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By Skip Miller
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The first time Vicki Blazer of the U.S. Geological Survey encountered what has become known as “intersex” fish was in 2002. West Virginia had asked the USGS to investigate a fish kill on the upper Potomac River. During that investigation, Blazer realized' something was haywire.
While studying male smallmouth bass tissue via a microscope, Blazer detected the presence of the early stages of eggs. Why in the world would a male fish try to take on the job of a female fish? Another male bass was studied. Then another and another. Each had the same characteristic.
Studies were made as far down the Potomac as Washington. The weird situation was found in largemouth bass
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