Okay all you biologist thinkers. I just saw something I've never seen before. We continued our electrofishing expedition here at Richmond Mill Lake. As we were working the fish, I saw a condition I haven't ever seen...in 30 years of this business. Looking at one large bluegill, I thought it was blind in one eye. As I looked closer, here's what I saw. I'll let the photos speak next.
Close up....
I took an exacto knife, cut barely through the cornea of the fish and pulled out the worm with tweezers.
Here's the total worm (I accidently broke it)....pretty interesting.
I looked for this thing on the web and didn't find anything, but I'm short on time to really dig into it. Anybody know anything about this parasite?
