ryan Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 had not fished taney in a few weeks due to school and work but went yesterday afternoon and caught around thirty fish with many of them being very skinny with poor color. They just looked really unhealthy, anyone have any answers? I have never seen the fish at taney look like this before, I don't know if the DO content has anything to do with it or not.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted October 24, 2006 Root Admin Posted October 24, 2006 Where did you fish?
Terry Beeson Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 Ryan, How many is "many of them"? How long were the "skinny" ones? Did the head look much too big for the fish? There could be several reasons... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Danoinark Posted October 25, 2006 Posted October 25, 2006 When I don't eat enough, or the right kind of stuff, I get skinny Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
ryan Posted October 25, 2006 Author Posted October 25, 2006 probably about half of the fish I caught had big heads and skinny bodies. I was fishing the island by point royal using soft hackles. Just wondering if anyone else had experienced this same thing. Some of the fish I caught were chunky and fat with awsome fall colors but a good number were skinny and very pale. Maybe disease?
Snow Fly Posted October 25, 2006 Posted October 25, 2006 Perhaps recent stockers? "God gave fishermen expectancy, so they would never tire of throwing out a line"
RiverRunner Posted October 25, 2006 Posted October 25, 2006 I have caught several of these trout with "big-head disease" in the White River below Norfork (C&R area) We are catching some good quality fish as well, but there are enough of these to concern me. It maybe the same problem you are having there at Taney. The area I am catching these fish in is absolutely loaded with fish, so maybe food sources are a problem.
Terry Beeson Posted October 26, 2006 Posted October 26, 2006 There was a good thread on this on John Wilson's forum a couple of months back... wish I could find it. Mainly the "pros" indicated it was any number of things, but that you will see that in stocked waters occasionally. I'm sure it's not any disease. Were any of them over 15-16 inches Ryan? TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
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