Black Spots on/in Meat.

[srobocop]

hey guys, i just brought home 10 bluegill and have after i filleted them all i noticed a couple of them had black spots in the meat, is this something i should worry about or should i throw those away and eat the ones that don't have this in the meat?

[gruntngrin]

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=35992.msg367655#msg367655


http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=71350.msg703134#msg703134

The search engine is a great tool

[srobocop]

it would also be a great tool if those topics weren't named "grubby fish" and "parasites in gills"

thanks for the links either way, sorry Farve choked.

[Ice Diva]

it would also be a great tool if those topics weren't named "grubby fish" and "parasites in gills"

thanks for the links either way

Hey Yooper, I didnt' check the links.. My husband is a yooper, (iron Mountain) we get up there every chance we get, and I love the fishin up there!! We went on the mining ponds near randville and caught alot of bluegill that had the dots you were talking about, my husband saw the dots and said they were parasites, but still filleted them scrubbed them and froze them.   .. So.... are u going to keep em and eat em? He thinks they will be fine. Have you fished Lake Antoine?? doing any good up there?

[srobocop]

yeah i'm eating them, if you look i think its the 2nd link, one of the guys posted some really good info which basically said as long as you cook them throughly you're good.

[MnSportsman]

If anyone needs to "see it" to know what it looks like & whether it's ok to eat them.  this link may help:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_diseases/neascus.html

I have eaten them with no ill effects & you don't even know they are there, if ya bread the fish.

Go fish !

[bucketbass]

i didnt notice....i didnt nitice............i didnt.........notice 
eat um up just cook um

[captain54]

Put some pepper on them,and know one will know. There fine to eat.

[HawkEyeman]

.....so sushi is out of the question

[Pork Rind]

For what it is worth, I soak my fish in salt water at least over night and almost all of the spots will be gone.  We have several lake that produce gills with these spots.
Most of the spots will be lying in the bottom of the bowl.

[BlindSquirrel]

For what it is worth, I soak my fish in salt water at least over night and almost all of the spots will be gone.  We have several lake that produce gills with these spots.
Most of the spots will be lying in the bottom of the bowl.

That is the first time I have seen that posted.  Makes sense.  A common way to treat parasites on freshwater aquarium fish is to give them a salt water dip.

[panfishman13]

yay idaho! i have never seen or heard of this parasite till now but we do have a weird moss-like parasite that lodges next to the eye of a fish. does anyone know what it is? i've seen it on bluegill and a few other fish but not really widespread.

[Adam Bomb]

[gunner]

Adam Bomb--thanks for the article!