07-01-2013, 11:35 AM
"i guess it may have been hooked deep but i did not see any hook or line and it had a lot of growth of some kind in its gills may of happened after it died but i have seen this in other sickly looking fish in the past"
[#0000FF]Sounds like a combination of spawning stress and rapidly warming water temps. That fungus is common in some streams...like the Provo River...when browns spawn in the fall. It is especially common when water levels are low and water temps are too warm. The combination of poor water conditions and the stress of spawning weaken the immune responses of the fish and they get that fuzzy crud all over them.
It is likely the same thing that appeared on some bluegills at Mantua recently. Look for even more of it on several species if water levels fall very low and water temps rise too high this year.
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[#0000FF]Sounds like a combination of spawning stress and rapidly warming water temps. That fungus is common in some streams...like the Provo River...when browns spawn in the fall. It is especially common when water levels are low and water temps are too warm. The combination of poor water conditions and the stress of spawning weaken the immune responses of the fish and they get that fuzzy crud all over them.
It is likely the same thing that appeared on some bluegills at Mantua recently. Look for even more of it on several species if water levels fall very low and water temps rise too high this year.
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