Jellyfish in Cumberland

Hey Joe B
Fisherys Boilogist Paul Rister said they started showing up in KY waters in the early 60s. Heres his E mail paul.rister@ Ky. gov

thank God somebody else finally saw them. i honestly saw one bout 4 inches in diameter early one morning way back in late 60s or maybe even 70 in alligator creek while fishing off the bow of my sailboat. it was so unreal that i could hardly believe my eyes and when i called to my two friends in the cabin below to come see it was too late. it just slowly fanned its way downward. i wonder if stocking the stripers had anything to do with it, since they are anadromous to begin with. back then they were referred to as rockfish. yeah my friends thought i had lost my marbles too. they are real, people.

Man I could swear I saw them down at the fall of the ohio the other day....Oh I'm sorry SMUCKERS BARGE...

I have seen them about every time out on Laurel for the past 15 years. Maybe the size of a quarter. May not be an official jelly fish but they are the dwarf version.......

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Here is a link to a good source that talks about the freshwater jelly fish found in Patoka Lake.

I've seen those jelly fish looking things before in Herrington...They look like a jelly fish to me...they were about the size of a dime or less...seemed to be suspended less than one foot deep... this sighting was in the back of Tanyard Creek in the late fall.

The jellies are there all the time for cumberland,laurel, an dale hollow,they are not jellyfish