Originally Posted By: fish n chips
Originally Posted By: sprkplug
How bad was the infestation? I eat fish like this all the time:



Yep it looked like that. Do your fish look that way all the time SP? I assume you have RES in your ponds to help control them.

I know I've come across them once in awhile, but this just totally threw me for a loop. When the knife hit one of those black spot just right, the worm would pop out. Couldn't clean the rest, knowing that even if I could handle it, the wife is a different story.


I will tell you from my experience as a taxidermist redears have larger scales for their body size vs. bluegills. Perhaps this is a protective mechanism that has evolved for the readear? Or there is something else about certain species that makes them less vulnerable?

Here are some links I provided in another thread.

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_52259_10950-27376--,00.html

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_diseases/neascus.html

http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3395.htm

Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 05/20/13 08:04 AM.
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