jellyfish jizz, line snot, what the heck is it?

[storminsteve]

I fished somoco last night and ran into a lot of slimy jellyfish-type junk on the line. I called it jellyfish jizz because I didn't know what else to call it. It's not jellyfish, nothing about it is whole. It's slippery, slimy, and looks like a bunch of ghetto ho's came to the beach and let out all their snot rockets in one place. :ROFLMAO:Anyone have an idea of what this disgusting stuff is and how long it will stay around?

[JakeF]

:laugh:
Sounds like dynoflagellates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinoflagellates).

[williehookem]

^^ I also read something about salps, which look like green snot balls, I will try to research and post it later.

[williehookem]

Found some info-- they are type of zooplankton. Or you could just call them jellyfish snot balls if that's easier. :D

http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1653/Salps-Thaliacea.html
Salps-
"any small, pelagic, gelatinous invertebrate of the orders Salpida (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/519676/Salpida) and Doliolida (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/168236/Doliolida) (class Thaliacea, subphylum Tunicata). Found in warm seas, salps are common in the Southern Hemisphere. They have transparent barrel-shaped bodies that are girdled by muscle bands and open at each end. They are filter feeders that consume microscopic planktonic plants and animals. The life cycle of salps is complex, with alternating sexual and asexual phases. In the latter phase, long chains of individuals are formed. Many salps are luminescent."



PYROSOME (Pyrosoma atlanticum): SPECIES ACCOUNTS (http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1653/Salps-Thaliacea.html#PYROSOME_Pyrosoma_atlanticum_SPECIE S_ACCOUNTS)
SALP (Thalia democratica): SPECIES ACCOUNTS (http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1653/Salps-Thaliacea.html#SALP_Thalia_democratica_SPECIES_ACC OUNTS)

Salps are tiny, drifting sea animals that have a clear cylindrical body with openings at each end. Between the openings is a basketlike structure covered by a sheet of mucus. The jelly-like body wall contains bands of muscle. Most salps are 0.2 to 8 inches (5 millimeters to 20 centimeters) long. Some colonies are many feet (meters) long.


GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Salps live in warm and cool seas.


HABITAT

Most salps live near the surface, but some live in deeper water.


DIET

Salps eat plant plankton, or microscopic plants drifting in water.


CONSERVATION STATUS

Salps are not considered threatened or endangered.


Salps: Thaliacea - Behavior And Reproduction (http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1649/Salps-Thaliacea-BEHAVIOR-REPRODUCTION.html)


Salps: Thaliacea - Salps And People (http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1650/Salps-Thaliacea-SALPS-PEOPLE.html)


Salps: Thaliacea - Pyrosome (pyrosoma Atlanticum): Species Accounts (http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1651/Salps-Thaliacea-PYROSOME-Pyrosoma-atlanticum-SPECIES-ACCOUNTS.html)


Salps: Thaliacea - Salp (thalia Democratica): Species Accounts (http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1652/Salps-Thaliacea-SALP-Thalia-democratica-SPECIES-ACCOUNTS.html)





Read more: http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1653/Salps-Thaliacea.html#ixzz0PP2dzd3M

[storminsteve]

Thanx, willie, some interesting info there.:thumbsup:
I guess they can make for bad fishing if there are enough of them. If I run into a lot, I will move to another spot.

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There can be so many salps in an area that they use up all the food needed by animals that are eaten by fishes upon which humans rely. The fishes disappear from the area, and the humans lose their food and their work.
Did You Know?

Chains of salps can be as long as a blue whale.

UNDERSEA FERTILIZER

Vast swarms of salps eat huge amounts of plant plankton and produce massive amounts of feces (FEE-seez). The sinking feces supply carbon, an element essential to life, to the deep ocean."




Read more: http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1650/Salps-Thaliacea-SALPS-PEOPLE.html#ixzz0PPJeWgO8




I got a chuckle out of that one, SALP FECES!! Another thing in the ocean to watch out for.:wow:

[albiealert]

You can learn so many interesting things by tuning into this site. Not that any of them would be considered useful information at the next cocktail party you and your wife attend.;)

[Frankiesurf]

Salp feces: you'll never scrape it out of those felt soles.









:don't know why:

[finchaser]

The jelly like masses along the beach in the inlets and bays are Salps not jelly fish. Haven't seen this in many years Goggle it. This is not good

[DarkSkies]

I think you said the last time it was this bad was 7-10 years ago, Fin. Thanks for the info, and for this pic you sent:

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[plugcrazy]

Funky, that looks like cottage cheese on the water. I wonder how good fishing will be with that around?

[surfwalker]

They stick all over your line, foul your hooks, and frustrate you to no end. Not pleasant/good at all.

[Monty]

I had run accross some of this Sunday early AM. Was working my way south. Had some on the line. Decided to start working way back north and did not come across any more of it. So it may be confined to just certain areas? Small areas?

[finchaser]

Last I heard was Monmouth beach to LBI was even some 4 miles out

[Monty]

Last I heard was Monmouth beach to LBI was even some 4 miles out

Was in that area, was not bad where I was....Actually any of it is a pain.

[baitstealer]

slimy invasion plagues jersey shore

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/philadelphia/slimy-invasion-plagues-jersey-shore-122211898.html?bouchon=501,ny

[baitstealer]

Here is an article I found. It's kind of gross that they talk about the fecal matter from the salp.:scared:

http://www.itsnature.org/sea/other/salps/

"Impact on the Ocean
At first glance the salp seems very unimportant or inconsequential to ocean life, but this is not the case. The fact is, both sinking fecal pellets from the species as well as salp bodies bring carbon to the sea floor. It wouldn’t be a big deal if there were just a few salp, but there are enough of both the fecal matter as well as the bodies on the ocean floor that the species has a huge impact on the biological pump of the ocean."

[VSdreams]

Wow fascinating read, thanks for the info fellas.

[stripercrazy]

It looks like oatmeal pudding.:upck:

[surfstix1963]

I have to say I have never seen that in NY maybe others have slipgut as we call it usually every year when the waters warm up.

[DarkSkies]

The latest, sent in by OGB, thanks!


Nope, Those Things in the Ocean Weren't Jellyfish Eggs

Salps arrive at the Jersey Shore— but what are they?
By Tom Dunphy (http://brick.patch.com/users/tom-dunphy) | Email the author (http://brick.patch.com/articles/nope-those-things-in-the-ocean-werent-jellyfish-eggs) | July 7, 2011




They started appearing in Cape May County about a week ago. By the start of the Fourth of July weekend, they broke into Ocean County and were hanging around Long Beach Island. By the time Independence Day arrived, Brick and other local beaches were in their crosshairs.
But those weren't jellyfish eggs washing up on local beaches and freaking out beachgoers recently.
Much to the befuddlement of beachgoers who took to the Jersey Shore this Fourth Of July weekend, the gelatinous organisms that made their way to many beaches are a little known creature called salps.
The salp is a simple, filter-feeding organism that is somewhat related to the common jellyfish, with one major difference— the salp is a member of the phylum Chordata, meaning that in at least some part of its life cycle, it has a spinal cord.
While they make for a slimy ocean swim, salps are actually harmless to humans and, scientists believe, may help to remove carbon dioxide from the environment.
What's more— salps reproduce in symbiosis with phytoplankton and play a vital role in removing phytoplankton from the water and controlling their blooms.
A 2010 article in Science Daily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100809161226.htm) reported findings from a study conducted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and MIT, which illustrated the important role that salps play in the Earth's carbon cycle.
Put simply, salps quickly remove carbon from surface water, sinking it to the sea floor in fecal pellets. Scientists believe that with the upper ocean waters free to house more carbon, the ocean ecosystem needs to release less of it into the atmosphere.
Salps are typically more prevalent in southern oceans, as they favor warm water. In New Jersey, they generally arrive with warm weather as the Labrador Current switches places with the Gulf Stream, bringing warm ocean waters to the Jersey Shore.

[basshunter]

I was looking at the old threads and wanted your guys thoughts on the jellyfish this year. They dont seem to be that bad.






Few, if any, stinging jellyfish have been reported along the ocean; however, large groups of nettles have been reported in Ocean County and Monmouth County bays. And the DEP's weekly aerial survey measuring the amount of chlorophyll A in the water, which indicates the amount of algae, has consistently stayed in the good range, Schuster said.




are you seeing the numbers of jellyfish we had in the bays last year or not?

[crosseyedbass]

We haven't seen a lot but they usually get real bad around the middle of August. There are times when the Great South Bay is filled with them. I hate the ones with the red stingers because they itch a lot and burn.

[fishinmission78]

Thanx, willie, some interesting info there.:thumbsup:
I guess they can make for bad fishing if there are enough of them. If I run into a lot, I will move to another spot.

"
There can be so many salps in an area that they use up all the food needed by animals that are eaten by fishes upon which humans rely. The fishes disappear from the area, and the humans lose their food and their work.
Did You Know?

Chains of salps can be as long as a blue whale.

UNDERSEA FERTILIZER

Vast swarms of salps eat huge amounts of plant plankton and produce massive amounts of feces (FEE-seez). The sinking feces supply carbon, an element essential to life, to the deep ocean."




Read more: http://animals.jrank.org/pages/1650/Salps-Thaliacea-SALPS-PEOPLE.html#ixzz0PPJeWgO8




I got a chuckle out of that one, SALP FECES!! Another thing in the ocean to watch out for.:wow:


They are back if you are fishing the beach in ocean county. Heads up

[barrys]

They were all over Is beach SP Saturday. I was using braid and couldn't get rid of them they jammed my line at the tip of the rod. My buddy had mono on and could shake most of them off. I had to quit fishing.

[hookedonbass]

Thanks for the heads up barry. Man do I hate those salps!