Went out for a fish yesterday and had an awesome day bottom bouncing for more
Staging Steelhead off the shores of Lake Ontario! I came across something pretty gross and harmful to the fish, Called "Gill Lice". It is a trout specific parasite, and primarily the female lice that attaches to the gills and parasitizes the fishes blood stream. People say that it is often related to stressful conditions such as low water and warm water temps. The lice is usually only present on wild fish and not hatchery fish because in the hatchery there is more flowing water and it doesn't support the parasite's life cycle well. Pretty gross eh? I hope not to ever see this again as it is harmful to the fish. They don't get as much oxygen.
Coop ><>
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