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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | Does anyone know what this infection might be? My son caught this same fish about a month ago and this patch was a lot worse. Back then it was oozing a white puss, but now it looks like it is healing up and looks much better. It sure hasn't slowed this 31 inch Pike down at all. He was a sucker for the same lure in within 20 yards of the first catch!
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| I'm not saying this is exactly what happened, but potentially, that fish could have been caught prior to your son catching it the first time. The angler that caught it prior to your son catching it, may have laid the fish down on their boat carpeting, removing a good portion of the fish's natural slim coating, which is a coating to prevent infections in the first place. And once they released that fish, with that area that had come in contact with the boat carpeting, removing the slime coating, that fish then possibly got the infection in that area and it's now just slower to heal. The fish will eventually replace that slime coating. It's just best to handle the fish with wet hands and never to touch any clothing on your body while you're holding it up for a photo and never to lay them on a dry surface, boat carpeting or not...try not to even lay them on a dry bump-board. Always wet the bump-board prior to laying the fish on it. To minimize the removal of the slime coating. |
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Location: Northern New Jersey | looks like its turning into a crappie! |
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Location: Appleton, WI | Septicemic "Red Sore" caused by a Pseudomonas bacteria. You will see a red sore early in the season which scars over and heals like the picture you are showing later. I believe it can come from quick warm up of water. I have seen years where a lot of the pike have the sores early and then later look like the one you show above. The lake I have seen it on did not have it this year, I thought it would. I do not know what other factors play a role or what the effects are on the fish. Hope that helps some. |
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | Thanks guys! I thought it looked like it was turning into a crappie also.  It looks like so many things that I find on the web, including Lymphosarcoma, Aeromonas hydrophila (Red Sore), and even VHS. I also caught this one out of the same area of the lake a few months ago, but I think this one was either grabbed by a bigger fish or someone mishandled the fish and threw it in the bottom of the boat. Maybe there is just someone who just doesn't know how to handle and release fish properly.
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Location: Smith Creek | That one looks like it was snatched by an eagle. Talon marks. |
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | You might be right on that one. This particular spot is a favorite spot for the eagles to grab fish and sit on a stump in the water to eat. That fish is around 34 inches and would make sense that it was too big for the eagle to handle. This is a lake not to far from you Flambeauski! |
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