Red Spot help needed

[Ian Sewell]

These guys are doing some important research into the Red Spot virus that has been affecting bream around the state. They need some help in getting a few new samples...

We are looking for good examples of red spot – good deep red lesions in the skin

Preferably if you could keep them chilled (not frozen) and contact Fish Health Monday-Friday 8.30 -4.30
9368 3649 or 0419 908 802
We are in the Department of Agriculture building in 3 Baron-Hay court Kensington WA 6151

Contact Brian

[Ben]

I used to catch quite a few in the summer around my local haunts. Thankfully havnt seem one in quite a while, but will keep my eye out.

[Nimbin157]

Caught my first red spot bream in the Murray the other day but released it .Didnt know what it was .Will definately keep this in mind.Does red spot kill the fish or can it heal?

[steve anderson]

I got this the other day on the Murray , been hearing of other in the last few weeks.

[steve anderson]

How the damage to this mullet a mate got on Wednesday night.

Sickening .

[MODIFIED]

I got a bad one today in the upper murray, didnt see this threat before hand. ill pass the message on to some one who is fishing tomoz.

[vegasbreamman]

I got one today will contact Brian

[sexton]

been gettin quite a few of them with red spot in the Murray of late,but I fished it on Saturday and didnt get one with redspot,thankfully!

[crusty]

Originally Posted by Nimbin157

Caught my first red spot bream in the Murray the other day but released it .Didnt know what it was .Will definately keep this in mind.Does red spot kill the fish or can it heal?

I'm not in WA but we get redspot in NSW. Generally after big rains.

I'm pretty certain the fish can heal as I have caught quite a number of bream with significant scars on the body that were probably redspot. The scars were the right shape to have been Redspot, but I don't have an conclusive proof, as it could have been something else entirely.

I'm not sure fisheries agree. I did fish one comp on the Manning a few years back where they were in the middle of a Redspot outbreak. Fisheries had advised that all bream caught with Redspot (including undersize - fisheries had give an exemption) were to be killed and collected in plastic bags and they would dispose of. The comp organisers said the fish wouldn't survive anyway. But fisheries may have just been trying to manage the outbreak.

There's 2 answers, so that probably doesn't help you. I'd go with the can heal though based on the scars

Crusty

[Tom Walker]

On my boat yesterday, one was caught in the swan off canning bridge

[Nimbin157]

Originally Posted by crusty

I'm not in WA but we get redspot in NSW. Generally after big rains.

I'm pretty certain the fish can heal as I have caught quite a number of bream with significant scars on the body that were probably redspot. The scars were the right shape to have been Redspot, but I don't have an conclusive proof, as it could have been something else entirely.

I'm not sure fisheries agree. I did fish one comp on the Manning a few years back where they were in the middle of a Redspot outbreak. Fisheries had advised that all bream caught with Redspot (including undersize - fisheries had give an exemption) were to be killed and collected in plastic bags and they would dispose of. The comp organisers said the fish wouldn't survive anyway. But fisheries may have just been trying to manage the outbreak.

There's 2 answers, so that probably doesn't help you. I'd go with the can heal though based on the scars

Crusty

Yeah would have to agree with you there Crusty. The one i caught looked like it was starting to heal and i have also caught bream with scared up patches of scales.

[sloppyjoe24]

A couple I got last week
This one I didn't realize until I saw the pics

And this one looked more like a wound than red spot, it also had a bung eye which made me lean towards a wound also.

[teamtamrock]

me and steve were fishing top end of serpentine got onto a good school of big bream all of them had red spot real bad some were just bleeding from scales this was about six week ago fished the murray this week all clean fish

[casey79]

Have been getting quite a few fish here in nsw lately with redspot both bream and bass, no its no use to you WA guys but still disheartening none the less

Casey

[jackfisher]

well i had no idea what it was but by the sound of it i was fishing the other day on the mary river in maryborough QLD and caught a 1.3kg bream and threw it back it was my first one on lure too