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wavster
05-15-2007, 04:36 PM
Has anyone seen these things attached to the skin of their fish? Does anyone know
what they are? They are white and flat. They didn't appear to move.

I surveyed the meat and it looked fine.

http://www.abszero.com/fishing/07-05/yt-bug.jpg
madscientist
05-15-2007, 04:47 PM
Most YT have them. Just some surface parasite. Crunchy.;)
nmbrinkman
05-15-2007, 05:04 PM
Sea lice? I know when I fished in Oregon, when the salmon and steelhead would make their way up river from the ocean, they would have a handful individual sea lice on them..
Siebler
05-15-2007, 05:33 PM
Yeah sea lice. They are kinda pinkish. Yellows have them a lot. Also they will hang out in the mouths of sandies and such.
madscientist
05-15-2007, 07:58 PM
If you happen to put your fish in a cooler, make sure you rinse out all those lice as well when you are done. They can be a pain because they really stick. I had a cooler full of cod whose mouthes were loaded with them and I got tired trying to wash them out of the cooler at the end of the trip. Dead rotten lice smell right up there with dead squid.:eek:
lamb
05-15-2007, 08:28 PM
The circle of life...

Those surface ones are easy, just scrape them off…

Worms scare me. I’ve seen summer YTs who have them… A lil’ black rope hanging straight out of the flash… :eek:

Anisakis simplex, those tiny curly worms that halibut often have are the ugliest.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/4-S05A_010.jpg/240px-4-S05A_010.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisakis

I don’t know anyone who has caught more than a few halibut who likes to talk about it. :)

Safe handling procedure when it comes to fish parasites – thoroughly cook your fish. The safest – freeze it before eating.

If eating raw… Open up your eyes. :vroam:
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wavster
05-15-2007, 09:21 PM
Thanks for the responses everyone. I was getting a bit freaked out thinking of what
they might be or how they'd affect my innerds...:eek:
madscientist
05-16-2007, 08:16 AM
Thanks for the responses everyone. I was getting a bit freaked out thinking of what
they might be or how they'd affect my innerds...:eek:

Don't worry unless your ass starts to itch.:D