Yellow Tail bugs - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

madscientist · 05-15-2007, 07:58 PM

If you happen to put your fish in a cooler, make sure you rinse out all those lice as well when you are done. They can be a pain because they really stick. I had a cooler full of cod whose mouthes were loaded with them and I got tired trying to wash them out of the cooler at the end of the trip. Dead rotten lice smell right up there with dead squid.

lamb · 05-15-2007, 08:28 PM

The circle of life...

Those surface ones are easy, just scrape them off…

Worms scare me. I’ve seen summer YTs who have them… A lil’ black rope hanging straight out of the flash…

Anisakis simplex, those tiny curly worms that halibut often have are the ugliest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisakis

I don’t know anyone who has caught more than a few halibut who likes to talk about it.

Safe handling procedure when it comes to fish parasites – thoroughly cook your fish. The safest – freeze it before eating.

If eating raw… Open up your eyes.

wavster · 05-15-2007, 09:21 PM

Thanks for the responses everyone. I was getting a bit freaked out thinking of what
they might be or how they'd affect my innerds...

madscientist · 05-16-2007, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavster

Thanks for the responses everyone. I was getting a bit freaked out thinking of what
they might be or how they'd affect my innerds...

Don't worry unless your ass starts to itch.

05-15-2007, 07:58 PM	#1
madscientist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,906	If you happen to put your fish in a cooler, make sure you rinse out all those lice as well when you are done. They can be a pain because they really stick. I had a cooler full of cod whose mouthes were loaded with them and I got tired trying to wash them out of the cooler at the end of the trip. Dead rotten lice smell right up there with dead squid. __________________

05-15-2007, 08:28 PM	#2
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	The circle of life... Those surface ones are easy, just scrape them off… Worms scare me. I’ve seen summer YTs who have them… A lil’ black rope hanging straight out of the flash… Anisakis simplex, those tiny curly worms that halibut often have are the ugliest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisakis I don’t know anyone who has caught more than a few halibut who likes to talk about it. Safe handling procedure when it comes to fish parasites – thoroughly cook your fish. The safest – freeze it before eating. If eating raw… Open up your eyes. __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

05-15-2007, 09:21 PM	#3
wavster Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Encinitas Posts: 562	Thanks for the responses everyone. I was getting a bit freaked out thinking of what they might be or how they'd affect my innerds...