blisters on back of fish

[Gavin]

Does anyone know what this could be....i caught several flats in wexford and they all had large tumor like blisters on their backs,,,,it looked very sore for the fish???????????????????????????????????

[donal domeney]

Were they glowing in the dark.

[glengormley-gavin]

Check this out Gavin - probably a brill.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/brill.html

What size were they?

GG

[FlounderKing]

[quote="glengormley-gavin"]Check this out Gavin - probably a brill.[/quote]

Wexford Harbour flounder sometimes bear the scars of near misses with seals, bass and cod.

[Seaniebo]

Ive caught Dab around Dublin with Round open sores on their undersides. Fairly disgusting to look at

[fish4fun]

Get flounders now and again around NE England with them, some sort of disease. Also get quite a few double siders, had one the other week. Basically brown both sides or blotches of brown. The full double siders make you have a double take to make sure you're seeing right.

[BigPhil]

had similar flounder from several marks on the north coast(with the sores that is), dunno what causes them, the first one i got in an estuary and i put it down to perhaps pollution of some sort but i have since caught a few from surf beaches with similar sores. - and some of the double siders as well from the river roe estuary dunno if its the bottom causes colour change or if its a mutation or genetic dissorder or whatever though!! :lol: :?

[pete]

Never seen blisters on any flounders I've caught from Donegal or Mayo or anywhere else for that matter. Fish though are susceptible to a vast array of diseases, parasites etc., so it might just be a naturally occurring infection.

Pete