Author Topic: TAPE WORM!!! (Read 11031 times)

StrikeMaster · « **on:** Jan 15, 2003, 11:30 AM »

Howdy all just wanted to remind you to check you fillets for tapeworm.
Tight Lines:StrikeMaster

codman · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 18, 2003, 02:21 PM »

Is that what those are.yuk I can't believe people eat sushi

waterwolfed · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 19, 2003, 08:57 AM »

tape worm in fish hmmm i dident knoe

PeRcHsLaYeR · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 19, 2003, 03:12 PM »

Ahhh they just add flavor.

StrikeMaster · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 22, 2003, 01:02 PM »

LOL 12'er I wish i could say that but they will scare the crap out of you when they come from places you dont want them to.

indeeptreble · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 22, 2003, 03:20 PM »

I caught a perch 2 weeks ago and saw it had a hole in the side off it, looked like someone drilled into it. Is that a tape worm hole?

skulldugary · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 23, 2003, 03:36 AM »

I thought that tape worms lived in the stomachs

dogfish · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 23, 2003, 08:23 AM »

They do. The little white ones in the meat are some other type of worm/parasite.

StrikeMaster · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 05, 2003, 12:44 PM »

Yea a tape worm is usually long and stringy.

walleye190 · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 01, 2003, 08:31 PM »

I had just got 2 perch from indian lake and after cleaning them,,,i seen what looked like white worms,,,,,are these the same???.. well i tossed the perch as not to take a chance on getting sick..any info will help as a will also contact DEC and see what they say....thanks

Cooley · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 10, 2003, 06:35 AM »

Those are parasites,They attach themselfs to the fish
I have seen them on perch & walleye,harmless as long
you deepfry the fish.The next time you go fishing take
a really close look at the surface of the fish.But on the
other hand we have here in MI. is some sort of worm
inside of the meat of the perch,when you cut the perch
open you will seen that the some of meat looks like its
cooked, throw the fish away,dont eat it.Does anyone
know more about this.

WVBoy · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 15, 2004, 07:53 AM »

We see alot of the worms here in vermont as well. But it was the first time this year that my buddy found something that looked like a tape worm but was red? Does cooking the fish kill these things?

grumpymoe · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 15, 2004, 09:26 AM »

i personally think everyone is getting a little overexcited about worms. if you really looked at some of the fish we eat on a regular basis, you would likely become a vegetarian. look at flounder & sole (saltwater)--they eat seal poop which is fact. orange roughy, sea bass, perch, northerns, walleye and any other specie of fish. while some parasites live in the intestines, some migrate to the flesh. if you start looking, you'll stop eating. my two cents grumpymoe

grouse1 · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 15, 2004, 09:37 PM »

the worms that you see might be the lavae of certain types of clam which live in the flesh of some fish mostly the fish which feed in the muck found in sediment

steelhead5 · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 16, 2004, 03:03 PM »

i heard these are snail larve, and are considered harmless. i've eaten em before. taste great!

SenecaBow · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 18, 2004, 02:51 AM »

This may help.

http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubcd/C772-w.htm

fishingking · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 18, 2004, 05:16 PM »

Tapeworms are found in the stomach and intestine it is always a good idea not to break open the inards into the flesh or they might contaminate your fish fillets

We had this convo about black spot(black grubs), Yellow grubs and white grubs last year. Its harmless to humans. I read in one publication that suppossially 1(one) human being got them in thier mouth but probably not from the fish but from drinking water that had the parasite in the water (example pond water) not public drinking water

gonna make it as short as possible since ive already got probably 4 long posts about this grub thing on this site somewhee. A fish eating bird (heron, kingfisher, commorant etc) eats a infected fish (visable in the skin/flesh) the parasite goes through a cycle in the bird and then is released back into the water in the birds fecal matter or when it dips its beak in the water to feed, the parasite then attacks a snail goes through another cycle and leaves the snail and finds a fish to infect, then the grub is either consumed by a human or eaten by a bird which wwill continue the cycle

cetain lakes/ponds will be infested more than others do too weed cover and amount of certain types of snails i dont believe all types of snails are prone to the parasite

alaskanman · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 19, 2004, 01:01 AM »

up here in ak there's tape worms in most all the fish, just make sure you cook good and you'll be ok. grumpymoe has a good point!

fishermanjake · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 19, 2004, 01:47 AM »

after reading the dnr thingy it doesn't look like anything is harmful to people. just might make you loose your appitite

Germ · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 20, 2004, 08:24 AM »

Ya as a rule of thumb i don't eat any fish that i might find not so pleaseing to the eye when i catch em. Those ones i let the gulls eat. (well when its perch that is) I don't like tossing them back in the water either because well who knows if its a contagious thing or not. WEll unless its ling then ill just scrape away. LOL darn Fishermanjake i think ill be taking a alaska vacation next winter. Those darn ling looks so nice there.

fishermanjake · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 20, 2004, 07:55 PM »

i'm always looking for someone who wants to go with me. earlier in the year is better....as soon as the ice is safe enogh

Fish Monger · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 22, 2004, 01:52 PM »

Yellows are the nastiest fish to swim the waters. It seems like they are always wormy, but I haven't bothered to check in years.
Now White Perch, that's stable tablefare.

Germ · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 22, 2004, 02:11 PM »

I always ctach yellows nothing wrong with them.

maine-ly backward · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 11, 2004, 03:33 PM »

Maybe someone should gather up a bunch of those big ol tapeworms and send them into that Fear Factor show. Those folks'l eat anything!

Germ · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 11, 2004, 04:00 PM »

You should write to them and suggest it...

icesaw · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 17, 2004, 07:55 PM »

Tapeworms great just right more junk we need for fish. Can't man-kind get something to eat with no parasitic worms. I am in 6th grade just had a test on inverterbrates. Fond out that these parasitic worms are intestianl parasites they are FLATWORMS. Alot of crazy junk all of us fisherman or woman need to wacth out for [-_-]

RIVERRAT2 · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 01, 2004, 02:04 PM »

to get rid of ALL WORMS in the fish just freeze a 0` or below for 24hrs
this kills ALL THE worms inc THE ONLY one that may harm you the TAPE WORM
most can not live in your system,i checked this out because i pickle herring
and pickling DOESNOT KILL ALL WORMS, BUT FREEZING @ 0` FOR 24HRS does
RAT

Skiff · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 02, 2004, 11:18 AM »

Unless you guys are in the habit of eating your fish raw, you never need to worry about any worms or parasites. Just cook the fish until the flesh is flaky, and that will kill anything! But like Riverrat2 says, freezing will also kill parasites, so if you store the fish for a couple of days or so in the freezer, you could eat it raw then. Naaaaah........

Bob_D · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 02, 2004, 01:44 PM »

Here is an article on yellow grub.... http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/library/factsheets/fisheries/fish_health/Yellow_grub.pdf

Poorboy · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 06, 2004, 05:22 PM »

Uh......please pass the hot dogs....yeh, that's it, I'll just have a dog please.

Ever heard the expression "He'd eat a horse turd if it had scales on it"?

Just kidding, I have heard and believe that YP are good, but can't get any big enough to bother with. I like jigging them while waiting for Browns, though.

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Author Topic: TAPE WORM!!! (Read 11031 times)

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