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refrigeration86

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Re: anyone know what these are? (with photos)
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2010, 06:45:19 PM »
ive never noticed that before on any fish ive cough, however untill this last summer i have only fished for kokanee and rainbow in lakes, not salmon and steelhead in rivers.
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dmocchi

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Re: anyone know what these are? (with photos)
« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2010, 10:05:18 PM »
Next time simply pick/cut them out..... I have a lifetime of experience in the food industry and believe me, parasites/ diseases in wild fish are extremely common. Good cooks will simply remove worms, ect before cooking the fish.
As far as I know tape worms are the only parasites to look out for and luckly ive never ran into one. ::)
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Re: anyone know what these are? (with photos)
« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2010, 11:41:54 PM »
caught tons of salmon with half to 2 inch long white tapeworms in the stomach. never any with those white egg things tho.
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Rieber

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Re: anyone know what these are? (with photos)
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2010, 06:52:38 PM »
Several years back I caught sockeye like that in the Fraser.

I did was pretty upset with it and ended up throwing out the fish - I wasn't going to risk my family with that - no even the Mother in-law.  ::)

I chalked it up to a parisite that matured with the timing of the spawn and the warm waters. I remember all the cysts as they were peppered throughtout the flesh. I was even starting to think it was some form of cancer.

It's a shame but when in doubt - throw it out.
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