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
Al.com Just support poor reporting. Anything to scare someone that will make a problem where nothing exist.
AL.com is soon going to follow many of the other newspapers in the US and go bankrupt. We wont have to put up with their poor reporting forever. I just canceled my subscription to the BHM News because it is becoming less useful every year.
Also remember that the media are in business to sell "the news"; there is no requirement that it be completely accurate, only that it be compelling. Why else would they be so enraptured with Her Imperial Highness, the soon to be Queen Hillary?
I think that we've all agreed that it's a bad idea to allow this unique forum to devolve into a political or religious battlefield. There are dozens of places where a person can spout off about his/her general religious or political convictions. That said, there are times when Alabama politics affect recreational fishing. In that context, of course, it's completely appropriate to have those discussions. Otherwise, while it's tempting, in this political season, to want to discuss national politics here, it's just counterproductive to the friendly and cooperative atmosphere that characterizes this site.
Eym.. I agree, I think my question got off track. I only wanted to know if this was normal and does it affect fishing in anyway.
My bride got something on our last fall trip,when she got close to the pier that had a lot of sea weed/grass.....later saw on the news about irritation from the sea weed? And larva on it......never had a problem before or after......she stayed away from floating grassy areas
Seaweed is full of little critters, like larval fish, crabs, jellies, anemonies, etc.... So easy to see that you could have some irritation or rash after coming in contact with it.
Agreed, leave the political BS off this site, we don't need it here.
Go to AL Live and read the comments on any story if you don't have enough of that shit in your life.
Yep, eym-, Carl, What y'all said. I love that political stuff, and I am highly opinionated. Not real sharp, but opinionated. But that is not what I want here, at this place. Here, I get something better.