I don't know what causes fish to do this. It seems to only happen in a small percentage of ponds and lakes. In over sixty years of swimming in a lot of lakes, ponds, rivers, and creeks, I only remember it happening a few times, and it was mostly from yellow perch, not sunfish.

But, then there are fish pedicures.

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