Was just surfing for some biology type info on Stripers and their habitate and ran into this nasty little bit of info. Weird looking little deals that TN and AR have seen in bass of all types. Just wondered if anybody has ever seen them first hand.

Cause can be IAW articles bad water quality, low oxygen, and seems these little bugs can cause fish kills in larger fish. Probably something good for an angler to be aware of, especially as from what I read, they can accidentally migrate from one body of water to another. So it would be good to know what they are to help prevent that.

Articles I found were: (Disclaimer-don't click if you just ate lunch, these things are GROOOOOSSSSSS.)

http://www.arkansasstripers.com/stri...h-copepods.htm

http://www.tnfish.org/FishDiseasesPa...Negus_TWRA.htm