G-Man
8/29/2014 4:14:00 PMNice fish! However, it is a resident. Sea lice are brown in color, the copepod you show on the fin is found in fresh water and commonly referred to as a gill louse. In Lake Washington they really hit the kokanee and young sockeye hard.
flyguynye
8/29/2014 7:23:00 PMPlease correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't gill lice generally found in gills and aren't sea lice generally found near or around the fishes anal fin?
fear_no_fish
8/29/2014 7:35:00 PMI don't see any sea lice, let alone a "nice coating" of them. Nice fish though.
G-Man
8/30/2014 6:14:00 AMThey can be found anywhere on the fish. The latch on to weak points which are usually the gills, but can be anywhere a few scales were lost, an open sore, scratch, etc.