I happen to run across this, is it a common occurrence and does it affect fishing?
Sea lice prompt beach warnings in Panhandle; Alabama coast clear | AL.com
http://wkrg.com/2016/06/02/creepy-cr...coast-beaches/
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I happen to run across this, is it a common occurrence and does it affect fishing?
Sea lice prompt beach warnings in Panhandle; Alabama coast clear | AL.com
http://wkrg.com/2016/06/02/creepy-cr...coast-beaches/
As you noted Sea Lice are the Larvae of Jelly Fish. Due this happens every year naturally. Again AL.com overstating for the news.
Its the ocean, there are jellyfish.
Not quite sure how this became "news".
My son went in the Gulf this past weekend and said he felt the mild sting, but didn't see any jellyfish.
I thought that this part was also bad reporting: " Sea lice are the larvae of jellyfish and other ocean stingers" - "Other OCEAN STINGERS"? What does that mean??? The author of the article, J.B. Biunno, called them jellyfish larvae "creepy crawlers", but noted they, "find their way onto shore in the currents". In other words, they don't crawl to get around.
In summary, they've not been reported in Alabama, they're not lice, don't bite and they don't crawl. It's tabloid-styled writing, not reporting the news, but instead, attempting to create a sensational story out of a normal, seasonal event.
Jellyfish!? Pfffft!
In the decades I surfed Alabama waters there was a real 'critter' we called "sea lice" but it was NOT a jellyfish.
It was one of the phases of blue crabs called megalops.
They are free swimming and will cling onto anything, pilings, ropes or other floatsom (like surfer's trunks) and they had a terrible habit of finding 'out of the way places' to latch onto you!!!!
THAT was a "sea lice"!
http://www.serc.si.edu/education/res...ecycle_jpg.jpg
"ocean stingers"
Don't remember that term back in biology class!
As well, I'm pretty sure that the poorly photo-shopped "lice" picture from the article wasn't that of jellyfish larvae. Al.com needs new contributing writers AND editors.
Just remember that whenever you enter the water, any natural body of water, you are an uninvited intruder and subject to to whatever the residents deem to be appropriate action.
Surfers call them "lil itchies" (I must have skipped that lecture ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlF