Northwest Fishing Reports

One of the hens I caught today had ta dark yellow circle right below its gill plate about the size of a nickel...any one know the reasoning for it? It was an obvious spot.

I've noticed the same thing on a lot of my hatchery fish as well. Most of the time it is a yellow spot near the belly though.

Yeah the fish we were getting this weekend had them all over the belly area, I was wondering the same thing

More than likely a heal spot from a lamprey. I found a dead lamprey in the river on saturday.

That was what I was thinking.

[quote="schu7498"]More than likely a heal spot from a lamprey. I found a dead lamprey in the river on saturday.[/quote
Would be my guess too.

Not the best picture, but did it look something like this?

Not mine, my fish have spots the size of a dime or nickel.

Tape worms possibly. Cook them on high heat.

racfish wrote:Tape worms possibly. Cook them on high heat.

I prefer low and slow. Makes for a nice spaghetti texture.

Yes it might not get entirely rid of the worms.

I'd say cut one of the spots on the fish. Use a sharp probe to look. Tapeworms sometimes leave a spot on the skin. Tape worms are something you dont want to eat. With water temps being a lil higher it could make the fish more apt to get worms. Be careful. Bodo you must like your pasta al dente.Worms too.