Jellyfish.
 

I don't recall ever seeing so many. East bay rivers coming through by the 1000s. Big 6 to 12". It's been like this for over a week. I was wondering if this was a normal cycle.

It's more or less a regular cycle, execpt as to where they will congregate the most. Some years it's south, some north, some inshore more than offshore, others the reverse of that.
I would be more worried if I didn't see ANY jellies.
That would be like not seeing horseshoe crabs in Duxbury Bay.
It's like the return of the swallows to Capistrano, or the Monarch Butterflies from Mexico in the spring/summer.

Alot of them in the Wareham Onset area too, everywhere on shore. Couldnt walk 10 feet without seeing one on the sand, also good size ones.

Warwick cove is covered wall to wall with small to medium red jellyfish

bright-blaze orange funkers all over the place...

A couple years ago you could not swim for a couple weeks in August on the Falmouth side of Buzzards Bay because they were so thick. Last weekend I saw a bunch of them in a local harbor.:fury:

They've been having trouble with them in Great Britain in recent years - so many that they fill nets and the trawlers can't fish.

east greenwich...... i stepped on a hugh one 3 feet wide on shore... seems this year theey are closer in shore

There are that many, 5 minutes, you could fill a 200 foot net.

The bigger ones are Lion's mane jellies, they are common at this time of year. They go bye bye when the water warms up a little.

I knew they go away with warmer water, I've just never see the sheer volume coming through.

actually snagged a couple while getting some squid the other night