Smallie With Black Seed Looking Things All Over

[Backwoodsbasser]

Caught my first big smallie of the year last night after work and now in all amped up. She was tipping the scale around 5lb which up here In NH is trophy size. But she had these black dots looked like seeds on her they were 3 dimensional and the bigger ones were maybe the size of a sesame seed. Any idea? Do thy have anything to do with spawn or habitat?

[SuskyDude]

Black spot grubs. They're little parasites. In really bad cases they can kill the fish, but for the most part are harmless.

[Backwoodsbasser]

Thanks for the insight susky. Any idea what causes then or what environment or area they're common. This was my 2nd biggest smallie to date and other wise an incredibly healthy looking girl