Answer is cannonball jellyfish (also called cabbage head jellyfish). I tried to find an image online but they had spots. These things are unspotted white and look like an oblong volleyball with very short tentacles (maybe 3-4 in tops). They used to swarm in the Mermentau and the lower Vermilion when the water ran salty in August. I can remember snagging 10 of them for every red caught on more than a few occasions. These things are apparently edible (in Japan anyway). I wish I would have paid more attention to the cajun names of things when I was a teenager, I know many but forget a ton. Good guesses guys.
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