Kept a few decent bream and when i was pulling the guts out noticed some real shiny silver stuff. At first thought it was shiny lead. Ive never noticed that before. What is it ?
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Silver stuff in bream ?
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Ive seen silver skin . I should have been more detailed. Sorry. This was like in the guts. Extremely shiny , looked like melted shiny lead. Was very odd looking. Google was no help
akachuck
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^^^THIS^^^
If it's not silver skin then maybe it's minnow scales like Mr.Mike said
I bet it was the digested minnows . That would make sense. I'll take pictures next time!
Carlos
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It may not even be possible, but that description sounds like mercury.
ditto
Union Co. Boy
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There is a lot of small fry in the water right now. The bluegill have been vacuuming it up when I've been night fishing. I'd say that's a definite possibility.
Smo
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Internally inside the gut I would think scales of minnows as well…
If in the body cavity adhered too the rib cage area I don't see how scales could get outside the intestines.
I experienced this several times in fish from Wilson & Pickwick lakes…
I always thought it was Mercury… maybe not, but I've stopped eating the belly portions of the fish I catch.. for the last 20+ years..
Usually a water hose and scraping with your knife or thumb nail will remove it, but it takes a little work…
If it's Mercury what I'm doing probably doesn't help anyway….
But, We're all not going too get out of this world alive anyway….
If in the body cavity adhered too the rib cage area I don't see how scales could get outside the intestines.
I experienced this several times in fish from Wilson & Pickwick lakes…
I always thought it was Mercury… maybe not, but I've stopped eating the belly portions of the fish I catch.. for the last 20+ years..
Usually a water hose and scraping with your knife or thumb nail will remove it, but it takes a little work…
If it's Mercury what I'm doing probably doesn't help anyway….
But, We're all not going too get out of this world alive anyway….
Interesting, I have never noticed this.
Might look closer next time I clean some.
Might look closer next time I clean some.
woodsman04
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I think I've seen what your talking about. Silver shiny stuff above all the entrails and kind of in a air pocket against the ribs…….no idea what it is.
I've cleaned thousands of panfish and I reckon it's in every one I've ever done. I don't clean enough bass or even catfish to see if it's in there or noticed.
I've cleaned thousands of panfish and I reckon it's in every one I've ever done. I don't clean enough bass or even catfish to see if it's in there or noticed.
Arrowslanger
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Low ppm levels of Mercury would not equate to a visible sheen or layer IMO
lol its not mercury, its the lining in the gut cavity. methylmercury is not silver like elemental mercury. the shiny stuff under the scales or skin is not harmful either, its the compound that allows a fish to change color.
