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Another excellent video. To answer the question about the growth on the pickerel, it is dermal sarcoma. It's the result of a virus that happens happens only with pickerel. That fish will be infectious for the rest of it's life, so if you're not too put off by the appearance, that would be a good one to keep, and it helps to control the spread of the virus. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_diseases/dermalsarcoma.html
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QUOTE (buddy @ Mar 23, 2018 - 06:13 pm)
Another excellent video. To answer the question about the growth on the pickerel, it is dermal sarcoma. It's the result of a virus that happens happens only with pickerel. That fish will be infectious for the rest of it's life, so if you're not too put off by the appearance, that would be a good one to keep, and it helps to control the spread of the virus. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_diseases/dermalsarcoma.html
Thanks, buddy.
I guess it would have been wiser of me to get that fish out of the lake instead of the flawless 20" that I did keep. It's tough to want to keep a fish that has a disease. I have eaten a few fish with the VHS before.
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