Bulbous things on fallen trees

[jooleyen]

I was fishing up north and noticed one tree in particular that had a bunch of round bee-hive lookin things on it maybe the size of a cantaloupe - they actually looked like cantaloupes, but they were underwater. Anyways, off of one tree with these thingys on it, we caught three three pounders, lost a four pounders, and got multiple small fish from it. It seemed like every six or seventh fallen tree had these. What the heck are those things? I need to find out.

[robertmee]

Sounds like frog egg sacs.

[Wishing2BFishing]

Jooleyan, I think you are the first member to use the word "bulbous" in a post.

[Lancer6]

Originally Posted by Wishing2BFishing

Jooleyan, I think you are the first member to use the word "bulbous" in a post.

Wishin' I think you are the first member to misspell Jooleyen's name AND use the word "bulbous" in a post.

Tomorrow's Magic Word is..."Antidisestablishmentarianism". The first member to properly use the word in a COHERENT sentence wins! See contest rules below.

No mean-spirited sentiments.
No profanity.
No erroneous information regarding Daiwa Viento reels.
Neatness counts.

Sample sentence: "When I saw Jooleyen's bulbous knees I had a sudden urge to scream 'Oh dear! This makes me doubt my belief in antidisestablishmentarianism!'"

L6

[robertmee]

I would bang the chick giving the definition of Antidisestablishmentarianism in this video. There, do I win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2_rSCnBQQ

[doc]

This one time in high school I hooked up with this really hot, but loose chick. Two days later I had to go the health office to get my antidisestablishmentarianism shot.

[jooleyen]

You people are freakin' crazy.

I could pitch a jig onto it and it just bounced off like it was hard as a rock.

Frog eggs look much like it, but not quite.

[doc]

Originally Posted by jooleyen

You people are freakin' crazy.

I could pitch a jig onto it and it just bounced off like it was hard as a rock.

Frog eggs look much like it, but not quite.

Not frog eggs, them dere is tadpole eggs

[Jim80]

maybe someone was trying their hand at making cement Christmas tree ornaments hence the trees ending up in the water

[Fishnngolfn]

Post a picture of them.

[3dkicker]

Gelatinous mass on the ends of the tree limbs. Seen it. Don't remember what it was.

[zooker]

seen it
no idea

zooker

[jooleyen]

I don't have pics of them thingers.

[JB]

jools if the mass turns ya on I can hook ya up with this babe


oh, and lance,
i'm sure that tony halls vision of antidisestablishmentarianism is decades past the true ideas of past.
while floccinaucinihilipilification may be complete nonsense,
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious can be a delightful song to sing in the shower while looking for your own personal mass........

[jooleyen]

LMAO dude.

[Lancer6]

Originally Posted by 3dkicker

Gelatinous mass on the ends of the tree limbs. Seen it. Don't remember what it was.

I thunked a Gelatinous Mass was some sorta thing they do at the Vatican.

L6

[bamabassman]

did someone say jello? hahahaha, where is bill cosby ? hahahahaha.

[basstech]

They are plankton colonies, not sure if it's fylo or philo plankton. something like that though. It's been a long time since I studied that stuff, but it is a sign of very good water quality. They are very sensitive to polution and chemicals and stuff.

[Captmikestarrett]

Horse apples..and I am not cursing...




Capt Mike

[Bmuskin]

Bryozoans

Bryozoans are tiny colonial animals that are fairly common in lakes and streams with suitable habitat. Different species form colonies that range in appearance from delicate wispy moss-like growths to basketball-size gelatinous masses. Each colony is made of many individual creatures called "zooids." Zooids are microscopic cylindrical creatures with a mouth, digestive tract, muscles, and nerve centers. The zooids are covered by a protective matrix which may be delicate, hard, or gelatinous depending on the species. They feed by filtering tiny algae and protozoa through a crown of tentacles (lophophore). Bryozoan colonies grow by budding from the adult zooids. New colonies will establish from a free-swimming, microscopic larval stage or by growth of dormant spore-like "statoblasts." Most Bryozoans live in salt water, and of the 20 or so freshwater species found in North America, most are found in warm-water regions attached to plants, logs, rocks and other firm substrates. The forms most likely encountered in the northwest are translucent, brownish-gray, jelly-like masses that look like they have little black dots embedded in them.

[Bmuskin]

Oh and by the way
What we have are a series of prefixes and suffixes attached to a root word. Anti-dis-establishment-arian-ism. Anti is against. Dis is like the slang word "dis" which comes from disrespect. Very similar to anti only it reverses the meaning of the root, it's like the prefix un in undo. Arian has nothing to do with Germans in this case, but it's a member of or an adherent of something. Like librarian or parliamentarian. Ism is a set of beliefs or principles like libertarianism or capitalism.



The establishment in question was the church in England way back when, which had special legal prerogatives, such as levying taxes, i.e., forced tithing. Removal of the church's special status in government and society was disestablishment. So, antidisestablishmentarianism is a belief against adherents of undoing the establishment of the church.

[lowrider]

wow my brain hurts...

thanks for the lesson there, bmuskin, but hot4words kept my attention much better.

[jooleyen]

HMM, Bryozoans. That looks like it might be it. Now what are the bass near them for?

[3dkicker]

My guess would be that they are a food source for the small bluegill or perch.

[basstech]

Thanks Bmuskin, guess I was told wrong. Nice info.