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CastCatch

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Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« on: November 25, 2011, 09:44:38 AM »
The other day when I was fishing I landed a chum. When I tried to take the jig off its jaw, a worm came off its mouth. The worm is about half inch long, dark greenish/ black color. It freaked me out. I could see there were more in its mouth.
 Is there anyone can tell me what is it? If it is on chum only or on other salmon as well? Thanks
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frozensalmon

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2011, 09:50:33 AM »
chum are aggressive i guess...they target worm....
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CastCatch

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2011, 09:58:47 AM »
Quote from: frozensalmon on November 25, 2011, 09:50:33 AM
chum are aggressive i guess...they target worm....

Huh, That's interesting. I thought the worm was living with the chum. like a parasite.
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buck

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2011, 10:10:41 AM »
CastCatch, most likely small black leeches. This is very common on spawning salmon and usually the majority of leeches are found on the gills.
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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2011, 10:15:56 AM »
Quote from: frozensalmon on November 25, 2011, 09:50:33 AM
chum are aggressive i guess...they target worm....

uhhhh
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CastCatch

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2011, 10:26:21 AM »
Quote from: buck on November 25, 2011, 10:10:41 AM
CastCatch, most likely small black leeches. This is very common on spawning salmon and usually the majority of leeches are found on the gills.

Buck, you're probably right, I googled it and the image looks like the worm I saw. The fish was very chrome, probably the worm just get into the mouth for not too long.
So I guess it would be Ok to keep that fish.
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silver ghost

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2011, 03:48:40 PM »
Quote from: buck on November 25, 2011, 10:10:41 AM
CastCatch, most likely small black leeches. This is very common on spawning salmon and usually the majority of leeches are found on the gills.

Yeah i've seen those guys on even fresh chrome coho before, they are so nasty!
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Matt

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2011, 05:14:08 PM »
like this?  salmon leaches.  they live in the gills and wash back onto the fins usually during the fight.





« Last Edit: November 25, 2011, 05:29:12 PM by Matt »
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Dave

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2011, 06:09:59 PM »
Nice pics Matt ;)
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CastCatch

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2011, 11:44:28 PM »
Thanks, Matt, that's the one.

So It is common for salmon to have them. I guess it is OK to eat the fish which has those things on them.
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Preliator

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2011, 12:05:39 AM »
Does anyone else use Google Chrome? This is not the first time I've had to fire up Internet Explorer to view pictures.
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CastCatch

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2011, 10:53:39 AM »
Quote from: Preliator on November 26, 2011, 12:05:39 AM
Does anyone else use Google Chrome? This is not the first time I've had to fire up Internet Explorer to view pictures.

I am using Google chrome, and I have no problem to view the pictures
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Banny

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2011, 11:13:10 AM »
Ditto
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Preliator

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2011, 06:07:12 PM »
Strange. I can see pictures most of the time, but the odd post nothing shows up. I must be missing a plug in or an update or something. Thanks guys.
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Matt

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Re: Worms in chum mouth, what is it?
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2011, 10:31:50 PM »
I've only seen coho with salmon leaches, but I don't really target chums much.
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