10-20-2022, 02:03 PM
Glad you were able to get on the water again. Sorry about the "war wound". It's usually the smaller cats that have the sharpest spines and present the greatest potential danger to anglers. Bigger cats usually have duller spines that get rubbed down after a few years of rolling in the rocks for food or spawning activities. Most angler injuries are to the hands. You must be special to get one elsewhere.
Are they poisonous? Yes. There are poisonous secretions into the mucous membrane covering the spines. But an equally hazardous situation is the potential for nasty bacterial infections from the water pollution or bottom sludge picked up on the fishes' skin. Here is a LINK to an interesting web article.
Are they poisonous? Yes. There are poisonous secretions into the mucous membrane covering the spines. But an equally hazardous situation is the potential for nasty bacterial infections from the water pollution or bottom sludge picked up on the fishes' skin. Here is a LINK to an interesting web article.