The newest member of the JCAA family is a striped bass aptly called JCAA.    The JCAA has adopted this fish and He or She can be found at stripertracker.org.  The 13-receiver buoys set up in Great Bay and the Mullica River monitor the movements of “JCAA”.  The movements are also tracked by Rutgers students with the help of volunteers who bring their acoustical gear up and down Great Bay in search of the stripers that have transmitters inserted.      A few of the JCAA clubs have already adopted fish along with Congressman Jim Saxton whose fish is named Net Free.  The following is from the website and you can adopt your own fish by following the instructions provided.

Scientists from the Rutgers University Marine Field Station are trying to better understand the coastal migration of striped bass. The study area includes the Mullica River/Great Bay estuary, the southern end of Barnegat Bay, and the coastal ocean outside of Little Egg Inlet off Tuckerton, New Jersey.

JCAA was caught tagged and released :

Location: Inside Tip of Holgate
Date: November 18th, 2005
Tide: Ebb
Bait: Live spot
Notes: Caught by Dave Messerschmid.
Adopted by: Jersey Coast Anglers' Association (JCAA) - Working for Marine Recreational Anglers

Click here for  Tracking info

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