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McMurray Lake Report
Skagit County, WA

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07/11/2021
61° - 65°
Casting
Largemouth Bass
Green
Mostly Sunny
Plastics
Morning
66° - 70°
07/11/2021
2
6643

I love being the first on scene to the boat launch! It means you get the best parking spot! I thought I'd try to work on my drop shot skills today. Its a rig that I'm not confident using, but want more practice. I thought it could be more effective in the timbers & deeper water. Unfortunatly there were not many fish caught & no big bass worth a picture. However I did catch a few trout & they are covered in these nasty white sores with white threads or worms coming out. ????

Does anyone know what this is? Parasites? Worms, Ick? Fungal?

Are they safe to eat? (Not that I'd want to!)

On a better note, the lil bass & perch seem to be unaffected, & the water clarity is great!


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HinaYaro
7/11/2021 9:44:01 PM
Ooh, nasty... Poor things

They look kind of like the fish lice that I see on a lot of saltwater fish, but it usually doesn't cause the blisters
No_Regerts
7/12/2021 1:27:59 AM
Just needs to get on a regimen of Valtrex.
conquestdz
7/12/2021 9:09:36 AM
The trout on Lake Meridian frequently look like that, but the Kokanee never do. It's some kind of parasite.
buc
7/16/2021 12:27:40 PM
Its fish herpes they had this at long lk. dont eat anything out of there its a parasiticle outbreak
Sideburns
7/20/2021 3:11:10 AM
Those are copepods. Ive seen them in most lakes, even in remote deep clear water lakes. They do not affect the meat, and you will not get them..... They can overwelm the fish though, especially when they get in the gills. But yeah.... Gross!
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