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!
Deer Lake Parasite Identification
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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.
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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.
Second try.
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