Unknown Creature found while Kayak Fishing?! - Targeting Kingfish, Kahawai and Blue Mao Mao!

[@tunite12]

Forskalia edwardsii, a siphonophore, a relative of the Portuguese man of war. Nasty sting, luckily you did not come in direct contact with it. Quite common in the Pacific and the most prevalent species of Siphonophores in New Zealands temperate oceans. Pleased you took a shot of lifting it out of the water for identification thanks.

[@leonberard5050]

Looks like a chain of salps

[@duncantorwick318]

Hi great vid as always. Are you doing the coromandel soft bait comp this year? If so you should try the fish bite fight club lures they might be the secret to catching the wining fish.

[@joey2658]

Hi would you recommand jigging at water depth about 20m? We have kingfish come to Chch in summer but most angler use softbait

[@Jake-ky9ed]

What’s average depth you hit there? Kayak range in our ocean is like 15meters? Not much depth be dropping big jigs? Cheers man, super interesting fishery you have there

[@RichardJackRobertson]

The mao mao are great cooked whole - steamed or floured and fried

[@Neil.W]

Some kind of siphonophore.

[@knowledgetome614]

It's one of the jellyfish species...can't remember which one though

[@otiezon7488]

Salps

[@phelyxz]

That's not an unknown creature. Those are eggs of loch Ness