Super User Hi Salenity Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Posted July 13, 2014 So I caught a Flathead on a Jig today and was going to take it home and eat it until I saw it was covered in Parasites! What are these? I've never seen them before. Quote
einscodek Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Stuff like that keep me from swimmin in lakes.. under the skin.. ewwwwww Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Posted July 13, 2014 Idk... But I would pour gas on those fillets and good riddance ! Maybe someone knows, no matter what it is... Gross! Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted July 13, 2014 Author Super User Posted July 13, 2014 Yea, I have bleach circulating in my live well now! 1 Quote
Super User MarkH024 Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Posted July 13, 2014 Baby leeches maybe? Nasty whatever it is. Edit:Probably not leeches I guess if it was internal too. Heebeegeebees Quote
Kevin22 Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Just an organism. Lives on all sorts of animals. Doesn't live off them, but lives on them. Won't hurt your fish at all. Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted July 13, 2014 Author Super User Posted July 13, 2014 They look like a small Horseshoe crab and can be free swimmers. After I drained the livewells I saw a couple still alive and swimming around!!! I added more bleach to the 2 cups of water that doesn't drain out of the livewells and sprayed Raid on the inside walls! I dint know what they are but if it wasn't in my boat I'd kill them with fire! Quote
Super User slonezp Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Posted July 13, 2014 You better rinse the hell out of the livewells before you use them again. Run your recirc pumps as well 1 Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Posted July 13, 2014 I don't know what they are but they're making me itch. lol Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Posted July 13, 2014 Classic case of the crabs. 5 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Posted July 13, 2014 Don't Rightly Know ~ Could be either Alien Hatchlings or the Spawn of The Kraken . . . A-Jay 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 13, 2014 Global Moderator Posted July 13, 2014 These are the folks you need to ask. http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/KDWPT-Info/Contact-us Quote
Super User Solution deaknh03 Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Solution Posted July 13, 2014 Those are proteins. Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted July 14, 2014 Author Super User Posted July 14, 2014 So after I took this pic I laid the fish down on the bow of the boat to take the hook out and then continued to fish on the slimy spot the rest of the day barefoot! Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted July 14, 2014 Author Super User Posted July 14, 2014 These are the folks you need to ask. http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/KDWPT-Info/Contact-us I sent them the videos, thanks for the link. Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted July 14, 2014 Super User Posted July 14, 2014 No dude you ain't over reacting, they are evil doers and must be destroyed!!! 1 Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted July 14, 2014 Author Super User Posted July 14, 2014 Its harmless, you are way over reacting.... I'm sure your right but I've never seen anything like them. It also doesn't help someone a few miles away just died from a Brain Eating Ameba (true story) 3 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted July 14, 2014 Super User Posted July 14, 2014 Most big saltwater fish have sea lice on them, this fish obviously doesn't have sea lice but they look very similar. I have eaten many big stripers that had sea lice on them the size of small shrimp, and I'm still here! If you ever have eaten wild caught salmon, those fish probably had sea lice on them. I only get freaked out when the parasites are inside the meat, but we keep an amberjack every now and then when we are at the beach to eat fresh (they are horrible after they are frozen) and many of them have "worms" in the meat. We just cut out the chunks of meat with the worms in them and again, I have never gotten sick from it, and have eaten plenty of it. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 14, 2014 Global Moderator Posted July 14, 2014 Its harmless, you are way over reacting.... Yeah, I've never seen anything like them either and I fish the same lake a lot. Like he said though, with what happened recently to a little girl that lived 30 minutes from this lake, most folks are a little concerned about what's in the water. http://kdvr.com/2014/07/11/9-year-old-girl-dies-from-brain-eating-amoeba-after-swimming-in-lake/ Quote
Ku Xiong Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 I believe those are fish lice. Ive caught stripers at Wilson that had those things on them. Quote
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