Ian Grant
Senior Member & Supporter
I'd be interested to know what you all think of this injury.
I caught the Barbel last night, i would estimate give or take 7lbs.
As you can see the other flank is clean, apart from obvious redness around the anal fin.
My first thoughts were that it had likley collided with something tubelular, or maybe the stub end of a broken branch.
After thinking about it i wonder whether the original injury was probably much smaller and had become infected and ulcerated.
The wound appeared to be healing nicely, and was completly covered in new skin which was smooth to the touch, though it appears to me the healing process had definatley not yet finished given the redness under the injury itself, and around the anal fin.
I've seen many injuries on Barbel over the years, but never one so evenly circular as this ..... What do you think ?
Ian.
I caught the Barbel last night, i would estimate give or take 7lbs.
As you can see the other flank is clean, apart from obvious redness around the anal fin.
My first thoughts were that it had likley collided with something tubelular, or maybe the stub end of a broken branch.
After thinking about it i wonder whether the original injury was probably much smaller and had become infected and ulcerated.
The wound appeared to be healing nicely, and was completly covered in new skin which was smooth to the touch, though it appears to me the healing process had definatley not yet finished given the redness under the injury itself, and around the anal fin.
I've seen many injuries on Barbel over the years, but never one so evenly circular as this ..... What do you think ?
Ian.