blisters on back of fish

Does anyone know what this could be....i caught several flats in wexford and they all had large tumor like blisters on their backs,,,,it looked very sore for the fish???????????????????????????????????

Were they glowing in the dark.

Check this out Gavin - probably a brill.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/brill.html

What size were they?

GG

[quote="glengormley-gavin"]Check this out Gavin - probably a brill.[/quote]

Wexford Harbour flounder sometimes bear the scars of near misses with seals, bass and cod.

Ive caught Dab around Dublin with Round open sores on their undersides. Fairly disgusting to look at

Get flounders now and again around NE England with them, some sort of disease. Also get quite a few double siders, had one the other week. Basically brown both sides or blotches of brown. The full double siders make you have a double take to make sure you're seeing right.

had similar flounder from several marks on the north coast(with the sores that is), dunno what causes them, the first one i got in an estuary and i put it down to perhaps pollution of some sort but i have since caught a few from surf beaches with similar sores. - and some of the double siders as well from the river roe estuary dunno if its the bottom causes colour change or if its a mutation or genetic dissorder or whatever though!! :lol: :?

Never seen blisters on any flounders I've caught from Donegal or Mayo or anywhere else for that matter. Fish though are susceptible to a vast array of diseases, parasites etc., so it might just be a naturally occurring infection.

Pete