Eat more fish!

[JLH]

Originally Posted by Piscator

I wouldn't want to be the first that finds out but does anyone know what happens to people when those "red sore" fish are consumed?

Caught one in Boston Harbor last year and it was pretty sickly looking. Didn't even touch it with my hands.............

I wouldn’t eat anything with sores but if it’s cooked it’s supposed to be safe… you can get an infection though from handling infected fish.

More info here: In Focus - Striped Bass Health

I have only come across one obviously infected fish in the last couple of years so I’m not sure how common it is up in these areas.

[Piscator]

Originally Posted by JLH

I wouldn’t eat anything with sores but if it’s cooked it’s supposed to be safe… you can get an infection though from handling infected fish.

More info here: In Focus - Striped Bass Health

I have only come across one obviously infected fish in the last couple of years so I’m not sure how common it is up in these areas.

I can see it know,

"Honey, I swear I haven't been with another woman, I got this from a Striper fishing last weekend"

[Mr. Sandman]

Yummmm doesn't this look appetizing....it is perfecly fine to eat though and there is no problem with the fishery.."don't look at the man behing the curtain, all is well"

[Fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Piscator

I can see it know,

"Honey, I swear I haven't been with another woman, I got this from a Striper fishing last weekend"

I caught one in the top of the bay last year and it was covered with nasty sores. All the fins were really bloody too. I didn't handle it and I didn't want to throw it back. At the same time I wasn't sure if I wanted some local raccoons eating it and possibly catching and spreading it. I have no idea if thats even possible but it ran through my head for a second.. Then I tossed it back. Just wasn't sure what to do with it.

As far as the mercury... I wonder about the neurological damage from heavy metals more than anything else. I use to eat tog or bass 5 times a week but stopped last year. I'm too worried about gettin dumberrrr

[MAKAI]

From what I have read, most bass with myco don't exhibit the external lesions. It's more internal to the organs.

[Sea Flat]

I know a couple of charter captains that have gotten sores on their hands from the handling of stripers and the sores took a really long time to heal and were really gross. I have caught a few fish with the sores in the past few years, nothing gross like other pictures I have seen, but a few red sores on their side and near their tails.

The story I read of a guy getting mercury poisoning from eating too much striper was crazy. The guy ate it like every day including the meat from the head area which is said to hold much higher concentrations of mercury. His speech became slurred, stuff like that. As another poster said, pretty near impossible for it to negatively effect an adult unless going overboard.