What's with the bass at Oroville? They look very sick

Daren Prociw · Post by **Daren Prociw** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:48 pm

I went fishing at Oroville today and caught several bass that had what appear to be sores on the entire body. There were several red wounds on then, white film on the eyes, like cataracts, and scales sluffing off. What gives? Is there a disease in the lake, if so, its really BAD! I caught fish all over the lake and most had this issue but some seemed ok. Just wondering.

longshot · Post by **longshot** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:08 pm

I fished the future pro today and we caught 14 fish all spots except one small. Two of them looked pretty bad one had things on it that i dont know didnt want to touch it and it was a legal fish!! the other had red spots and was bleeding out of its you know

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I got to the ramp with 5 fish one 17 incher and the rest around 14-15.( All snakes)I saw the line to the wieght in and said na im out!! and got to the scales and vince was sayin good wieght 6.3lbs? WOW i hope that i didnt make a mistake dumping my 6-7 or so pound limit? LOL
Cloudy day light rain and crapy limits!! Also i have never seen the lake that low? I know that when berryessa got really low the fish came up with allot of strange problems?
L.S.

stonefly · Post by **stonefly** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:10 am

There's a bacteria that's infecting the fish, apparently it's always there it's just when the water got so warm the fish became susceptible. It's supposedly not lethal and as the water cools down the fish should recover. It does look pretty nasty. The lake quite low but was another forty feet down 3-4 yrs ago. It's probably going to get that low this year.

kopper_bass · Post by **kopper_bass** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:59 am

it happens practically every year, on almost every body of water. The Delta, Clear Lake, etc. when the warm water temps arive. It will dissapear just as the water turns over.

Kopper_Bass