I went out to wet a line tonight durring the big blow and landed a nice keeper. So.. .after I had cleaned up the filets I ran the knife along its belly to see what it had for dinner. I noticed some tumors running along it's intestines from the stomach down to the vent. There was about 30 of these tumors about the size of a raisen. Other than that the fish looked very healthy, put up a great fight, had a good weight to it, 34 inches 14#. (I just bought a scale).

So my questions are..
What are these little tumors??
Are the common??
Should I toss the filets??
Should I give the filets to someone I dont like too much? :rolleyes:

Bass had a big fat shad in its tummy:D

Hmmm, sounds like the bass didn't get enough roughage in its diet. :laughs: Doesn't sound like it would be a huge deal to eat it, as long as you cook it well.

When in doubt, throw it out!!

Sounds like it might be parasites not tumors?

Did you land anything else out there?

Thats it, this wind is going ot make me go slumming again :D

Toonoc you crack me up! Guys I dont think that they were parasites. The tumors were round hard things that were attached to the intestines by a membrane.. the color of the tumors were the same as the intestines... I should hve taken a picture.

Mikey, Thats all I landed. I had a tremedous strike and didn't hook up because the eel had slithered up the hook and tried to strangle himself. The barb was pointing into its belly:smash: I only fished for an hour and split.

fillet and release!!!:D

Shoulda saved those babies and made some chowder or something.... I think I'd toss those fillets if it were me.

-Dave