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I went out to vermilion Bay with a friend in his boat on Saturday. We fished the reefs just outside the pass on the west side. The shrimp were busting all over and the millions of birds were all over them. We got hit almost every cast, but they were small. We only wound up with 32 keeper trout, and about half were white trout. That was the good part. He wanted to go over to the mounds where he usually set his crab nets. Since we were already in the gulf he didn't want to go all the way around and back thru the island, so we set out to go east along Marsh Island. There are reefs EVERYWHERE out there. We navigated them and were getting close with no problems. He saw a boat on plane close to the island traveling east to west and my buddy said if he can do it so can I. He headed out and shortly we found ourselves aground on a reef. Not just the motor, but the hull was on the reef, and the tide was going out. We jumped out and with the aid of his kicker we were able to get the boat out into floatable water in about 30 minutes. The water we were in was about half way up to our knees. Shortly after that my ankles began to really itch. I thought it was just the deer flies that had gotten them. That night I had swolen ankles with discoloration and dark spots and an itch that was TERRIBLE. With all the stories of flesh eating bacteria, I went to the dr. on Tuesday, but it was getting a little better by then.
He thinks it was just an alergic reaction to something in the water. The itch and spots are going away now and the swelling is gone. Anyone else have a reaction like that?
Mike
__________________ They weren't biting at all.....then they slacked up.
Nutria carry a number of parasites and diseases (Lowery, 1974; Howerth et al., 1994). Disease agents Louisiana nutria carry include Toxoplasma gondii, Clamidia psittaci, Francisella tularensis, Leptospira sp., and encephalomyocarditis virus (Howerth et al., 1994). Parasites recorded from this species include trematodes such as Heterobilharzia americana, Echinostoma revolutum, and Psilostomum sp., cestodes such as Anoplocephala sp., acanthocephalans such as Neoechinorhynchus sp., and nematodes such as Trichostrongylus sigmodontis, Logistriata maldonadoi, and Trichuris myocastoris. In addition, they carry the nematode Strongyloides myopotami, which causes a condition known as "marsh itch" or "nutria itch" in people. This is a severe rash often affecting trappers when they handle nutria. It is caused by the larval form of this nematode which penetrates the skin of human beings (Lowery, 1974).
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Hey bigtuna, how was the divin trip. Mangroves? Any lemons? I fished from 50' out to 90' last week and only saw a couple lemons, smoked the mangroves though. Trip before in same area lemons were everywhere. Guess they're startin to leave.
Thanks for all the info. I don't know what it was, but it's almost gone now. Yesterday am the dark spots were still there along with the itch. by noon the largest of the spots was gone with most of the itch. On the other ankle there is still one small spot. It still itches. Comparing the larva theory to red bugs, that sounds close, but with redbugs the only swelling I get is the bumps where the larva are, not swelling in the entire area. Whatever it is, I'm just glad to now know that it isn't serious like some form of flesh eating bacteria. I don't think I would like that.
Mike
__________________ They weren't biting at all.....then they slacked up.
What's in the water? 
