I went down to the pond today to do some fishing. I brought down my worm rod and texas-weighless rigged a frog and fished it on top of the water, had 2 lands and 3 misses within 20 minutes. But I seen a bass that me and Randy Beasley stocked that had me concerned.

This bass was in the shallows of the creek and he appeared to have some kind of growth off of his face. It was almost like a worm type growth. If you catch a bass and do damage to their mouth area can it get infected and cause growths like this from the contents of the water?

I've seen some bluegill swimming around with infections and growths from what it looks like to me wounds on their sides either from the bass or each other or from birds (some birds are diving down and attacking some bluegill).

But can these infected wounds effect their lives and possibly kill them? Do they get sick and die or are they ok?

Any information or answers will be greatly appreciated!

God bless all!  8-)

Kinda reminds me of something that happened to me. I have 55 Gallon Fishtank with a few bluegill in it. I went to a different city and caught a catfish and a few Goldfish. Within days all my fish were showing signs of a parasite called ANCHORWORM. The fish in the aquarium had been healthy prior to putting the others,so they must have gotten it from the transplanted fish.

  This is the exact reason Game and Fish doesnt want you to transplant fish and other aquatic creatures,and this is why they urge you to clean up your boat after a trip,so if you do have something on it,you wont plant it unknowingly into another body of water.

         Just my$.02 worth