Fresh Water Jellyfish

[zippers]

I just found out that Allatoon has something in common with a few lakes in CA. That is sightings of fresh water jelly fish. With that being said I have two questions for you guys.

1.) Have you ever seen these elusive species....
2.) Have you noticed a bass pattern based upon them, if so what are your observations?

Thank you,
Jonathan

PS for you doubters and haters.... ;D

www.jellyfish.iup.edu/location.html#CA

[Mike Bucca]

Jonathan, I've never seen a jelly fish on Toona?? First I have ever heard of it. We got bryozoans that are jelly like.

Mike

[Killian]

I've never seen a jellyfish on the lake before either

Lake Allatoona, Acworth, Bartow County, US 75/Red Top Mountain (2007)
Lake Allatoona, Acworth, Cobb County, near Cobb Parkway, Hwy 75 and Hwy 41 (2004, 2006)
Lake Allatoona, Cartersville, Bartow County, near I-75 (2004, 2005)
Lake Allatoona, Woodstock, Cherokee County, Bells Ferry Rd (2004)

Never heard any of those reports on the news? Be nice if they had photos for confirmation?

[dzab]

Yes, they are there. They are not that common.

www.jellyfish.iup.edu/

[Killian]

hrm, maybe we don't need to be draining our lake to protect the not so common freshwater jellyfish

[zippers]

Thanks guys, its interesting.... I have heard from a good friend of mine that he was on a jelly fish pattern. Of course i thought he was pulling my chain, anyone I ever asked looked at me sideways. Today I get an email from a club member who is a fisheries biologist with reports of this creatures, and two guys (who are sticks) chime in and say yeah I saw those blah blah blah....just got me thinking again of my buddy who originally told me about his jelly fish pattern.

[dogwatch]

I was just asking my fishing buddy about those jelly masses seen on the brushpiles.



Here's a picture from the web. Always John aka dogwatch...
Also here a link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryozoa
and another FWJellyfish www.jellyfish.iup.edu/look.html

[Fly Guy]

I know nuttin' about nuttin' but those look like eggs to me.

Jeff

[soretoe]

The freshwater jellyfish is from Brazil and I dont know of anyone around here ever finding one. There are blobs of jelly looking stuff floating around from time to time. They are clumps of frogs eggs. My regular fishing partner and I always call plastic bags and those other tubular looking things ya see every once in a while jelly fish ;D

[waterworld]

I have seen them did not know what they was...

[lakehartwellpro]

Holy smoke me and my friends used to throw them at eachother they get up under my duck when we have water. Thats amazing i have been asking that for ever.

[astrobass]

I will not say with 100 percent confidence that they were jellyfish. Although, I did find some thing very similar in Toona. It was about 2 years ago in the middle of the summer. I was anchored in a cove with several other friends and boats. We saw several jelly like objects pulsating in the water. They were round about the size of a quarter. Slightly opaque and a clear light biege color. They did not seem to have tentacles, if they did they were very short and not clearly visible. I don't believe they were harmful as I was stupid enough to scoop one up out of the water, with no ill effects. It was released to swim away. That is the only time I have seen them.


Astrobass