YT wound? - Page 2 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Big Wave Dave · 07-02-2015, 09:13 PM

I think it's an alien.

driftwood · 07-02-2015, 10:43 PM

pingpangdang · 04-17-2016, 05:45 PM

Does anyone know what this is? I got a YT with the same thing in its belly minus the external sore. It's tubular and was not moving...can't find anything on the net other than this post a year ago. No one identified what it is....meat looks fine but not sure if there are microscopic parasites. Love my sushi but hesitant.

TJones · 04-17-2016, 05:58 PM

I thought that was his bladder and just tossed it aside and kept eating.

broncobilly · 04-17-2016, 07:05 PM

U shouldn't eat it, I'll be happy to dispose of the meat for ya. Just put it on ice and I'll come pick it up.
Jk.
It's a fat body. Normal in fish. Not a parasite.

Pocoloco · 04-17-2016, 07:39 PM

Caseym · 04-17-2016, 09:18 PM

pingpangdang · 04-17-2016, 09:21 PM

Thx to taggermike. ...pyloric ceca...learned something new today. It's normal.

Aaron&Julie · 04-17-2016, 10:58 PM

No matter what it really is, I'd have cut away that area for sure, and then some. I would have frozen before eating it too. CA law requires all served raw fish in restuarants first be frozen, before being allowed to be served.

chris138 · 04-18-2016, 08:25 AM

Dos ballenas please reply lol. Doesn't look like a gaff wound. My guess would be lamprey or raymora

steve999 · 04-18-2016, 09:29 AM

You didn't turn your back on that thing, did you? You know some of those guys crawled off the table and are now hiding under your bed.

dos ballenas · 04-18-2016, 09:42 AM

Yeah that is the digestive gland.... every yellowtail has one.

Doubt it was from a cookie cutter.... you really only see cookie cutter wounds on larger pelagic fish that frequent more tropical waters.... like swordfish and opah.

Def not a remora....

Def not lamprey as they live mostly in coastal and fresh waters

The wound could have come from many things. Hard to say. Yellowtail are tough fish and survive all kinds of wounds and battles.

Sully1 · 04-18-2016, 11:49 AM

Scar tissue from an old gaff wound.

RK · 04-18-2016, 12:14 PM

You're all wrong its a mexican yellowtail tuna snapperfish that partied at Adelitas all weekend, typical.

Vikingj · 04-18-2016, 02:25 PM

The internal organ with the worm-like structures is the pyloric caecum (not parasites). A normal part of the digestive system attached to the stomach. I wouldn't hesitate to eat fish but if you are doubtful, freezing and/or cooking kills almost all parasites.

chxh8me · 04-18-2016, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris138

My guess would be lamprey or raymora

I hope he didn't eat it. Who knows what raymoras carry. Just looks dirty.

Mr. NiceGuy · 04-18-2016, 06:21 PM

Poor fishy.

Why take chances or gross yourself out?

Give the poor guy a respectful send off to the afterlife, and catch another healthy fish for your dinner table.

Just looking at the pictures kills my appetite. I think I'll make a margarita and give this thread a rest.

MITCHELL · 04-24-2016, 03:47 AM

Cook well done...you can't kill it til ya grill it....

Slug · 04-24-2016, 08:08 AM

I appreciate the advice guys but this post was from last summer. Still don't know what it was. I did grill it and had no problems.

acorad · 04-24-2016, 05:55 PM

Pretty conclusively pyloric caecum, iow, a natural - edible even, if you didn't have to look at it - part of a fish, as reported above.

Andy

04-17-2016, 05:58 PM	#24
TJones Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,526	Ohh Hell I thought that was his bladder and just tossed it aside and kept eating.

04-17-2016, 10:58 PM	#29
Aaron&Julie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Spring Valley Posts: 1,400	No matter what it really is, I'd have cut away that area for sure, and then some. I would have frozen before eating it too. CA law requires all served raw fish in restuarants first be frozen, before being allowed to be served. __________________ "Never say die"

04-18-2016, 09:42 AM	#32
dos ballenas Vampyroteuthis infernalis Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 585	Yeah that is the digestive gland.... every yellowtail has one. Doubt it was from a cookie cutter.... you really only see cookie cutter wounds on larger pelagic fish that frequent more tropical waters.... like swordfish and opah. Def not a remora.... Def not lamprey as they live mostly in coastal and fresh waters The wound could have come from many things. Hard to say. Yellowtail are tough fish and survive all kinds of wounds and battles. __________________ ____________________________________________

04-18-2016, 11:49 AM	#33
Sully1 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: The Beach Posts: 288	Scar tissue from an old gaff wound. __________________

04-18-2016, 06:21 PM	#37
Mr. NiceGuy Manic for Life Join Date: May 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 839	Poor fishy. Why take chances or gross yourself out? Give the poor guy a respectful send off to the afterlife, and catch another healthy fish for your dinner table. Just looking at the pictures kills my appetite. I think I'll make a margarita and give this thread a rest. __________________ Another ho-hum day in Paradise Last edited by Mr. NiceGuy; 04-19-2016 at 11:42 AM.

07-02-2015, 09:13 PM	#21
Big Wave Dave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: San Diego Posts: 137	I think it's an alien.

07-02-2015, 10:43 PM	#22
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086

04-17-2016, 05:45 PM	#23
pingpangdang Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 228	Does anyone know what this is? I got a YT with the same thing in its belly minus the external sore. It's tubular and was not moving...can't find anything on the net other than this post a year ago. No one identified what it is....meat looks fine but not sure if there are microscopic parasites. Love my sushi but hesitant.

04-17-2016, 07:05 PM	#25
broncobilly Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 45	U shouldn't eat it, I'll be happy to dispose of the meat for ya. Just put it on ice and I'll come pick it up. Jk. It's a fat body. Normal in fish. Not a parasite.

04-17-2016, 07:39 PM	#26
Pocoloco Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: el cajon Posts: 239

04-17-2016, 09:18 PM	#27
Caseym Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Temecula Posts: 194

04-17-2016, 09:21 PM	#28
pingpangdang Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 228	Thx to taggermike. ...pyloric ceca...learned something new today. It's normal.

04-18-2016, 08:25 AM	#30
chris138 donkey roper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 968	Dos ballenas please reply lol. Doesn't look like a gaff wound. My guess would be lamprey or raymora

04-18-2016, 09:29 AM	#31
steve999 Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 39	You didn't turn your back on that thing, did you? You know some of those guys crawled off the table and are now hiding under your bed.

04-18-2016, 12:14 PM	#34
RK Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 736	You're all wrong its a mexican yellowtail tuna snapperfish that partied at Adelitas all weekend, typical.

04-18-2016, 02:25 PM	#35
Vikingj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dana Point area Posts: 438	The internal organ with the worm-like structures is the pyloric caecum (not parasites). A normal part of the digestive system attached to the stomach. I wouldn't hesitate to eat fish but if you are doubtful, freezing and/or cooking kills almost all parasites.

04-24-2016, 03:47 AM	#38
MITCHELL Sea Hunter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home. Posts: 2,269	I say.... Cook well done...you can't kill it til ya grill it.... __________________ Duke Mitchell

04-24-2016, 08:08 AM	#39
Slug Junior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 13	I appreciate the advice guys but this post was from last summer. Still don't know what it was. I did grill it and had no problems.

04-24-2016, 05:55 PM	#40
acorad Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Agoura Hills Posts: 166	Pretty conclusively pyloric caecum, iow, a natural - edible even, if you didn't have to look at it - part of a fish, as reported above. Andy