need help fish have wierd things on em

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hello and i was fishing a while ago and i found some white (maybe a tad off white) egg looking things on a bluegill :WHOA:i was cleaning and on a bullheads fins i ate 3 of bluegills and i kept a pretty one for my tank along with a few bullheads.:D one of the bullheads has a two red bloody gooey type swellings around the fins a spot by its mouth and on its anal fin it has some more of those egg type things i said about. around the egg spots on the anal fin there was some more bloody swelling things and there was a little red threadish looking thing attatched to it. so around all the fins i found some red bloody stuff and he was leaving blood on the bottom of the aquarium. so the pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins are all red. its gill has a little red there too and a little spot in front of it also has red on it. i think i might of hooked this one through his chin. i know i hooked a few through the skull (made me feel kinda bad for em) so i know one of my 3 bullheads has a hole in his skull or it might of only went through some strong musely cartiligous type thing. anyone ever hear of that egg type looking thing (its not ick its way bigger and i know there not eggs) im pretty sure it might be a parasite. so what should i do? :confused:
thank you
 
It sounds like these are wild caught fish, and there are some parasites that have a wound like area, with part of the parasite sticking out of the fish into the water. I suggest you visit your local fish store for some meds.
 
i do have some medicine for parasites im pretty sure it'll work even though it was designed for tropical fishes thanks guys
 
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