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Started by Xm Sean, May 20, 2013, 10:11:10 PM

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Xm Sean

You are fishing a club tx on a tough day(not many bites) and you find that limit fish around noon. .. you get the net and scoop this "THING" up. ...

Do you:

A. Put that limit fish in your livewell and hold your head high at the ramp.
B: Scream EWWWW and shake that fish off without touching it and burn you net
C. Other


Xm Sean

Sorry. .. I am not putting that thing in my net or livewell. ..

Hoping no one catches it this weekend. .. maybe I will run the scale instead of the tub. ..

I could have caught this thing without a hook.  He followed me around for a little while.  I bet he will not be doing any spawning this year.

fishinjim

Almost looks like a Koi.
Would have to see out of water to determine whether or not she goes in the livewell.

sdub

Hi everyone,
 
You are receiving this email because you have registered to host a tournament in the upper Chesapeake Bay for 2013.  The Conservation Director of Maryland Bass Nation recently sent me an angler's photo of a bass from Anchor Marina (see attached).  The bass has a fungal infection and is lazily swimming at the surface.  I sent it to our fish health folks, but they couldn't definitively tell more than that from the photo.  As you conduct your tournaments this year, please ask your anglers to inform you or me directly of any similarly infected bass.  Last year, I pulled a similarly infected bass from Anchor Marina during a tournament.  It was infected with parasites, fungus, and tested positive for LMBV.
 
As you know, infections or lesions are not uncommon for largemouth bass; many survive wounds and other problems.  In addition, several species carry LMBV in the Bay, though there are no known outbreaks of LMBV disease for bass in the Bay.  Regardless of the immediate causes, the infection you'll see in the photo is pretty severe in my opinion.  If more fish are observed with similarly severe infections, we'll conduct a survey of the area and bring fish with lesions to our UMD College Park campus for a fish health diagnostics.  Please alert your anglers and let us know if you see any other similarly infected fish on the Susquehanna Flats or in the upper Northeast River.
 
Take care and have a good Memorial Day weekend.  Joe.
 
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Xm Sean

I sent the photo to Scott Sewell (conservationist for the upper bay) and he passed it on. He told me if someone brings this or any other fish in similar condition  to the scales to weigh it and bag it with Ice and give them a call.