speckled crappie meat

[Just Jiggin]

I just wondered if anyone can shed light on this question.....we went to Truman this weekend and did ok - details will be on a different thread. What I am wondering is this....one of the fish we cleaned had a lot of specks in the meat - almost looked like blood spots. I am used to finding one or two specks in a filet - but this one had probably 10-12 - almost looked like it had chicken pox. I asked Richard Bowling and also GoneFishee (Ed) at the Crappie Master weigh in yesterday and neither one acted like they had a clue what I was talking about. I guess when in doubt we could throw the filets away.

[Jigging15]

Not sure either throw them all back and eat more chicken.

[704gary]

I caught a basket of bluegill some years back. A man told me to throw them away they had worms. I never fillet'd them but the out side looked like that.

[WantinCrappie]

As many as Sue catches Gary I would pitch those. Can't recall ever seeing any like that.

[CAMOCATCHER]

Dont think I would take any chances you can always go catch some more.

[CrappieHusker]

Sounds and looks like a parasite. Found the same thing in perch years ago in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Back then we talked to a game warden the first time we ran into this, and he said they were harmless, just be sure not to eat the fish raw and they would 'cook up' and would not be noticeable, but here is a link I found:

You Don't Want to Eat That Raw - Minnesota Conservation Volunteer: Minnesota DNR

Husker

[shockley32]

Interesting, I'm not sure what it is but I wouldn't eat them!

Brad

[bwillaub]

Toss em my way. Looks harmless to me.

[Pole Bender]

I had one like that before and it was worms. I did not eat the fish, I actual found one of the worms.

[bwillaub]

Mmmmmmmmmm, worms.