This fall I have been noticing occasional parasites in trout fillets.
Anyone else been seeing this? Doesn’t seem to be tied to any particular location or river.
Sometimes they are white and “wormy”, sometimes black “blobs”
Inspect your fillets, unless you like this extra “protein”?. Yuck
i believe cestode worms (tapeworms) are the long white ones, i’ve seen some that were a good 4-5" long when pulled out with forceps. pretty sure they’re very similar to the ones in amberjack, but a lot of these parasites are host-specific (AJ worms can’t infect a trout and vice versa) so it’s probably not the same species.
I think I just lost my appetite! Thanks Brock!!! Seriously though, the thought crossed my mind that these are probably just the ones big enough to see, and surely there are more. Well, more reason to release the big ones, I guess?.
Excuse me while I go barf
Cut enough and you will see parasites in ALL fish. Swordfish, Grouper, flounder, red and black drum, trout, snapper, mahi, wahoo, seen them all. Swordfish looks like a hard dog turd in the muscle. Grouper can range from pepper to 1" white or black worms. Next time you catch a mahi, open up its belly, and look at the spaghetti (round worms) and every wahoo has a thumb size, fluke worm in its belly.
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NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
The store bought fish have never had any parasites in them. They use special nets and bait that only catch fish unaffected by parasites. Similar to a T.E.D., but slightly different.
The store bought fish have never had any parasites in them. They use special nets and bait that only catch fish unaffected by parasites. Similar to a T.E.D., but slightly different.
No, no, no…they have specially trained “parasite sniffer” dogs that find the infected fish.
Why do you think Penny and Fatrat take their dogs fishing?
Semper Fi
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115 Yamaha
Big Ugly Homemade Blue Push Pole
The store bought fish have never had any parasites in them. They use special nets and bait that only catch fish unaffected by parasites. Similar to a T.E.D., but slightly different.
No, no, no…they have specially trained “parasite sniffer” dogs that find the infected fish.
Why do you think Penny and Fatrat take their dogs fishing?
Semper Fi
18’ Sterling
115 Yamaha
Big Ugly Homemade Blue Push Pole
I’m gonna call the ASPCA on someone…
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Yamaha F150
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Cut enough and you will see parasites in ALL fish. Swordfish, Grouper, flounder, red and black drum, trout, snapper, mahi, wahoo, seen them all. Swordfish looks like a hard dog turd in the muscle. Grouper can range from pepper to 1" white or black worms. Next time you catch a mahi, open up its belly, and look at the spaghetti (round worms) and every wahoo has a thumb size, fluke worm in its belly.
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NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
I like having Sellsfish and barbawang as a fish resource. Between the two of them, you’ll get a straight answer. I like seeing what fish eat. The flukes in the Wahoo are the best. Never seen one without one or more in them. Wahoo salad is worth the risk…you only live once.
