Weird walleye-defect or injury?

[pro-fish-n-c]

Caught a walleye last nite that appeared perfectly normal and healthy other then the fact he had a dead/ flat eye, and a weird rounded nose and mouth. Any one care to guess is this from an injury or a growth defect when small?

Thanks

[EsoxAC3]

Interesting....

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[old man]

Probably radiation from fukashima. Don't eat it.

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[Frogger]

Oh man, that's what Godzilla looked like at birth......

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[pro-fish-n-c]

It must be my week to catch weird fish, I just got one that has the worst case of dermal sarcoma I've ever seen.

[EsoxAC3]

Lol.... Definitely Fukashima

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[panfisher]

OK. Here's the obvious query......where the hell did U catch those 'eyes? If from one of the larger waters, what area?

[pro-fish-n-c]

They are from Oswego. Dermal sarcoma and lymphocystis are pretty common in walleye. Both are a virus, that most visibly affect the skin. Not very harmful to the fish, and not harmful to humans. Interestingly enough, it can also cause them to turn pink, like this fish I got yesterday.

The viruses apparently spread from fish to fish when they are in large numbers close during the spawn. From what I've seen, I would say 5 to 10% of the fish in the Oneida system have it.