fisherfanatic
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| 14 Apr 2011 05:23 PM |
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Pegsguy
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| 15 Apr 2011 08:39 AM |
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It would be nice if the pics would open! |
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fisherfanatic
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| 15 Apr 2011 01:32 PM |
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I'll try reloading them momentarily... Here we go... Dang, it didn't work.   |
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fisherfanatic
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| 15 Apr 2011 02:18 PM |
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This isn't working, I'll have to try a different approach.  Let's see... Yes!
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skewl
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| 15 Apr 2011 07:46 PM |
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Looks like the top one was probably a victim of some kind of lice or maybe a lamprey, did you see any scarring? The middle one looks like an animal got it, and the third one was probably field dressed like you said. Just inferring from the pics, though, either way, it is really freaky. |
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Pegsguy
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| 15 Apr 2011 10:04 PM |
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Boy that is strange! Looks to me to be three different species but it is hard with the second two. The third pic looks like someone filleted a fish and just left the carcass, the other two not so. Looks like some unethical fisherman in your area to me! Tom |
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Captain Quantum
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| 16 Apr 2011 06:18 AM |
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Maybe a novice, ignorant fisherman perpetrated these acts? Maybe a callus fish butcher did it for his own twisted amusement? Who knows! Someone get Steve Pennaz on the phone!... |
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fisherfanatic
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| 16 Apr 2011 02:18 PM |
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Posted By Pegsguy on 15 Apr 2011 11:04 PM
Boy that is strange! Looks to me to be three different species but it is hard with the second two. The third pic looks like someone filleted a fish and just left the carcass, the other two not so. Looks like some unethical fisherman in your area to me! Tom The first one was a pike, the second appears to be a Walleye (what was once a rather large Walleye), and the third looks to be what was once a pretty good sized Rainbow Trout. The pike didn't appear to have any scarring or wounds (such as a lamprey wound), so it was likely some other type of parasite. That walleye was cut cleanly down the center of it's flank, which leads me to believe that it wasn't any sort of animal. The, what looks to have been, field dressed trout is what makes me the most confused. THERE AREN'T EVEN ANY TROUT IN THAT STRETCH OF THE RIVER!  It's way too warm in that area to have trout. There was a few other trout carcasses on the bottom in the same area, as well. What is going on? |
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traseley
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| 16 Apr 2011 03:11 PM |
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That is really weird. |
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slipperybob
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| 17 Apr 2011 12:43 AM |
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Maybe someone choose that spot as a fish dump... |
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Captain Quantum
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| 17 Apr 2011 04:57 AM |
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It's a slaughterhouse! |
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pillman
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| 17 Apr 2011 08:18 AM |
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how big were the pike and walleye? |
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fisherfanatic
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| 17 Apr 2011 09:04 AM |
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The pike probably weighed a good 9 or 10 pounds. Couldn't weigh the walleye, for obvious reasons. By the looks of it, the Walleye was probably once a trophy sized fish. |
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the rod tosser
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| 20 Apr 2011 11:36 PM |
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first could be a virus, second could be cut bait or cut by a prop or animal. third could be used to bait a trap . or chum an area or bey some on who just tossed the Caracas.
It really is hard to say . |
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BassYak
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| 21 Apr 2011 09:26 PM |
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Posted By Captain Quantum on 16 Apr 2011 07:18 AM
Maybe a novice, ignorant fisherman perpetrated these acts? Maybe a callus fish butcher did it for his own twisted amusement? Who knows! Someone get Steve Pennaz on the phone!...
Lol he's too busy fishing in a foreign country right now so leave a message on the board and maybe in the distant future he might get back to you lol ! |
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bassmasterbk
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| 23 Apr 2011 05:34 PM |
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idk if fish can choke but maybe the pike ate something to be and couldent do anything about it. was their anything in its mouth or esophagus? |
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fisherfanatic
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| 24 Apr 2011 03:24 PM |
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Nope. There wasn't anything in it's mouth. |
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mr bill
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| 25 Apr 2011 08:28 AM |
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lets take the easy one 1st. --- the trout was caught some place and after being cleaned, by whom ever, dump the carcass. thats a gimme just by looking at the pics.
the walleye can be 1 of 2 things as my guess --- by chance do you have any river otters in the area that you know of? they do eat any fish they catch for some reason head 1st. -- at least the otters that i have watch here in ohio seem to do.
the 2nd guess about the eye is someone wanted a head mount only and cut the fish in two about 3" behind the gills.
now for the pike -- it looks to me that it dies around the time of the spawn for pike. so my guess would be the stress of spawning killed her. |
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fisherfanatic
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| 25 Apr 2011 03:41 PM |
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Otters?!?!  This is Michigan, man! If we have have otters, then I've never seen one. |
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mr bill
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| 26 Apr 2011 06:26 AM |
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WELL, you ask what we thought and that was 1 of my thoughts.......lmao
even though i never seen 1 in michigan either.......but they are in ohio and thats close enough to ya that 1 could have move in |
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pillman
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| 26 Apr 2011 07:16 AM |
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I seen mink swimming around Indian River, MI. one even came up on the porch of the cabin we were staying at |
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fisherfanatic
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| 26 Apr 2011 06:46 PM |
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Yeah, I know about the Minks, but Otters?  |
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