Staying with Golden Perch the record for the longest time between tagging and recapture for a Suntag fish was broken recently when a fish was recaptured 6,865 days (18.8 years) after being tagged in Feb 1995. The fish was tagged and recaptured in Lake Somerset and grew from 360mm to 455mm or just 95mm. So next time you catch a reasonable size Yellowbelly spare a thought for how old the fish might be.
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