Jellyfish in Cumberland

[biggw]

That guy asking about musky in cumberland lake how many of you guys have seen jellyfish there????? I for one have seen them o yes wormin was with me at the time lol--has any one seen them too ?

[DJD]

Yep, I have seen them in several bodies of water in Kentucky...

[Wormin]

You guys are nuts, there no jellyfish in Ky.LOL

[fisheater]

Ive seen thousands of them in Harrods creek one day by the first bridge,and oh yes i had a friend with me to witness it.All the guys at work thought i was a nut when i told them but i called one of the people down at the falls observatory and she said yep they dont get much bigger than a nickel.Crazy.

[the_donger]

Are they the kind that are not poisonous to people? Antbody have any further info on the type/species?

[jcb]

Antbody have any further info on the type/species?

They are quite plentiful and are a primary food source for several aquatic species. A research team from Woods Hole Institute recently published photographic evidence of this little-known link in the Lake Cumberland food chain. The link below goes to a photo showing their interaction with other species:

http://tinyurl.com/yr3yrl

[VMAXX]

They are quite plentiful and are a primary food source for several aquatic species. A research team from Woods Hole Institute recently published photographic evidence of this little-known link in the Lake Cumberland food chain. The link below goes to a photo showing their interaction with other species:

http://tinyurl.com/yr3yrl

Thats the jellyfish I thought of first!!

[jcb]

Thats the jellyfish I thought of first!!

You must have kids too. :-)

[buzzking]

Oh yea, well I saw a Stingray the last time I was on Dale Hollow.........I got the hell out of the as quick as possible...

[Wormin]

Hey don
What other lakes have you seen them in?

[jcb]

http://tinyurl.com/3xyjvq

shows their distribution in KY

(serious this time LOL)

[JoeB]

You guys need to go back to a biology 101 class. There are no freshwater jellyfish in North America. Don't know what you've seen, maybe bryzoan attached to sticks, but it was NOT jellyfish.