Belated Report From the SJ Freshwater Fisheries Forum

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Originally Posted by iceehot6766

Dave, Thank you for your informative post.....I looked through the PP presentation and now I know what the disease actually looks like....I actually have seen and caught a few rainbows the past few months that looked similar to some of those in the photos.....If I continue to catch infected fish from time to time, what should I do w/ the fish. release it back in the river?...... I didn't know much about this as I now do.....Again, thanks for taking the time posting this....good job...

Thanks, Dave, for the GREAT summary (even though I was there for most of Jeff's presentation)

One statement:
"Rainbows it seems are naturally far less prone to contracting this disease even when exposed to the bacteria that causes it. However this seems to have had no relation to our rainbows consistently testing negative, they simply happened to be on some of the upper raceways where the initial water supply enters the system."

I thought Lisa had said that there were no plans to change the strain of Rainbows because, as you said, they are naturally resistant, however, I thought she said this was also proven since some *had* been exposed yet did not contract the disease? Just for kicks, if you're sending her follow up questions, can you clarify that? Obviously no big deal because the fact is they didn't contract the disease. but am just curious...

Tight lines,
Rob S