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Old 09-02-2006, 10:18 AM   #5
JohnR
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Originally Posted by nightprowler
Caught a bluefish tonight before the gale blew in that had some nasty looking stuff on the side of it. it looked almost like it had been scaled or something. It would be a long way for one of the blues that clammer has caught and mangled, i guess thats an option, but does the striper disease (forget the name and its to late to search...) with the legions effect blues as well? these didn't really look like legions as it affected the entire side of the fish. no bass tonight, but caught about a 15 lb blue, hell of a fight, just as the wind was picking up to better then 25 kts. it got nasty out there with the snap of the bluefish gods. chased me off my perch when the waves started coming to my waist. would have stayed longer, but only bloos to show.

All joking aside - if the disease can spread from one to another that would be very bad for all susceptible species...

Anyone know the answer??

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