Lake Cumberland parasites from KDFW

[pct]

This makes me feel a little better about coming down in May for the night bite.. When did they start seeing these? I do not remember seeing them in the stripers we caught last May 2011.

[peter]

First I heard was from Stripernut October or November.

I wonder what exactly the following excerpt from the above article means--implications and such.

"Now, we have a majority of fish stockpiling below that length," (24")

[JUSTINHALL]

The first I saw them was in September, a few of the fish had them in their mouth but not all. By late November early December majority, if not all that I caught had them in the mouth, so from what I caught seemed to have spread pretty fast.

[stripernut]

"BANG" ! just pulled the trigger on the fillet knife !
the fact that these statements are based on cumberland and the actual conditions that exist here i feel alot better about the future of this fishery (trying to be positive here ).
i am still a little leery of actually eating one yet....im gonna make sure forum member "gizzard shad" doesnt grow antlers or something from eating affected fish lol
if the water is cool i will keep every drum i catch for the table, i have even eaten common carp, and even tried to smoke a skipjack (that was pretty rough) so im not picky, i just cant seem to get over the image of "maggots" in the mouth of a fish im about to eat.
p.s. all 5 stripes we caught in the river a couple of days ago had the parasite as well, but as everyone knows there aint nothin skinny or poor on the stripes below the dam .
looking forward to this stuff being a bad memory

[Mean Morone]

So are they saying that these things run in cycles and that they will go away eventually?

[jcb]

"BANG" ! just pulled the trigger on the fillet knife !
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If the parasites get you, can I have your fillet knife?

[stripernut]

If the parasites get you, can I have your fillet knife?

hahaha....good one

[HURRICANEBOB]

Real nice...how long did KDFWR know this and not tell us? Is their any part of "public service" that they do understand? Okay, I got it..... "we're scared we'll impact the local economy". Bull-Bluegill Crap! KDFWR....the coffee is ready. Try some, then get back to doing the public information thing you got a regualtory responsibility to do. Cut me a break......so pukes like me don't have to "hint" about it on this board to make it look like you ARE doing your job. Better yet, since I shot the flare, send me your paycheck.

[pct]

I have the same question as Mean and I saw that they run in cycles from an article I saw. It would not be good to reach in a stripers mouth in the middle of the night with those things in there. I might fall out of the boat and scream like a little girl..... LOL

Does anybody have a contact for KDFW, so we can ask these questions?