WIERD WORMS IN FISH CHECK OUT THE PICS!!

[fishma27]

Yup, they are weird little things we have them up here in NY too. I am from PA so I was just checking in on the fishing reports down there and noticed this topic, from all the information Ive gathered they are ok to eat even with the worms in them but I have to agree with most I would much rather catch clean fish.

[Snapper]

Make a box with a clear see though top, place a light in the box.  Then you place your fish on top and the light goes through.  This helps you to see them. 

Snapper

[FISHHUNTER80]

I'VE GOT A FEW PM'S ON THESE WORMS I FOUND. MANY SEE THEM ALL THE TIME, BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM GROW THAT BIG. I GUESS ARTHUR GROWS 'EM BIG. MAKES ME THINK I SHOULD HAVE GOT THEM MOUNTED!!LOL!!

[lil maggot]

do not eat fish like that.
thats what i've heard

[GDominy12]

i was cutting up a pike the other day and found something very similar to this. was there an indentation in the meat where the worm appeared to be?

[scavengerj]

Cut'em out and if you care to, any of the surrounding flesh, cook thoroughly You'll be fine. At least I know what they are and can remove them.
Given the amount of contaminants allowed in our other foods that you don't even see or know about, these little things, when removed, wouldn't bother me a bit.

[crafty1]

wow that would definitly make you take a second look after filleting your fish ..well like they say..what your eyes dont see your stomach wont feel ,but with parasites that have have always managed to keep adapting who knows what your reallyeating.great pics

[FISHHUNTER80]

i was cutting up a pike the other day and found something very similar to this. was there an indentation in the meat where the worm appeared to be?

NO INDENTATION AT ALL. IT JUST LOOKED LIKE A SPOT OF BLOOD INSIDE THE MEAT

[Tunapursuit]

The experts say these fish are edible.....not for me!!

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_52259_10950-26965--,00.html

http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/library/factsheets//Fisheries/Fish_health/Red%20Worm.pdf

http://www.ohioseagrant.osu.edu/_documents/publications/FS/FS-006%20Reducing%20red%20worm%20parasites%20in%20Lake%20Erie%20yellow%20perch%20catch.pdf

Sounds like fertilizer now to me..

[bones]

Don't fish the Great Lakes for perch then because you'll be wasting a lot of fish to find some that don't have the worms.

[danceswmuskys]

in mid summer i have seen a small white worm about half the size of a maggot in s mouth bass out of clarion river  . i wonder if this is an early stage of the same thing.

[Tunapursuit]

Don't fish the Great Lakes for perch then because you'll be wasting a lot of fish to find some that don't have the worms.

I would agree. I have caught a few this year and let them go.

[crafty1]

i would say the same thing,if you dont trust them,you could still have fun catching them and letting them go for someone else who would eat them

[StonecoldCat]

Anyone for sushi?I wont eat any fish thats not well cooked.They do say fish that has been frozen several days is safe.?

[Bassman187]

does anyone know how thick the ice is on lake arthour