Unknown Wounds Hit Bass in Seneca River
J. Michael Kelly
Syracuse Post Standard
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Clay, New York (US):
Some of the hefty smallmouth bass that populate the deep pools in the Seneca River are sporting ugly wounds, and the Department of Environmental Conservation wants to know why. 
State fisheries biologists are waiting to hear what Cornell University experts conclude about the subject.
The mystery first unfolded a couple of weeks ago, when local anglers began to notice open sores on the flanks of some of the bass they were catching in the river.
Mike Cusano of Clay, the outgoing president of the Salt City Bassmasters club, emailed DEC Region 7 Fisheries Manager Dan Bishop after he boated a disconcerting number of smallmouths that had the unusual wounds.
In a two-day period, Cusano landed 46 smallmouths, 14 of which bore the reddish, cratered lesions. His first thought was that the sores looked somewhat like those resulting from sea lamprey attacks.
Nov 13, 2005
J. Michael Kelly
Syracuse Post Standard
________________
Clay, New York (US):
Some of the hefty smallmouth bass that populate the deep pools in the Seneca River are sporting ugly wounds, and the Department of Environmental Conservation wants to know why.
State fisheries biologists are waiting to hear what Cornell University experts conclude about the subject.The mystery first unfolded a couple of weeks ago, when local anglers began to notice open sores on the flanks of some of the bass they were catching in the river.
Mike Cusano of Clay, the outgoing president of the Salt City Bassmasters club, emailed DEC Region 7 Fisheries Manager Dan Bishop after he boated a disconcerting number of smallmouths that had the unusual wounds.
In a two-day period, Cusano landed 46 smallmouths, 14 of which bore the reddish, cratered lesions. His first thought was that the sores looked somewhat like those resulting from sea lamprey attacks.
Nov 13, 2005
