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Well I guess many of you have seen on the news about Lake Sinclair's flesh eating bacteria. A guy cut his leg while working on his dock and a few days later they took off his leg. I swim in Sinclair everyday and I bait a trotline every night. Well, what are the odds that I will get it? SweetThang is telling me to stay out of the water, but I find that very hard to do . Hope I do not get it because me and the girl (my dogs) have got to have our water time everyday.
I saw that yesterday, pretty scary stuff, I 'm hopein somebody will come up with some answers real soon as to what is going on, it seems that cuts and water are related in a few cases and the one guy in Cartersville doesn't have clue. Weird stuff for sure !!!
Not good at all. News says it's nothing new and usually only affects victims that already have a weak immune system from other conditions. Does that bacteria only affect humans? Saw some odd wounds on several fish this spring that didn't appear to be spawn related. They were from Oconee, Sinclair and Blackshear. Just a coincidence (sp?) maybe.
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It is scary for sure. I have been out on oconee e few times in the last couple weeks. I work in construction and always have cuts on my hands. It has made me real nervous about going again. I hope someone comes up with some answers about this stuff. Are they doing studies on this and checking all the lakes and rivers. Or what. I have done a search on it and I can't find anything but a few news articles.
Like I said, I swim in Sinclair daily. I always have cuts on me also. I have found that I can't get any real work done until I start bleeding by injuring myself. I am like many of you in that I have seen some strange looking soars on the crappie and catfish I have caught over the past few years. I had a big catfish puncture my knee with his fin while taking him off the trotline. I am using alchol and peroxide like it is going out of style. Be careful because this stuff is bad.