channel cats

[pureinsanity]

its a fungus that grows under the slime coat

[DTro]

Dog Days Cats

[Brad B]

I forwarded a copy of the picture to two of the state dnr fisheries biologist I have been talking with lately. I asked them to post here with their opinion on what this is. hopefully they can ID it and it is something that is not bad. we will have to wait and see if they reply.

I heard back from the one biologist. he thinks it is just a abnormal pigmentation pattern. did the black rub off at all? if it did then it wouldn't be a pigmentation issue and more of a fugus or bacteria issue like was already guessed.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

The stuff I have been seeing a lot this year easily rubs off the fish.

[Scott K]

The stuff I have been seeing a lot this year easily rubs off the fish.

Jeff, I have to ask, why are you rubbing the fish?

[GlassEyeangler]

the black spots did not rub off. after cleaning the fish, my hands were clear. must have been a pigment skin thing.

[pureinsanity]

Free Slime

[Brad B]

I just got a email from the one biologist. he now says it is indeed a fugus and they have now seen it in fish from fountain lake. He gave me the email address of the supervisor of the state pathology lab and said she maybe able to ID what exactly the fugus is. It will be interesting to see what she has to say. I will post a update when I hear from her.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Jeff, I have to ask, why are you rubbing the fish?

I was...just...curious...yeah, curious. Shhhhhhh.

[Crankbait10]

oh dang .... GlassEyeangler did you end up eating that spoted catty ???

[GlassEyeangler]

of course we did...tasted no different than the others. when i skinned it, the meat was just as clear as the rest. IMO...this has gone on a little too far. all cat fish are edible. now the dnr says it's fungus, well it was no match for my Fry Daddy...and i'm not sure how hot the oil was, but i'm positive any and all fungus died instantly when i put the fillets into it. hey crank bait...do you fit this mold as a MN fisherman???

no eating perch in summer because of the worms!

no eating any kind of bass...yuck!

Eel Pout...mmm yummy!

no eating bull heads, but will eat cat fish (bull heads are cat fish btw).

if you follow this type of thinking, i can understand exactly why you would think eating that splotchy fish was gross. all i can say is your right...don't eat 'em, and ALWAYS throw them back!

i'm making an example out of crank bait (sorry dude, i would never offend another walleye fisherman...peace) to show how dumb this is getting. i think this is getting so much attention because i ate it...eeww, gross! just not very Minnesotan of me...wait, i'm not from MN, never mind! picky, picky, picky! if there was something so wrong with the fish, the dnr would have said something right away.

Brad i'm not trying to single you out i find it interesting you sent the pic to the dnr...whatever the response is, go ahead and post it on here, but think you will find it's no big deal.

one last thing...Eel Pout is gross!

[bobbymalone]

if you follow this type of thinking, i can understand exactly why you would think eating that splotchy fish was gross.

i guess i just don't see the reason to eat diseased fish when non diseased ones are readily available.

I don't eat the moldy cheese either.

[GlassEyeangler]

i don't eat diseased fish either...the dnr said FUNGUS, not disease.

[bobbymalone]

FUNGUS, not disease.

i hate to break the news to you...

[pushbutton]

Hey Bobby, if you eat brie, gorgonzola, blue cheese, ect...you are eating moldy cheese

GEA, thee guys are just giving you carp. I really do not think the fish you ate had the fungus anyway. Also, you should give pout another shot, prepared right it really does taste good!

[bobbymalone]

Hey Bobby, if you eat brie, gorgonzola, blue cheese, ect...you are eating moldy cheese

i thought there might be a smarty pants in here somewhere

[GlassEyeangler]

bobbymalone...hey your handle is abbreviated BM...he he, now that's funny! anyhow, not sure i understand your post? don't think i misspelled anything?! fungus isn't a disease...mmm, yeah i don't get it!

blue specialist dude - completely ok with people giving me any amount of carp, just don't give me any bass...he he!

[Crankbait10]

Eyeangler, its your post so we have the write to comment its obvious its y its a forum u post ur deal people comments. Anyhow who said i said it was gross I was merely asking if you ate the spotted cat or not. Anyhow I've ate and tried all the different types of fishes at anytime of the year if i choose to do so. I just wouldn't eat an odd looking fish from its normal criteria.

BTW im not from minnesota too but i dont stereotype you as u did me!

[Crankbait10]

One more comment Eyeangler, your not making an example out of me but ur actually bashing on all MN fisherman with your comment ...., "do you fit this mold as a MN fisherman???" that's actually stereotyping & uncool!

[bobbymalone]

fungus isn't a disease...mmm, yeah i don't get it!

a fungal infection is a diseased state, bud. no different than a bacterial or parasitic infection.

[GlassEyeangler]

so mushrooms are a disease?

[bobbymalone]

rofl. did those channel cats have mushrooms growing off of them? how's the athlete's foot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycosis

[GlassEyeangler]

stereotyping and uncool...yes!

let's take each one separately. stereotyping - let's take the perch thing. i have lived in the state for 7 years now, and have not found more than two people that actually eat perch because, "they get wormy"...really? i have never seen a perch fillet full of worms, and made it a point on year three to prove to my new found fishing buddy wrong (MN guy his whole life). i successfully caught and took home one perch from each month filleted it, and no worms! Bottom line it's one of those wife's tale things, and find it so funny that MN is the only state that thinks like this in the midwest. i prefer perch over walleye...problem is, i have to travel a great distance to get any of size. and i'm talking about the one's we used to catch on Erie and Michigan. what really funnier is the love for blue gills in this state. i have on many occasions i've found worms inside and black parasite all over the outside skin...don't even get me started on bass...yuck!

uncool...yup, but wanted to get a response. albeit in a very immature and elementary way, and that's my bad, but aren't you, being an outsider like me, wondering why Minnesotans are so picky?

i love it here and not trying to start a full scale forum war...just wondering why MN is the only state that has such weird parameters for keeping and eating fish? not referring to the conservation thing so let's not go there - i believe more in conservation now living in MN than i ever have.

[bobbymalone]

i have lived in the state for 7 years now, and have not found more than two people that actually eat perch because, "they get wormy"...really?

you must not have very many friends.

[Lowblazah]

lol...i was gonna say the same thing

I LOVE to eat perch! Most the sunnies I catch from my local lakes are very wormy. Bluegills would be better served as bait in my book.

I dont recall anyone I know complaining about wormy perch. actually this is the first this MN native has ever heard of that.