I just moved to my new home a few days ago and live on a pond. The pond is fed by an artisian well and is areated with three different units. The fishing is amazing but I have noticed that every few fish will turn up a very skinny, big headed fish that is obviously difficient. Yesteday I decided to keep 5 bass and a monster bream. All bass were about 2 lbs with one being super skinny. While gutting the skinny one, I observed it was LOADED with parasites inside its intestinal track. In fact, each bass I cleaned had the same parasites but to a lesser degree in developmental size. The bream had no parasites that I could detect. Is this a condition that has a cure??? I'm worried as this pond is a bass fishermans dream! One thing to note, the pond is on a barrier island and there are TONS of birds that loaf in the trees (and crap). I am looking at 13 wood storks, 5 night herons, 1 green heron 11 wood ducks...( you get the point)as I type this. Could these birds have anything to do with the parasite situation and is there a cure? Thanks for reading!
