Toxic burbies/ling/mariah/eelpout/lawyers myth
Hey guys,
I want to know where the heck it ever came out that burbot had organs that were toxic if you cut into them when cleaning, or the skin....
I have heard this word of mouth thing over the years and yet there is nothing to substantiate this claim - unless i am completely wrong?!?
But i will say this though which had me a little concerned this winter; the day or 2 after cleaning about ten of them my one hand that was handling fish and had the knife guard glove was starting to swell and tingle.... then for about a few days after that i was losing a whole bunch of skin off that hand too. Now everything is fine, however i was starting to believe the myths a little at that point. On a side note its teeth may have slightly penetrated that hand too while removing a hook, but it was way more inflammed than ive seen when i got nicked by a pike or wally....
Let me know what you think on the myth, and if theres any correlation....?
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