Anyone else seeing these on their boat hull lately ?

[fishinwrench]

Some kind of larva.   Zebra mussels ?      My bass boat hull is covered in them and I'm seeing them on customers boats too.  

They are transparent until they dry out, then they turn black.  

[Quillback]

Zebra mussel larvae are microscopic.  So I'm told, never have seen one in the flesh.

[fishinwrench]

[fishinwrench]

They are a bitch to clean off.  You have to scratch them off with a fingernail or plastic scraper then scrub like hell to get the remnants of each one off.     Total PIA !

I apparently ran through a big cloud of them.  Quite a few above the waterline but thickest at the bow right at the water line.

[Old plug]

That first photo sure looks like a zebra mussel. Maybe they are in that stage where they suspend and attach themselves. I never knew they. We're that big though when they did. 

[fishinwrench]

Maybe not Zebra's but regular mussels ?    The little tube/tail thing is what makes me think it is a mussel of some kind.  

[WeekendWarrior]

Just went and checked mine and it is clean

[Old plug]

I certainly hope so. I have not picked any or had them attached to anything I brought up up a one down here when jigging my spoons down here. 

 

[MOPanfisher]

Doesn't look a zebra mussell.  By that size they would be permanently attached.  Is there a noticeable shell.  Regular mussels don't attach to things I don't believe.  

[WeekendWarrior]

These come from gravois area or up the river?