We were in a small canal in yamba when my wife pulled thisrank thing in the boat, what do you guys/galls recon happened to it? looks sorta like a bite , but because of all the ooooozzing , seems it could maybe have VD, also a mate mentioned "red spot disease" any kind of coments welcome
Last edited by dreemon; 02-06-2008 at 10:50 AM.
puzzling,,,,,,, i've caught quite a number of bream that have the same style of chunk taken out of em,,,, most of which were healed,,, but it certainly changes there appearance
if it is a disease ,,,, makes you wonder why it effects that part of the fishes anatomy only?????????
choppa
can it get any better??????????????,,,,,,,,,,,,,,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgG_TxEPaQE
doesnt look like its been bitten,bream flesh aint red.
disease for sure...
Yep, def Red Spot, fish will get it when they have been exposed to extended periods of run off. I have caught fish with entire parts of their body missing, hope u didn't eat it.
canal fish... yuk...... never seen nothing like that up here in the tropics....
Have a look at this link on a red spot disease that has been recorded recently in various species in both the fresh and in the salt, including the Clarence River;
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/red-spot
Cheers
Dave
A few years back red spot was very common in bream I was catching in the Maroochy River - up to 20% of bream caught. I haven't seen a fish with active red spot for a few years now, but still catch quite a few which have had the disease and healed up resulting in some unusual shapes to their body profile. Also cacthing the odd healed one on my trips to Iluka
Cheers Freeeedom
We caught a lot in Sydney waterways with that area damaged - but healed. People always thought it was old net damage.
Here's another example of Red Spot, in an Estuary Cod, after the floods we had here in the Noosa system.
Originally Posted by Pete62
what sort of run off??? is their factory's are up the rivers?
No, just from the heavy rain run off from farms etc, as i'm told it is often seen more in these times, the link in a previous post notes fish with red spot should not even be returned to the water so it must be contageous to other fish.
I had a look at the web site outsider 1 put in and said a fish that has this disease should not be put back into the water, and should be terminated and buried inground far from the water to prevent the gift that will keep on giving, and yes there was a Sugar Mill accros the river, .... we were tipped to go have a look at this area for filthy big sick fish, didn't know he meant it literally, and yes the area was mostly farms along this lill river
Last edited by dreemon; 02-06-2008 at 02:32 PM.
I too contacted DPI or fisheries about a similar experience on the Gold Coast and they told me it had to do with the fresh water in the rivers/runoff
That's a lovely statement from DPI&F, I'd be interest in a chemical analysis of the runoff water where red spot is seen.
If it was just the water, how come it's possible to convert bream to freshwater without them developing red spot!!
Luc
Last edited by Luc; 02-06-2008 at 05:55 PM.
The disease is not caused by the fresh water as such - but the nutrients (such as fertilizers from golf courses, farms etc, heavy metals from roadways), and all the crap like cigatette butts that people throw out their car windows that wash into the systems with the rainfall run-off promote algal growth that can cause all sorts of problems for fish including fish kills from depleted oxygen levels and diseases like red-spot.
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