Heads up, Michigan anglers: The state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Monday the largemouth bass virus has been confirmed in a lake in the state’s northern Lower Peninsula.

The Michigan DNR said in a statement the virus “has been confirmed as a factor in a fish kill in Cedar Lake in Alcona and Losco counties,” noting it’s also examining other lakes in the area. There is no treatment for infected fish and the virus cannot be wiped from affected waters.

The cases in Cedar Lake and Losco counties come after the adult largemouth bass population in southern Michigan waters was impacted by the virus in the early 2000s, wildlife officials said.

The largemouth bass virus “is one of more than 100 naturally occurring viruses that affect fish and is closely related to viruses found in frogs and other amphibians,” the Michigan DNR said. Fishermen have been known to spread the virus when moving live, infected fish from one body of water to another or by using tainted fishing gear or boats in water that has not yet been contaminated by the virus.

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