Alien egg sacks ? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Saba Slayer · 03-03-2021, 11:57 AM

What the heck are these alien looking egg sacks...?

These 4 tubes with a sort of egg like sphere in each one were floating about as I was Rockfishing yesterday...can anyone identify them ?
They were about a foot long and almost seemed to be kind of swimming along...

GregAndrew · 03-03-2021, 03:04 PM

Probably a species of Salp

tak100 · 03-03-2021, 04:01 PM

Second that opinion. Google Salp images, I couldn't get it to paste into this reply.

Usually they are more than two, they can form long chains and vary in size from grapes to the size of you palm.

JohnMckroidJr · 03-03-2021, 04:42 PM

Does look like some kind of Salp.....Salp.jpg

https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature...ological-role/

Hunters Pa · 03-04-2021, 06:21 AM

porpoise condoms

katchfish · 03-04-2021, 06:54 AM

I've been seeing salps, moon jellyfish and purple-striped jellyfish recently at La Jolla.

Hopefully a sign of a flourishing ecosystem!

03-03-2021, 03:04 PM	#2
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Probably a species of Salp

03-03-2021, 04:01 PM	#3
tak100 Recruit Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 153	Second that opinion. Google Salp images, I couldn't get it to paste into this reply. Usually they are more than two, they can form long chains and vary in size from grapes to the size of you palm.

03-03-2021, 04:42 PM	#4
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,963	Does look like some kind of Salp.....Salp.jpg https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature...ological-role/

03-04-2021, 06:21 AM	#5
Hunters Pa Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fullerton Posts: 1,361	porpoise condoms

03-04-2021, 06:54 AM	#6
katchfish Paddle for Mahi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Doing the happy paddle! Posts: 849	I've been seeing salps, moon jellyfish and purple-striped jellyfish recently at La Jolla. Hopefully a sign of a flourishing ecosystem!