Purple looking paste

We had a few shrimp with this light purple paste
looking stuff on the head and vien. If I remember
corectly this is a diseas??? Is this black gill?

sounds like black gill, which if I remember correctly doesn’t affect you eating them…

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the gills will be black if they have black gill, not a “purple paste” in the vein.

I tried a few searchs. No helpful info on this subjectt yett.
I guess we r the only ones with
this paste.

I know exactly what you are talking about. I have seen it in shrimp we have caught before too. I thought it was something they ate since it is in the vein.

Not sure what it is.

18’ Hewes Bayfisher/115 4 Stroke Yamaha/6’Powerpole, etc

I believe that would be shrimp roe?

You didn’t happen to catch those purple paste shrimp in the Ashley River did you?

OR they where caught in bulls bay area.

As for the roe im not sure. Didnt look like fish
eggs r female crab mass. Im not disagreeing
just looked realy wierd. will post a pic if we catch anymore.