Ty Hibbs and his fishing buddy Chas Champagne found a school of redfish last winter that would get pushed into a particular area after every cold front, and given how epically bone-chilling that season was, the fish were there a whole lot more than they weren't.

Hibbs remembers one day in particular, Feb. 2, 2014. The fish were so thick that every cast resulted in a hook-up.

"We had our 10 reds in 10 casts; we caught the hell out of them," he said. "I just kept tagging and releasing them."

Like every participant in the TAG Louisiana program, Hibbs hoped some of those tagged fish might one day bite the bait of another angler and reveal something about their habits and migration patterns.

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