Thread: Watch out for these

Originally Posted by bobberwatcher

It would take one WAAAYYY bigger than that one to hurt that noggin of yours grubby...... :D

You got that right bobber i would have to agree with you lol.

my dad had one jump in the boat on chicot a couple weeks back that landed on one of his crappie poles and broke the end off.

haha, I was out there weekend before last. Somehow missed you Jerry, but did see you on the way out. Funny, I didn't expect any of them carp to be in Chicot, but boy was I surprised. I was just idling right there in front of the boat ramp and heard something but didn't pay it much attention. Couple seconds later I look over and here comes one right towards me...luckily it didn't have the right trajectory and ended up t-bonin' the side of the boat...and then I chuckled to myself thinkin' how Gooch would be screamin' like a little schoolgirl if he had been with me...

Originally Posted by L.A. stumpjumper

If you're fishing water that is connected to the Miss. river, they can be dangerous. This is the flying carp, Asian big mouth carp, imported here and now rampant in waters connected to the Miss. river. They react to outboard motor noise and jump several feet into the air and sometimes land in your boat as this one did. I got my arm up and fended him from hitting me, this one was in Lake Chicot and there were lots of them jumping.

You just gotta work with what nature gives you.

Wear a helmet when you are boating, by a bow and go bowfishing for them flying fish. I've seen it done on the Outdoor Channel and it looks like a major trip. Lol.

It's gotta be fun. Where else can you shoot at flying fish in a moving boat?

Originally Posted by FroMan

You just gotta work with what nature gives you.

Wear a helmet when you are boating, by a bow and go bowfishing for them flying fish. I've seen it done on the Outdoor Channel and it looks like a major trip. Lol.

It's gotta be fun. Where else can you shoot at flying fish in a moving boat?

The problem with these fish is that nature didn't give them to us---catfish farmers did. They've been introduced into an environment with no natural controls, and they're outcompeting our native species.