View Full Version : Id blk/purple alive blobs in hoop nets??... So cal waters
BALLERONBUDGET
02-17-2011, 04:45 PM
CATCH A FEW OF THESE WEIRD MOVING 3LB BLOBS IN THE NETS..... TURN OVER AND HAS MOVING FEET?? BIG DOUGHY FEEL .... ANYONE KNOW WAT THIS IS??? thnxx
Hometown
02-17-2011, 05:18 PM
sounds like a sea slug did it release purple ink when irratated
exfactor
02-17-2011, 11:32 PM
pics would help. probably sea slug
DockRat
02-18-2011, 05:27 AM
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/duffyisneat/DSCN4928.jpg
BALLERONBUDGET
02-18-2011, 02:43 PM
ones were pulled up with 8-10in rounded . like giant dough balls. .. no pix cuz too dark and we toss them over asap...
Famous Ticketz
02-18-2011, 08:53 PM
eat it and tell me how it taste
smokehound
02-18-2011, 08:55 PM
http://tidepooling.typepad.com/tidepooling_on_the_southe/images/gumboot_chiton_curled_1.jpg
It's purple. Blob-like. Has a gummy-doughy feeling. This is a gumboot Chiton, a form of snail.
Just a guess..
BALLERONBUDGET
02-19-2011, 07:11 AM
sure that was it. just not as colorful.. ugly and covered in kelp leaves most the time we bring em up! thnx for id