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July 07/10/16, 08:29:57 PM

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What are these?
Caught a few walleyes on Leechlake that had these worms in there mouths.  What are they?

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July 07/10/16, 09:06:35 PM Reply #1

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Re: What are these?
A bunch of Blood sucking Leeches...not good I've seen a lot more like that this year also...
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July 07/10/16, 09:27:05 PM Reply #2

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Re: What are these?
That's what I thought.   Thanks.
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July 07/12/16, 03:20:09 PM Reply #3

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Re: What are these?
Curious.  Why is that not a good thing?  Do they kill the fish?
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July 07/12/16, 05:46:33 PM Reply #4

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Re: What are these?
Blood sucking leeches are like blood sucking ticks a few won't hurt a fish or a deer but a BUNCH...compare that walleye to us that would be like having a pound of leeches stuck on us sucking blood...yep not good you would get anemic weak get eaten by something bigger or just plain die. Leech spit acts like coumadin the blood thinner, that many leeches could cause a problem. I haven't heard of biologists saying this is bad yet but kinda a no brainer when there are that many sucking on one fish. Those walleyes are not eating those little leeches they are being parasitised by them.
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