Notice F/U silversides .?????

The 1st of the week I was watching a school & 8 out of 10 had large, gross sores /// mostly on their top back , but some had them other places .
Now I just came pack & its low tide where their is a current & there were a descent amount of different schools swimming in the currrent ......... same deal .most of them had the sores ...I,ve never seen this on silersides . They seem to be swimming perfectly healthy .

The ones near me in the east bay have the same deal, but all the ones ive seen have been being harassed by baby blues too.
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Clammer, did the growths almost look like weeds or algae growing on their backs? I have been seeing this a lot down the cape this year. I haven't seen it before... No idea what it is.

Clammer, did the growths almost look like weeds or algae growing on their backs? I have been seeing this a lot down the cape this year. I haven't seen it before... No idea what it is.

I've noticed that all over the cape too
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yEAH , SOME had like a string on them , but I,m not about to go catch them to check it out ..

spooky s hit ><><><>:fury:

Probably from elevated water temps
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Saw a bunker with red string like parasites hanging off of it here in west haven yesterday. There is a potential for a huge fish kill down our way right now and we just hit July

We have some macs with scars/sores, but I have been assuming they had been attacked by squid....

Anchor worms.
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I saw the bunker last fall with the red stringy stuff / they were gross ><><><

Anchor worms.
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I've noticed that all over the cape too
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I've been seeing it too. I thought they were anchor worms, like you see on bunker. It seems to be on the biggest spearing. Never noticed anything like it on those baitfish before.

Like toaster said, if it's stringy things they are anchor worms.

Him and I were on a mullet/bunker blitz in 2010, and most the fish had em.

I did a thread about it with pics.

All the bunker that stay in the providence river are covered in them.

You'll see the fish rubbing itself along the bottom or against rocks, which causes more damage to the fish.
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All of the bunker ark bait has been getting and the ones we have been snagging have them. It's been like this for a few years. I have never seen them on silversides though. You must have some kind of recipe for them? Anchor worm burger? Charge $50 bucks and I'm sure People will buy them. Lol


Like toaster said, if it's stringy things they are anchor worms.

Him and I were on a mullet/bunker blitz in 2010, and most the fish had em.

I did a thread about it with pics.

All the bunker that stay in the providence river are covered in them.

You'll see the fish rubbing itself along the bottom or against rocks, which causes more damage to the fish.
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stop posting and go slap minnie mouse for me........dirty mouse......

stop posting and go slap minnie mouse for me........dirty mouse......

But when I'm posting it means I'm not spending thousands of dollars! This place is expensive as he'll. Btw leave the fish with eating disorders alone, will ya! Lol
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Clammer. Bunker near your house yesterday and the ones I got looked fine.

I saw the bunker last fall with the red stringy stuff / they were gross ><><><



Nothing wrong with those.....they're up from Jamaica and those are dredge-locks,,,, yah mon, we be jammin, smell their fins.....smells like sensimilia,,,, and the sores,,,,just a minor case of herpes. You know how that goes Clamma....didn't they used to call you Herpe the Luv Bug???

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BC ..............You,ll never get that close again ><><><:love:

Mike, #^&#^&#^&#^&y L was asking for ya. Seems like you have been MAI everywhere.

Paul,

Nope ,, been fishing & actually digging a few times :fishin:

Tommorrow don,t know which . Friday fishing ....the rest ??????????????:devil2:

Paul,

Nope ,, been fishing & actually digging a few times :fishin:

Tommorrow don,t know which . Friday fishing ....the rest ??????????????:devil2:

Good to hear Mike. We were both worried.

tx pAULIE ,, not time yet :uhuh:

The news just had a story about striped bass with sores ... they showed a picture of a bass that looked like it had been skinned, claiming it was sores across the entire body and the scientists have not been able to figure it out as of yet ...

... they are thinking that it was the result of bacteria down in the Chesapeake and the fish come up here as the bacteria spreads across their body.

It was nasty, hopefully will not be catching any of those anytime soon ... I have caught fish with a sore from time to time, and once caught a fish that looked like it had a growth problem - the head was for a fish considerably longer than the stunted body, it was kind of gross.