Caught a decent fish in the canal a few weeks ago I was looking to keep it but it had "The Grip"!!!!! Threw it back in the drink.....I did not want to risk it!
I got a nice fat 38" real healthy looking fish with them a couple weeks back behind the Vineyard. Fishing was pretty hot, so he went right in the box. I didn't notice the red marks until he came out of the box at the dock.
Ive had dozens of fish with these lesions this spring, more common than years past.... Clients still wanted them, and wanted them filleted. No way I would eat one! Maybe they gave fillets away to "Friends"