i have been wondering about this for a while. when i am wading at night besides the normal skittering of sandeels on the surface i well see green flashes about the size of silver dollars moving slowly around. i have seen the same kind of flashes under the lights on the canal but tons of them moving slowly around maybe pogys. they dont glow on there own. they look to big to be fire in the water.

round jellyfish..some get to be as big as a golf ball.

I had posted a thread back in 2002 with the same question.... http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=4539

Ctenophores (pronounced teen-uh-fours), or comb jellies. Very simple creatures that exhibit a trait called bioluminescence (they glow). They glow a greenish-blue when disturbed, which can only be seen in the dark. The glowing parts are their gonads, and are pretty much the only thing that are distinguishable from the rest of the jelly's clear body. The gonads are iridescent in daylight, but comb jellies do not hold their structure well at all if taken out of the water. If you try to hold one, it just kinda looks like you sneezed in your hand. Ctenophores are not that closely related to jellyfish. They are in their own phylum. They are carnivorous and are good food for sea turtles, jellyfish, and some fish, even though they are made of mostly water. I guess it's like people eating celery...

Lets Hook all the Oscar,s in the a ss sooooooooooooo they can cleanout the F #$%^&*() BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS :whackin:

Wrong thread there clammer... :D