Weird Find in Fillet

I was cleaning some fish from the main lake at Butla this evening when I noticed something odd in a fillet. The crappie was a healthy looking 14 inch male. I noticed a dark spot approximately an inch long in the middle of one of the fillets. I cut into the fillet and removed a dark brown hard piece of something about an inch long and the diameter of an earthworm. The object resembled that of a dried up earthworm that you might find in your driveway after a rain followed by sun. I kept that fish's fillets and the object bagged seperate from the rest of the catch. I have cleaned a lot of crappie from Arkabutla and Sardis but never seen such a thing. Anybody have any ideas besides that Butla fish have worms .....:confused::confused::confused:

it's still only protein. Parasites come and go during the year. Most often you'll see'em during hot weather.

Think you going to find a bunch of Butla fish with worms. No biologist but figure it has something to do with low,hot water last year. Butla is only lake I have ever caught crappie with worms. Jimfish may know about this maybe he can ahead some light on it.

Lets see the pics.

Bonus meat!

I've caught some here and there over the years like that, I suppose it's some kind of parasite. The oddest thing I ever found was a copper plated # 4 shot. I was turkey hunting years ago with a guy. After the hunt this bird brained gewber shot into a pond at some fish he saw. (Hey, I said he was a gewber). The next year I was bream fishing there and caught one that had the shot in it. Lol

Ive noticed some little red worms-like things in the fish I caught on the lower lake. I just removed it from the meat and bagged it. Figure 375 degree grease will make it OK to eat. May be whats wrong with me, eating bad fish....

I have noticed the little red worms in the lower lake fish also but didn't think much into it. I'm not going to eat this fish ill have to pass. This worm was a little too big.

lrCleaned one from butla years ago and it had a big knot on one side when i cleaned the fish the knot inside was as big as it was outside was about the size of a quarter cut into it and it looked like a tooth,mybe from a gar. didnt hurt the meat.

Butla fish are mutants and full of mercury.All 3 of them.

I've cleaned 3 that had a worm like parasite in the meat. I cut it out, bag the fillets, cook them when I'm ready.
The worm is rolled up in a ring, when unrolled it's over an inch long, 1/16 to 3/32 dia., like a small red wiggler. Hard to the touch but I was wearing rubber gloves.
I wonder how many are ate by people that scale and gut their catch?
FLESH worms, they live in the meat.

google fishparasites, see what you find.

I have found similar parasitic worms in lots of bass in my lake in Alabama. It's a very weedy with shallow creeks. I have found a few in crappie too during the spawn when they're in the weeds. I think those parasites are completely harmless. I always cut them out eat the fish anyway. I always chase the bites of fish with cold beer too, just to be sure.

The only one I have ever seen was in a fish from Washington . But I think hot grease will kill it all .

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Originally Posted by 4THETHUMP

The only one I have ever seen was in a fish from Washington . But I think hot grease will kill it all .

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x-2 on washington feesh also on hot grease....... i aint dead yet

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Originally Posted by Big C

Butla fish are mutants and full of mercury.All 3 of them.

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Yup make u look like G if you eat them....:(:(:(

The only way they will hurt you is if you eat them raw. Fish needs to be frozen for at least 3 days at zero before eating raw.

Anybody up for some Butla Sushi?

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Originally Posted by MO' MONEY

Anybody up for some Butla Sushi?

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No worm sushi for me. A little off topic but is the crappie in your profile picture like 8 lbs? I have a 3 lber on my wall and it looks pathetic compared to that. It didn't have the worms though. Haha

MO has LONG arms:)

Hey Feesh did you catch that fish on those dog pen worms?

Lol, do I know you?

Who else knows you used to dig your worms in the dog pen? It wasn't no #4 shot. I only used #6 when fishing.

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Originally Posted by gcor

Who else knows you used to dig your worms in the dog pen? It wasn't no #4 shot. I only used #6 when fishing.

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This could be GOOD.......TELL MORE ON FESH

His dogpen redworms always caught more shellcrackers than my #6 turkey shot. Lol that was a long time ago.

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Originally Posted by gcor

His dogpen redworms always caught more shellcrackers than my #6 turkey shot. Lol that was a long time ago.

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Yeah, that was when we could go fishin an hour or so from home on twenty bucks

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Originally Posted by Big H trucking

This could be GOOD.......TELL MORE ON FESH

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Some of those tales are not kid friendly

We won't tell them tales. Those were the good ole days.

It's good to hear from you gcor, I didn't know if you still fished or not. I don't know how long you've been watching this forum, but theirs some good info here if you've got a good BS filter.

Been lurking for awhile. Travel to much to enjoy the outdoors anymore. Just enjoy reading about yalls adventures. You and gdg keep posting them pictures. Yall killing em. Just had to reply when you told about the copper shot. Brought back a lot of good memories.

P.S. how is Mr Perry doin

He's doing good, took him to Nader last fall and let him catch some big ole goodin's. how's your family? I bet Ross is grown, I probably wouldn't recognize him. I'll private message you my #, call me spmetime

They are good. U can catch budger at the baseball field tonight he's the starting pitcher against kozy. I'll call u next time I'm close to lville