Pike tumor Lac La Biche

[deanstr8]

Hey everyone, had a great weekend fishing Lac La Biche this weekend, lots of very healthy walleye in the 60-65cm range, and a lot of large healthy pike. One of the pike caught had a large yellow growth on the top of its head. The fish appeared healthy in every other sense, fought well, etc. Wondering if this is relatively common or something that a biologist of some sort might benefit from. I have caught several walleye/perch with "stress warts" or whatever they are called but this was unlike anything I have ever seen.

Thanks,

[Speckle55]

I would contact my local Fish Bio

phone 310 0000 and ask for fish bio in your area

this site has info on diseases in Alberta
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/0e6a0758-17b7-4701-989c-26c14ce27e42/resource/24fb5bee-749c-445e-8257-4d1de6f59f68/download/skintumoursfish-2004.pdf



thanks for sharing

David:)

[AmateurHr]

Sorry, don’t want to derail your thread. Just wondering how thick the ice was there lately? Tia

[deanstr8]

All good, well over 2 feet thick. We fished just off the ice road at the old mission.