In reply to Post #5
Thanks, I'll make sure to look any others over but I've not really noticed it until I pulled this guy out. Awful little things and I'm not going to pretend it didn't make me shudder having them on my hands hopefully this was a one off and the fish had ill health previously making it an easy target, and not a sign of a more serious infestation.

In reply to Post #4
Thankyou, this is the worst I've seen, I've never really noticed them on any of the other carp in the lake so I'm assuming this particular fish had some health issues and was an easy target. Just a shame there doesn't seem to be anything we can put on them to repel lice, but I guess they are a bit different to dogs and cats haha I've heard differing opinions about garlic being a repellant in feed but might add some into my boilie/pellets mixes

In reply to Post #2
Thankyou! I'll see if I can find anything on it

Hi guys,
I caught a carp today that had a fair few fish lice on it, and was looking pretty beaten up, from spawning no doubt. This is the first I've seen from the lake with that amount and although I got as many as I could off and treated with carp care, I wondered if there's anything else that can be done to help them out or prevent them?
Thankyou!