something new in Seneca?

[Skidplate]

My buddy was perch fishing Geneva marked what he thought was perch so he put his camera down to find massive school of something that looks like a small translucent squid hes Ben perch fish for yeas and never seen anything like it any one know what there are

[Xxx]

That sounds weird!!!

[BSmaster]

Must be what the helicopter was looking for...

[Skidplate]

Ha

[Gill-T]

Invasive red Mysis shrimp?  Maybe freshwater jellyfish.  http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=1068

Edited December 7, 2015 by Gill-T

[GAMBLER]

Could it be fresh water shrimp?

[Skidplate]

Not shrimp we now about them I think Gill-T may have it I should see the guy later and show him this

[Sk8man]

Sounds as though it could be the freshwater jellyfish... the freshwater shrimp have been there for years and the perch do actively feed on them but the huge hoards of them don't really resemble jellyfish. A lot of times when you see large schools of perch under the ice and they won't readily bite that is what they are often feeding on (freshwater shrimp).....they sometimes come up puking them and stuffed full.

Edited December 7, 2015 by Sk8man

[Skidplate]

Maybe a good food source hopefully that's all

[FishingTheFL]

Probably why tube jigs been producing on Seneca when nothing else is...

Did you get any perch? Cayuga is slowing down. Got skunked last two days.

Edited December 7, 2015 by FishingTheFL

[Skidplate]

I wasn't with him but no fish

[Skidplate]

Just showed him the link he said that they looked just like that

Edited December 7, 2015 by darkwater1

[Gill-T]

Reading the biology.....I would say they are not good for food web. Eating zooplankton is like having another Quagga/Zebra Mussel species sucking up the goodies. They prefer large zooplankton species like copepods which are becoming the dominant species in Lake Ontario. This sucks. Imagine the time and gas money spent fishing near the "bait pod" and in reality you are dragging your baits thru jellies.....wtf. Another import from China!

[Pequod1]

Brought a smile to my face. Taught many a year about the Phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterates) including the Hydrozoans. Probably responsible for putting more students to sleep than any other topic.