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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: jetboatjim on August 05, 2008, 04:42:18 PM

Title: sea lice
Post by: jetboatjim on August 05, 2008, 04:42:18 PM

how long do some of you think sea lice last on fish when the enter fresh water?

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: GoldHammeredCroc on August 05, 2008, 04:46:29 PM

24 hrs or so?  Good question - I'd like to know if someone has any more proof.  I see that they change colour as they are in freshwater longer.  Fresh sea lice are quite a deep brown colour in the salt and then go greenish before falling off.

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: troutbreath on August 06, 2008, 04:07:37 PM

Do we get a prize if we guess right? :)

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: jetboatjim on August 06, 2008, 05:52:59 PM

yep

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: jetboatjim on August 06, 2008, 08:13:44 PM

I think a little longer than 2 days. try again.

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: dereke on August 06, 2008, 09:57:08 PM

  I saw some pretty colored  chums last year that still had lice on them in the squamish. I would say 5 days?

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: bentrod on August 06, 2008, 10:25:24 PM

Don't deal with sea lice too much.  However, what I have found is vague.  It says 2-3 weeks. 

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: hotrod on August 06, 2008, 10:40:47 PM

7 days!

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: troutbreath on August 07, 2008, 12:34:43 AM

5 days 4 hours and 32 minutes 1 second

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: Camman on August 07, 2008, 01:53:28 AM

I say 24 hours. :)
this is how me and my dads friend tell how fresh the fish are from sea.

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: jetboatjim on August 07, 2008, 03:15:46 PM

Several years ago I tagged some steelhead in 4 different  rivers, and anywhere from a few days to one fish (in a small creek with a moderate flow) 29 days later still had the same three sea lice on it.

just thought this may interest some people.

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: newsman on August 08, 2008, 11:52:56 AM

I can't say. but I have caught Steelhead in the Tom with lice still on them.

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: Marsman on August 08, 2008, 01:48:08 PM

My guess is that until they fall off.  They could be dead after a day or 2 but just stuck to the fish.  When I've cleaned fish some of those suckers really stick to the skin.

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: TROY B on August 08, 2008, 11:51:02 PM

i would say a few days...and as for colored fish with sea lice they come in colored..i have caught colored steelhead bucks on vancouver island streams 1 km from the ocean with sealice...and like buddy said jim you ever caught a tom with sea lice

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: jetboatjim on August 09, 2008, 07:40:18 AM

I think its more about water velocity, or distance traveled in faster water. I have removed sea lice after 2 weeks and the still moved.

Title: Re: sea lice
Post by: fly girl 52 on August 09, 2008, 01:44:05 PM

id say they last for a week ???