05-23-2021, 07:02 PM
I agree Mildog. I worked with the Federal/State hatchery in Eureka Montana for a short time and lots of fish in that certified hatchery had skeletal deformation. They said it was more normal in the wild than we knew but most died in the wild if it was sever.
I also agree that Browns are considered immune to it. Cutties have a resistance, but not immunity. Rainbows get it quite easily if they are young, but if they catch it once older, they are carriers but don't show the disease.
Talk to a fisheries biologist to confirm this, but I think your fish was just fine.
I also agree that Browns are considered immune to it. Cutties have a resistance, but not immunity. Rainbows get it quite easily if they are young, but if they catch it once older, they are carriers but don't show the disease.
Talk to a fisheries biologist to confirm this, but I think your fish was just fine.