white specs

[deerslayer92163]

anyone ever notice little white specs in there perch fillets not the occational white grub but tiny white specs in the meat

[GasBlaster]

?  what you guys eat perch      lmao   Ya there full of junk . I wouldn't eat those things.

[perch-man]

I think our freind in Maine has not had a perch fish fry yet. GasBlaster dont knock it till you tried it!as far as full of junk must be only in your part of the country!As far as white specs deerslayer maybe take it to or ask local NR and see if they have a answer could be something specfic to that lake

[deerslayer92163]

doesnt seem to be in the bigger ones just the small ones

[Gold Rush]

anyone ever notice little white specs in there perch fillets not the occational white grub but tiny white specs in the meat

Yeah. I caught a bunch of yellow perch in Winnisquam Lake in NH today. All around 1# each. When filletting them I found these mysterious white spots. Would like to know what they are before I eat them.

[perch-man]

I have seen in smaller lakes here small almost little black stones . The Nr said if you cook the meat real good no problems have only seen it in 2 lakes ever. 

[littleoldlady]

We get spots in perch in one lake here...no problem...cook them well...and as for perch out of a nice northern lake...nothing better than
those little fillets breaded and fried up.  Our friend to the south either doesn't know what he's missing, or doesn't have nice lakes

[perch-man]

Were you out today Littleoldlady?

[shawner]

     Don't want to gross anyone out but, they are a small worm like parasite. Bass especially in ponds with little flow get them a lot. They get it from eating bird droppings I was told by a fisheries proffesor. Won't harm you like everyone has said if you cook the meat well enough. Then again I don't know anyone who likes their fish rare like a steak! Raw fish is another deal I personally don't do!