Tongue eating parasite (cymothoa exigua) in bait fish from Jamaica Beach

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Tongue eating parasite (cymothoa exigua) in bait fish from Jamaica Beach

July 1, 2012, 10:52 PM

New to gulf fishing and recently bought croaker from a bait shop in Jamaica Beach and every one of them were infected with the tongue eating parasite (cymothoa exigua). I've never seen these before so had to look them up on the internet. Can't find any reference to Gulf of Mexico problems with these parasites so just curious whether this is a relatively new problem or have they always existed here?
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July 1, 2012, 11:40 PM

I've run across them occasionally in croaker for as long as i can remember. Not so much in reds or trout.

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July 2, 2012, 11:02 AM

Huh? Is it covered by ObamaCare?

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