Rough looking Bream

[Jigotai]

Hi folks, I caught this bream the other night on my local stretch of the lea. Any one know what's wrong with it.

[gozzer]

Hi folks, I caught this bream the other night on my local stretch of the lea. Any one know what's wrong with it.

 

Apart from it looking blind, I've no idea Andy, but it's certainly a sickly looking fish.

 

I fear we are going to see a lot more of this kind of thing in the coming weeks and months.

The effect of the stuff that's been introduced into fisheries as a result of this years floods, is IMO going to be felt for some time yet.

 

John.

[Anderoo]

What's wrong with it? It's dead my lad, that's what's wrong with it!

[Jigotai]

What's wrong with it? It's dead my lad, that's what's wrong with it!

 

If it hadn't of flapped a couple of times while I took the photo I'd of thought that too.

[Neil G]

What's wrong with it? It's dead my lad, that's what's wrong with it!

 

lol

 

Now that is deadbait

[Peter Waller]

It can't be blind, 'cause it saw the bait. It can't be dead, because it took the bait. Go on admit it, you found it slung in the nettles at some carp puddle, and stuck it on your hook!!!!

[RAC]

It is covered with spawning tubercles, it is a healthy but none the less unsightly occurrence . Tubercles look and feel wart like and gives the impression of disease to the untrained eye, the red cloudy eye is caused by the camera flash. It is a perfectly normal fish.

Edited September 12, 2007 by RAC

[goosequill]

What's wrong with it? It's dead my lad, that's what's wrong with it!

 

No,no sir, it's not dead...it's resting. ......It's probably pining for the Broads. The Norwegian Bream prefers kipping on it's back.

[Peter Sharpe]

Those are nothing like spawning tubercules, more like an extrememly heavy infestation of argulus:

 

http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/319/fish-lice-in-the-uk

http://www.marlab.ac.uk/Uploads/Documents/Lice%20v3.pdf

 

Those are obviously the largest and pretty nasty. I would think that fish is most certainly doomed.

[Jigotai]

Those are nothing like spawning tubercules, more like an extrememly heavy infestation of argulus:

 

http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/319/fish-lice-in-the-uk

http://www.marlab.ac.uk/Uploads/Documents/Lice%20v3.pdf

 

Those are obviously the largest and pretty nasty. I would think that fish is most certainly doomed.

 

I'd say you were right there Peter, the bumps certainly looked more like some sort of infestation.

 

RAC

If that fish looks normal where you fish, I'm glad I don't fish there.