Worm in fish

[SeaHunt]

Most of the Blackfsh you catch down near the Gold Coast have some worms in the flesh, you just cut them out, end up with a fillet that looks like you caught it with a shotgun.

[bidkev]

The Atlantic Cod we caught in the UK often had worms. You wouldn't see them in the big fillets as they'd be buried in the flesh. The only way you knew was when you left the fillets in the fridge and the following day the worms would be all over the fridge.

Can't speak for aussie worms but the only thing that resulted from the coldwater species was that the fish flesh was not as firm as it would otherwise have been.

Having been on a few Royal Marine survival courses, eating worms don't phase me one bit...........now a pike eel running amok in an 8ft tinny is a different matter!

kev

[INDULGENCE]

A lot of jew have a white worm throughout their bodies. Whilst I have eaten it cant say it tasted any different than the fish it was in.

It hasnt hurt me yet.I use to try and pull it out now I just leave it.

Trevally have what I use to think was worm holes through their flesh, as I never found a worm I asked Julian Pepperell one day and his reply was that as they dont have a swim bladder (that white thing normally in a fish gut attached to the top of the gut cavity ) they compensate through holes in the flesh that hold air, thereby providing the same level of bouyancy as a swim bladder so they can swim upright.The bigger the trev the bigger the holes.
Havnt seen any worms that I can be remember in Trag It could be one of those warm water thingys like the milky kingfish.

Wally

[magicpudding]

All the big wahoo i've caught have had worms/parasites of some form burying into the flesh to near the backbone. I cut them out to be ont he safe side, because there was affected flesh near the holes. The rest of the fish tasted fine.

CJ

[gunna]

Dunno about this. If you shot a pig for tucker and it had worms would you still eat it ??

[DICER]

You have to cook the pig well. A friend of mine was a radiologist. She had a case one day where a woman in her 50s broke her arm. They x-rayed the patient and found what looked like rice grains throughout her arm (apart from the break). The subsequently x-rayed the rest of her body and everywhere was rice grains, even inside her bain. She also had a history of mid thirties epilepsy, but that had disappeared. It turns out that she use to live on a farm and shoot pigs - sometimes the cooking wasn't good enough. Most likely the calcifications were leftovers of a unknown worm parasite left.

Moral of the story - cook well.

[rajawolf]

OK now I am really not feeling to well ...

Boat for sale.....
5 fishing rods and reels
gps..........
sounder....
epirb..
flares...
ect ect...
All new except boat.

[astroboy]

Most of the blue salmon in the gulf are infested with little pink worms. It's easyer to just cut the worms out if you want the fillets, but you may end up with a case of swiss cheese.

[Big_unit]

I did a search and found this.

[ftp]http://www.charkbait.com/article/RAPC2.htm[/ftp]

Interesting.

Cheers
James

[outsiderskip]

u can buy worms to eat now
fish with worms wont kill u



cheers pete

[rajawolf]

James,

Very good article.....

Ok boat and gear is not for sale now!