Is this fish sick or did a gar take a bite out of him.
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Is this fish sick or did a gar take a bite out of him.
Gar, bird, turtle take your pick.
He didn't swim fast enough! LOL
More than likely a Blue Herron.
Blue heron 80% probability as it was hit on the top back. I am seeing a lot of gills this year with the same injuries. Shows how shallow that crappie was to get hit by one of those "endangered" birds. I don't know if you have Lamprey eels in your river system down there or not but I catch a lot of crappie up here with a red round sore on their side caused by those blood suckers! But its usually not like the deep wound of your fish.
Otter is a possibility
I've seen turtles do that to fish on a stringer when fishing from the bank...
Hell of a life lol.
Bird are turtle, most likely a bird being that it's on top
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