also known as flying carp. while their behavior looks bizarre, they are responding to the boat s motor. it gets startled by this sound and reacts by leaping out of the water. look at this! wow! the fish frenzy is an entertaining spectacle. but there is a serious downside, too. we re getting whacked in the head. this species is a native species. it is not native. it speets with the native species for food source. they feed on plankton, making them an angler s nightmare, they re not just in these waters, the exploding population is infiltrating tributarys across the mid-west and alarmingly headed north towards the great lakes. within an hour, 21 fish have jumped on board the boat. matt and troy aren t planning on eating them.
all of a sudden that first fish comes flying out of nowhere. passes between us, bouncing off parts of the boat. there s one! a single jumping fish is unusual. but it s not enough to shock troy or mac. but within seconds, dozens of fish start leaping out of the water in all directions. left side, right side, front, back, all the way across the river. they were just jumping everywhere around the boat. oh! there s one! up on my shoulder! the fish are so active that the guys have to protect their heads. and it s no picnic for the cameraman either. boom! hit the cameraman. nailed me in the back. some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they re propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up to six feet in the air. the fish are asian silver carp also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat s motor.
they were just jumping everywhere around the boat. oh! there s one! up on my shoulder! the fish are so active that the guys have to protect their heads. and it s no picnic for the cameraman either. boom! hit the cameraman. nailed me in the back. some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they re propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up to six feet in the air. the fish are asian silver carp also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat s motor. it gets startled by this sound and reacts by leaping out of the water. look at this. the fish frenzy is an entertaining spectacle, but there s a serious downside too. this species really is
carp, also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat s motor. it gets startled by this sound and reacts by leaping out of the water. look at this. look, oh! the fish frenzy is an entertaining spectacle, but there s a serious downside, too. this species is really an invasive species. it is not native to these waters. and it does compete with the native species for food sources. s vosh the voracious fish feed on the figtght phytoplankton, aggressively preying on sport fish making them an langler s nightmare. they re not just in these waters. the exploding population is
troy or mac. but within seconds, dozens of fish start leaping out of the water in all directions. left side, right side, front, back, all the way across the river. they were just jumping everywhere around the boat. oh! there s one! up on my shoulder! the fish are so active that the guys have to protect their heads. and it s no picnic for the cameraman either. boom! hit the cameraman. nailed me in the back. some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they re propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up to six feet in the air. the fish are asian silver carp also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat s motor. it gets startled by this sound and reacts by leaping out of the water.