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Offline outfisherman1

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Yellow fluid in a walleye
« on: Feb 13, 2021, 08:05 PM »
Was cleaning a walleye tonight and noticed behind it's head some yellow fluid right behind it's head where I start my cut for the filet. It looks like duck sauce from a Chinese restraunt. Already seasoned. Lol. This was caught on Chatauqua. My buddy caught it. Now I see why he didn't want it. Lol. Has anyone ever seen this before? It was only on the one side. It's new to me???
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Offline trapper2000

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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #1 on: Feb 14, 2021, 10:22 AM »
yellow fluid .....thats pee........don't trust your buddy around your bucket again!!!  seriously i wouldn't eat anything like that
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Offline BeenPerchin315

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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #2 on: Feb 14, 2021, 04:23 PM »
It must be brain seepage. Lol
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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #3 on: Feb 14, 2021, 06:46 PM »
You might have cut into the gallbladder.
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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #4 on: Feb 15, 2021, 07:36 AM »
Found out from my DEC friend that it's actually a tag. They use some kind of organic fluid for tags now. Supposedly came from the Oneida hatchery. It shows up with infrared light I guess. Maybe someone seen this on Oneida?
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Offline Dsportman

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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #5 on: Feb 15, 2021, 07:59 AM »
I have seen this,after soaking the filets overnight and rinsing I didn’t notice any discoloration in the meat
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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #6 on: Feb 15, 2021, 02:50 PM »
Yes, I soaked them and it came right out. Definitely grossed me out. Thought it had cancer or something. Lol
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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #7 on: Feb 15, 2021, 03:10 PM »
anti freeze
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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #8 on: Feb 15, 2021, 03:50 PM »
Quote from: bootstrap on Feb 15, 2021, 03:10 PM
anti freeze
Lol. It was froze solid on the ice.
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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #9 on: Feb 15, 2021, 04:37 PM »
I cleaned more walleye than normal this year and had it happen on a few.  Bile/fluid from pierced gallbladder.  I just tried to keep it off the meat then rinsed the fillets as soon as I got them off.  I also cleaned it off the cutting board.  I’m guessing the gallbladder is either bigger or positioned a bit differently in a walleye vs other fish.
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Offline outfisherman1

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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #10 on: Feb 15, 2021, 09:29 PM »
This was behind the gill.

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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #11 on: Feb 15, 2021, 09:41 PM »
It got covid. Mask up.
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Offline outfisherman1

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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #12 on: Feb 15, 2021, 09:45 PM »
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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #13 on: Feb 15, 2021, 10:00 PM »
Quote from: outfisherman1 on Feb 15, 2021, 09:45 PM
Nice.

The post above about gall bladder bile is seemingly accurate.  At least Google says so. 
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Offline bbrown009

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Re: Yellow fluid in a walleye
« Reply #14 on: Feb 16, 2021, 09:47 AM »
I fillet a lot of walleye, see it all the time especially cutting in behind the gills to minimize meat loss. Rinse it off, nothing to worry about.
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