Was on the LT this weekend and came across this fish hugging the bank. We were surprised it didn't spook off. We walked right up to it and saw it was in really bad shape. Was able to dip my net in and get it without any reaction. It has sores all over and looked like rotting flesh. Saw a few others swimming around in the same condition but not almost dead like this one. We tried to revive it but it wasn't hopeful, just floated off.
That is one sad looking fish... I sent you a contact for Trout Unlimited in Truckee. They are working on the restoration activities. Hopefully it isn't something like whirling disease.
I think browns are pretty resistant to whirling disease as it originated in europe, So browns have built up thousands of years of resistance. Pretty ugly what ever it is. Packrat, Did you do the little truckee shuffle ? Haahaa that day and trip was crazy.
I think browns are pretty resistant to whirling disease as it originated in europe, So browns have built up thousands of years of resistance. Pretty ugly what ever it is. Packrat, Did you do the little truckee shuffle ? Haahaa that day and trip was crazy.
No Shufflin! Fishing was tough but we were into some. I think the big fish from the lake were not really up the river just yet.
I've seen the same thing on a rainbow in the Yuba before, and it was just as you described it---up near the bank, and didnt even move when i approached--could have grabbed it. It actually looks like the same disease that some fish of mine used to get on occassion in my fish tank when i was younger---the name of the disease is escapping me--wonder if its the same thing
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