What Is This????? Parasites Help Id 2024

Hi Salenity reply :

So I caught a Flathead on a Jig today and was going to take it home and eat it until I saw it was covered in Parasites! What are these? I've never seen them before.

Hi Salenity reply :

einscodek reply :

Stuff like that keep me from swimmin in lakes.. under the skin.. ewwwwww

Alonerankin2 reply :

Idk... But I would pour gas on those fillets and good riddance ! Maybe someone knows, no matter what it is... Gross!

Hi Salenity reply :

Yea, I have bleach circulating in my live well now!

MarkH024 reply :

Baby leeches maybe? Nasty whatever it is. Edit:Probably not leeches I guess if it was internal too. Heebeegeebees

slonezp reply :

Hors d'oeuvres

Kevin22 reply :

Just an organism. Lives on all sorts of animals. Doesn't live off them, but lives on them.

Won't hurt your fish at all.

OroBass reply :

I don't understand

Hi Salenity reply :

They look like a small Horseshoe crab and can be free swimmers. After I drained the livewells I saw a couple still alive and swimming around!!! I added more bleach to the 2 cups of water that doesn't drain out of the livewells and sprayed Raid on the inside walls!

I dint know what they are but if it wasn't in my boat I'd kill them with fire!

slonezp reply :

You better rinse the hell out of the livewells before you use them again. Run your recirc pumps as well

Jrob78 reply :

I don't know what they are but they're making me itch. lol

Dwight Hottle reply :

Classic case of the crabs. :laugh5:

A-Jay reply :

Don't Rightly Know ~

Could be either Alien Hatchlings or the Spawn of The Kraken . . .

A-Jay

Bluebasser86 reply :

These are the folks you need to ask.

http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/KDWPT-Info/Contact-us

deaknh03 reply :

Those are proteins.

Hi Salenity reply :

So after I took this pic I laid the fish down on the bow of the boat to take the hook out and then continued to fish on the slimy spot the rest of the day barefoot!

Hi Salenity reply :

On 7/14/2014 at 7:05 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

These are the folks you need to ask.

http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/KDWPT-Info/Contact-us

I sent them the videos, thanks for the link.

Kevin22 reply :

Its harmless, you are way over reacting....

Alonerankin2 reply :

No dude you ain't over reacting, they are evil doers and must be destroyed!!!

Hi Salenity reply :

On 7/14/2014 at 10:23 AM, Kevin22 said:
Its harmless, you are way over reacting....

I'm sure your right but I've never seen anything like them. It also doesn't help someone a few miles away just died from a Brain Eating Ameba (true story)

everythingthatswims reply :

Most big saltwater fish have sea lice on them, this fish obviously doesn't have sea lice but they look very similar. I have eaten many big stripers that had sea lice on them the size of small shrimp, and I'm still here! If you ever have eaten wild caught salmon, those fish probably had sea lice on them. I only get freaked out when the parasites are inside the meat, but we keep an amberjack every now and then when we are at the beach to eat fresh (they are horrible after they are frozen) and many of them have "worms" in the meat. We just cut out the chunks of meat with the worms in them and again, I have never gotten sick from it, and have eaten plenty of it.

Bluebasser86 reply :

On 7/14/2014 at 10:23 AM, Kevin22 said:
Its harmless, you are way over reacting....

Yeah, I've never seen anything like them either and I fish the same lake a lot. Like he said though, with what happened recently to a little girl that lived 30 minutes from this lake, most folks are a little concerned about what's in the water.

http://kdvr.com/2014/07/11/9-year-old-girl-dies-from-brain-eating-amoeba-after-swimming-in-lake/

OroBass reply :

Wow blue basser that's crazy man.

Ku Xiong reply :

I believe those are fish lice. Ive caught stripers at Wilson that had those things on them.

einscodek reply :

Looks like they can also bite humans too.. ewwwwwwwwwwww

Hi Salenity reply :

On 7/14/2014 at 2:38 PM, Ku Xiong said:
I believe those are fish lice. Ive caught stripers at Wilson that had those things on them.

I think your close, I think they are Fish Louse

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=11&ved=0CEEQFjAK&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedis.ifas.ufl.edu%2Fm%2F%23publication%3Fid%3DFA184&ei=xrvDU5zNNYL08AH5y4DYBw&usg=AFQjCNF0BPKF_rq1iVuncZfBNISrKLe-6g&sig2=3LZ7cvYt656Uhs3uWrZLMw

boostr reply :

Somebody should teach these guys about protection, or use a little soap and water once in awhile.

conorsixtakc reply :

On 7/14/2014 at 10:42 AM, Hi Salenity said:
I'm sure your right but I've never seen anything like them. It also doesn't help someone a few miles away just died from a Brain Eating Ameba (true story)

No joke! First thing that came to mind was amoebas, but those look too big...? Hopefully?

Hi Salenity reply :

Yep, no big deal I guess? This is the response I got from the KDWP=

It is a fish louse. They are fairly common in Kansas. I've seen quite a number of flatheads serving as a host to this critter.

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Miller, Mike <mike.miller@ksoutdoors.com> wrote:

jtharris3 reply :

On 7/14/2014 at 5:11 AM, Hi Salenity said:

They look like a small Horseshoe crab and can be free swimmers. After I drained the livewells I saw a couple still alive and swimming around!!! I added more bleach to the 2 cups of water that doesn't drain out of the livewells and sprayed Raid on the inside walls!

I dint know what they are but if it wasn't in my boat I'd kill them with fire!

Raid? Seriously? Sometimes I wonder how people make it through life? Why on earth would someone spray Raid in their livewell? Here's a little hint, the lakes and rivers are full of living organisms.

FirstnameLastname reply :

BURN IT! Everything, even the boat. In fact BURN the lake.

BassinLou reply :

I don't know the name of the critter that was on that flat head. But if most of you will study the bass you catch carefully, most often than not you will see the same critter on that bass. I know on most of the bass I catch I can see them sliding around the slime of the bass. I have yet to contract any foreign flesh eating diseases.. Simply wash off your hands and keep fishing. LOL...

Alonerankin2 reply :

I do believe Hi Salenity is a cut up like many here on the forums in reference to the Raid comment by jtharris3, even if he was serious , why not just ignore it rather than post a rather insulting series of remarks

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