the wide range of skills and experience levels on this board is one of the main reasons that I am here. The referenced site was vary informative. Since I have seen this on so many of the fish and the lesions are somewhate variable in size and shape this opinion seems on target.in my best professional judgement (I'm a fisheries biologist)
There are Kingfishers , great Herrons and lesser Herrons in this lake ( piedmont NC )
another fish but worse pic:
Thank you for sharing your expertise with all of us.
BTW: all of my latest were taken on a 1/80 micro jig soft hackle dressing.
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