[huwafish]

Anyone know what parasites are on the trout in Deer lake ? I took a photo but have to develop the 35mm. They look like small thin maggots. Some of the trout had what looked like open blisters with them in it. Any info out there? Thanks

 

[Ryan Singh-Cundy]

does deer lake have freshwater mussells? the larvae of the mussel are small and clear to white and attach themselves to fish until they mature

 

[Cliff]

I saw a lot of these at Pass Lake this past weekend, but they were wriggling around in the surface film just like an emerging chironomid. The only problem was that they weren't hatching, just hanging out. Looked like maggots but more wormlike, 1/4" to 1/2". This was near the shore. Maybe I just never notice things but in 15 odd years of bobbing around in a tube I've never anything like this before before.

 

[huwafish]

Yep, sounds like them 1/4 to 1/2 long. Disgusting little things. They were all over the trout. I caught some Bass and I didn't see any on them. Think I will have a rice bowl for dinner tonight........ ahh the visual of a bowl full of them!

 

[huwafish]

Cliff, looked that up about the mussels life cycle and this is what I found:
The freshwater mussel has a unique life cycle, to include a short parasitic stage attached to fish. The life of a mussel can be partitioned into five distinct life stages: ( 1) a larva (called glochidium) developing in the gill of a female mussel, (2) a free-drifting glochidium expelled from the female mussel, (3) a parasitic glochidium attached to the gills or fins of a living host fish, (4) a free-living juvenile mussel, and (5) the adult mussel.

 

[huwafish]

Second try.

 

[huwafish]

Rather than cloud the treads with invalid picture files I will give up for now..........

 

[Cliff]

Thanks for trying....