Question

[ScottV]

I just cleaned 23 Okatibbee crappie and a couple of them had bloody spots in the meat. It could have been caused when I chunked them from the front of the boat to the rear livewell. I don't know, do crappie ever get parasites of some type? I didn't keep the bloody ones just in case. Here's a pic of one of the filets.

[crappiebandit]

thats vweird aint never seen that before?????????????

["G"]

Probably just a blood bruise from where they hit the edge of the live well or something when you chunked them

[jimfish]

When you get one like that dont eat it put it in a bag and freeze it.Then bring it to spring get together and i will dispose of it for ya.

[EmptyStringer]

Poor fishy. Maybe you should check into an anger management program

[oleblue]

You sure it wasn't flopping around in the boat so you took a paddle to it?

[ScottV]

Ha Ha I figured it might have been a bruise or something. I leave the lid open on the rear livewell and just bank em off of it. The outside skin didn't have any marks on it. It's been so dry this past summer and fall that maybe the crappie have wolves in them.

[boatstall]

Looks like your basic contusion.

contusion |kənˈtoō zh ən|
noun
a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from French, from Latin contusio(n-), from the verb contundere (see contuse ).

Maybe put some foam on the underside of the live well lid.
Or put more arc in the toss.
Think net, with no backboard.

[tritonman]

Scott, as long as you do not see the little bugs on the outside attached to the fish like WB is to a free boofay the meat will be fine. I have seen some small spots like that in the meat before, however from the size of them spots I am guessing you throw about a 95 mph fastball also..lol.

[E-Z Poleholder]

I have seen it many times, never hurt me when they went down, or after... BTW, don't break the sack on those eggs, meal em, cook em, good as hushpuppies..