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| JohnMD - 7/27/2007 7:41 AM
See what happens when they don't follow Safe Spawining Practices 
I just spit pop through my nose! Classic! |
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| Brad, how big was that? If you look closely at some of the bumps, like the lower fin, and the rash on the tail it looks like its the same fish. It even looks like the same side of the lake. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | holy crap...it IS the same fish...here is another pic of the fish which shows the side a bit better and sure enough the spots line up.....it was 46" on the nose....how much did it grow since then? looks like 47.5" maybe? I got it in the middle of squaw bay....
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Location: Elgin, IL | I was just getting ready to type a "wait a second... don't the bump patterns on these two fish look exactly identical?!" Just looks like a few of the ulcerations are a little bigger now. And the first pic is of the same fish caught a couple years ago... so whatever the disease is, it hasn't got much worse... and it certainly doesn't appear to be lethal to the fish. So it's certainly ugly, but not deadly. Just like Todd Minor. 
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| Very cool!!! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | CPR Works. |
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| Just a note, I forwarded the photos to a few biologists in WI and so far they have not seen this before, If indeed they are both the same fish this is pretty amazing and more than likely isolated to this single fish!
Here is what one of our disease experts has to say so far. If there are better close up shots of the tumors that would be great.
"I have not seen this in muskies before. The bumps could be tumors, an encysted parasite, a bacterial infection or something new. If you catch another fish like this, please contact the DNR and we can test the tissues for pathogens. Keeping the fish in a bag, in a cooler with ice is better than freezing if we need to test for pathogens."
Good Luck
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| they look like the same fish to me, some location of those nasty little bumps. if it is the same fish, it couldnt be that harmful to them. |
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| Brad, it only grew a very small bit. It wasn't even 47. Over 46, but not much. Looks like its head and bumps were the only thing to grow.
Very cool. I got it real close to Olin, so not even 300 yards from where you caught her.
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| Wow. Same fish. That is definately pretty cool. Freeking gross, but still cool nonetheless. Glad it seems isolated. Not that I want to rub all over them or anything... |
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| I have now heard from multiple WI DNR biologists and none of them have ever seen anything like this. They are very interested in the fish so if it is caught again they would like the fish or if there is another out there with leisions like it they would like to get it tested. Obviously it isn't deadly to the fish and education of diseases is priceless.
Good luck
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Location: Yahara River Chain | I think they are muskie ticks. They were bad this year. They are worst the the bullhead ticks. I know it's hard to believe. |
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| Probably grew 4 inches or more. Brad, send that measuring tape in for cal. lately??? Just kidding. Really does look like the same fish, and appears very healthy save for the sores. Wife caught a nice fish once with some of that on it(WI River) and we always wonderred what it was. Wierd stuff, but apparently not detrimental to survival. |
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