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[rickjames_2]

I was fishing a local lake and i caught a few fish. In any event, the fish I caught this day had a considerable number of what looked like lice. What is the lake louse called? I tried to google it, but didn't get much for B.C. I remember reading about it in some interior lakes, but at the time only gleamed over it. I understand they are not particularly harmful to adults, is this true? Again any info would be appreciated. This is the best picture I was able to quickly snap.

[StillAqua]

Probably Salmincola, a parasitic freshwater copepod, but I can't really see the picture well enough. Relatively harmless.
Check out Tom Northcote's paper back in the 50's about fish parasites in BC, especially page 9.
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/bib52634.pdf

[rickjames_2]

Read through it, it was definitely Salmincola, so you are correct! Well done, thanks.