mate

[@Swishrips]

Dude!!!! Cool old school vid !!!

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

Thanks man. I really miss that property. Live, hunt and fish all in the same 9 acres.

[@Swishrips]

@@TrueBlueCollectibles That is living my friend, I hear that..

[@jacobwillard754]

I loved your idea and decided to try it. After tagging over sixty bass, I finally caught a tagged fish, but the numbers had worn off. I hope they all haven’t worn off. How long do your numbers usually last? Have you had this problem too?

[@yakbassin3604]

Great Vid.... Do you write the numbers on the tubing before or after you shrink it?

[@MrJuancamilo58]

Great video. Could you tell me where you purchase the gun, plastic “t” things, and the yellow tubing. And also, how u assembled all the things together. Thanks again!! Great video

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

I purchased all the materials via eBay. As for assembly, that takes a little time and patience. I separated out the ends of the plastic tags and slipped the shrink tube over top of each one. This requires snipping a little of the ends of the plastic tags to make the tubbing fit. I used a hairdryer to shrink the tubing to stay on the tags. As I tagged fish I just recorded the tag number and the information I wanted to track.

[@pyroteej08]

Just curious on what is the longest length of time you have had the tags to stay on ? Great video. Looking forward to saving some money using this technique

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

we still are catching fish with the tags on them from when we made this video. Also have caught a couple that you can see the tag was either pulled out or may not have been secured all the way and worked itself out.

[@curtispeterson1348]

Saved my life

[@todd.m6996]

Your a hero

[@redfishing4488]

I'm in a situation where i had an aquarium bluegill for 2 years now, hes got way big (and aggressive) to be held in my tank. The lake i want to put him at is a lake where a lot of anglers are. I want to have a small (fake) tag or indication so nobody kills it.

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

Red Fishing this should work for your gill as well. Just make sure you tag near the top of the body between like the 3rd and 4th dorsal barbs.

[@valerioandrade]

Great work!! Can you provide a ebay link for that tubing? Is it easy to write on that tube, isn't too small?

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

www.ebay.com/itm/Hot-Tagging-Tag-Gun-1000-Tag-Barbs-5-Needles-Garment-Price-Label-New-Clothes-/291784118517?hash=item43efb050f5:g:jKcAAOSwzJ5XVOPj Gun with 1000 barbs and 5 extra needles. www.ebay.com/itm/1mm-14mm-Halogen-Free-Heat-Shrink-Sleeves-Tubing-Tube-Wire-Choosing-Size-Color-/231214603022?var=530435462842&hash=item35d576db0e:g:6V0AAOSwjVVV3A8e heat shrink tubing. Choose size of 2mm then just select how much of it you want. Writing on it is not to bad. Just takes a little bit of time.

[@devyndegennaro7400]

Should I record their weight and length

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

I recorded their weight and length every time I caught them. They always went back in as baselines. I would still record the fish that I took out to see if there was an improvement across the board.

[@EmpoweredMotivation2413]

Seem like a great idea but are they legal?

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

Private pond on my property so it’s not an issue. Would probably be an issue if you did this on a public waterway.

[@EmpoweredMotivation2413]

@@TrueBlueCollectibles Planned on using them on private land as well just wanted to make sure. Have you ever had any issues with them coming off or hurting the fish? Trying to pitch this idea to my biologist grandpa who owns the land so I can try and take count of fish populations in the pond.

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

@@EmpoweredMotivation2413 not hurting the fish but have caught a few back over time where you can see the spot where the tag was. Occasionally they do come off. Probably from other fish or getting caught on grass of vegetation.

[@HoustonOutdoors]

Can you put the eBay link to that heat shrink you use ? Plz

[@iuc_gaming4278]

Thank you.! Where did you find the pen to right down the numbers.! & Tahnk you I need this video

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

We got the pens at Michael's craft store. They could be bought at most any hobby store such as Hobby Lobby.

[@jumpinjee]

How is that paint pen material holding up?

[@spencer128]

how is the pen holding up on the tags?

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

We no longer live at the property there, but when we were there the numbers were holding up fine. I always retouched them whenever I would catch one again. I only ever had one recaught that the tag came out of, you can see the scaring on the scales if this happens to you. Most likely didnt get it deep enough to get around the bones.

[@MrJuancamilo58]

What’s the tubing called again?

[@mikewallace3046]

Can you sale the the tag

[@austinbassin4420]

what is the purpose of tagging?

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

Tagging the fish allows you to track the growth rate and helps determine if you need to cull (take out) more fish to have a happy population.

[@austinbassin4420]

Thanks for the reply !

[@gucchigangrhino]

it says when u click the link that the seller doesn’t sell them anymore

[@TrueBlueCollectibles]

there are similar options for sale for the gun and tags on the link page, for the shrink tube under where it says the listing has ended you can order tubing there. If that doesnt work you can always just search ebay for price tag gun and t barbs, and 2mm shrink tubing

[@gucchigangrhino]

Yooper Outdoors thanks!!