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Abrasions are a simple reddening of the skin, occasionally some loss of skin.
If you notice any or all three symptoms on a fish you've caught, you are asked to turn it loose. Do not keep it, hoping a biologist wants to see it. It doesn't help. By the time the DNR would see it, any bacterial evidence would be compromised. This special hotline is set up with a series of recorded prompts.