Question about clear gelatinous globs of goo

[trtdds]

We were fishing last night throwing crankbaits and topwaters. With almost every cast we were hooking globs of clear gelatinous goo. It looked like jellyfish with no tentacles. The water was full of them. I haven't seen anything like it before. Can any one tell me what it was. Another interesting occurrence was the number of gafftops we hooked under the working birds. We must of hooked and landed 4 or 5 gafftop to every trout. I have my fish de-hooker back in the boat now! Definitely an interesting late afternoon fishing trip for sure. We fished south end due to stiff south wind.

[calcutta37]

Big lake???????

[CajunSaint]

BP?

[trtdds]

Yep South end of BL

[cduhon]

I noticed it also at the beach last week. Threw cast net and got a bucket of goo every time. I have seen it several times in lake, not sure what causes the bloom of it.

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[trtdds]

Any idea what it is?

[Top Dawg]

I just noticed it when the water gets really salty. Catch it all the time in the cast net. Another fun fact. It u disturb the jelly in the water at night it glows.

[drjay]

Fairly certain that it is some type of jellyfish. Ctenophores?

[jchief]

It is jelly. Get it on the "sensitive" parts and it does burn.

[Flatfishfreak]

Run threw it in your boat at night and prop wash glows.

10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish

[FF_T_Warren]

Yea that's jellyfish. They light up blue and purple and green too. Really cool stuff

[papap]

We used to catch it shrimping. We called it burning jelly. Burnt like hell on your skin.

[Tete Dur]

Originally Posted by drjay

Fairly certain that it is some type of jellyfish. Ctenophores?

Correct. It is most likely a Ctenophore. Also known as a comb jelly. They do not have tentacles or stinging cells (nematocysts). So they don't sting. Some species of them are capable of bioluminescence which is the ability to make themselves glow or light up using types of proteins, if I'm not mistaken.

[swamp snorkler]

That crap will end a good night of skimming real quick.

[MarshRat89]

We get em every year here in VB also. They're Sometimes some aggravating lil suckers to get out the net.

[Duck Butter]

You can see them bioluminesce at night in the surf sometimes in Florida. Makes you feel like you have been drinking too much


There is another 'blob' in freshwater that most people think are gar eggs or frog eggs but are actually called bryozoans, you can look em up and you have probably seen em before and not known what they were


cool story i know:*****:

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

You can see them bioluminesce at night in the surf sometimes in Florida. Makes you feel like you have been drinking too much


There is another 'blob' in freshwater that most people think are gar eggs or frog eggs but are actually called bryozoans, you can look em up and you have probably seen em before and not known what they were


cool story i know:*****:

This week in Florida we were walkin down the beach at night. And they have little dune lakes where the water is trapped in when the tide gets high. All the kids were playin in it during the day and I told them that's where all the water from the hotels toilet goes when u flush. Well that night they walked in it and the water was lighting up around their feet. And they were like "there really are chemicals in this water." Lol I said I tried to tell y'all!

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

This week in Florida we were walkin down the beach at night. And they have little dune lakes where the water is trapped in when the tide gets high. All the kids were playin in it during the day and I told them that's where all the water from the hotels toilet goes when u flush. Well that night they walked in it and the water was lighting up around their feet. And they were like "there really are chemicals in this water." Lol I said I tried to tell y'all!

nature be crazy