Chick report 3/6

Fished the chick for a few hours this morning. No bites yet. I guess it's still early.

Lake or river?

The river below the dam.

Dont give up, try a small silver buddy in the channel. The ring perch should be there in force. Can also pick up a few crappie doing that as well.

Woodduck is right. Lots of fish there right now.

Attachment 231400I found a few there yesterday afternoon

Nice!

Dang I'd love to catch some perch like that... I sure hope the stocking efforts pay off down here... Nice fish fellas

I have a question for u fellows in Va. I got down there one time. We fished the chicken and I believe the diasound. We had a blast ! Fishing was great. Everyone was friendly. I loved the place. Trying to get down in the next 2-3 weeks if we can.

But we kept some crappies for a meal. When we fileted them it first looked like there was a reddish dot in them. On further inspection that dot was a little red worm or grub or parasite of some sort. I never saw anything like that up here in pa. Must be common down there ? We dug them out, ate the fillets, and they tasted great. Do you fellows dig em out, or do u just cooked up with the fillets .
What are those things, anyway .
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I dig them out and fry em' up... Just parasites, will not hurt you if you miss one and cook it. I check them real well during fileting. Believe me, didn't like what I saw so I looked it up. All good! Tight lines!

Been dealing with this forever, but no big deal. Just cut a small slit in the filet and pinch them out. Also look out for one's that have died and are darker in color and have the consistency of a piece of gravel. This is very rare. Hold your filet up to the light before storing it or processing it for dinner. Have not encountered these from fish in Diascund res. if it's a problem for you. Best of luck when you come to VA.

Just a little extra protein. But I can't convince my wife of that. LOL

Barnacle,

I hear you ! They don't hurt anything, especially if you remove them before your wife sees them. If Cheryl knew that little red worm was a parasite she wouldn't eat fish again - lol

If we do manage to get down there maybe we could meet up with some of you ? Can fish, or have dinner and swap some fish stories ? I dont know if/when exactly we can get down, but I love fishing that area. You fellows have some very nice crappie fishing down there.
Our very best lakes up here would be "just another lake" down your way.

I have run into this in the past in San Diego, I contacted fish and game about it, I was told it was harmless as said above, and to ensure fish was thoroughly cooked.

I have only encountered the worms from tidal river crappie, not from lake or reservoir fish. Like wood duck said above, hold the filet up to light and use the tip of your knife to pry them out.