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csimon
31 May 2007, 12:36am
This is a long video but you don't have to watch to whole thing to get the idea. Simply hilarious ...but seems so natural to us cajuns.

Take a peek here.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.fullscreen&videoid=1125465453
Hawk
31 May 2007, 3:02am
Love it.
Especially when the driver of the boat gets whacked in the face breaking his sunglasses.
The look on his face was priceless.
csimon
31 May 2007, 3:06am
Did the guy at the end say they were catching tarpon? I still haven't figured out what species that is and my hearing isn't so great anymore.

Glad you liked it Hawk!
Leonardo
31 May 2007, 7:36am
Did the guy at the end say they were catching tarpon?No, he said "carp." Didn't look like carp to me, but then, the video was a bit grainy, but the action shots were fantastic.

I've just got to do that some day! No, and fried carp is not all that bad. Those guys will definitely have freezers full.

Great video. Thanks.
RWB
31 May 2007, 8:24am
OMFG! I never seen fish jumping like that before, I'm definitely gonna have to show my brother this! That looks like a load of fun.
primesuspect
31 May 2007, 2:53pm
Those are not carp. I'm no expert, but I know that those aren't carp.

//edit: Okay, they are apparently Asian Silver Carp. I amend my original statement to say "I'm no expert, but I know that those aren't domestic carp."

;)
Gargoyle
31 May 2007, 3:04pm
Orca. They're hunting orca.
pseudonym
1 Jun 2007, 5:25am
Orca. They're hunting orca.

Holy crap!!! Look at the shark jump!!?!?!?!!!:wow2:
Crazy Joe
1 Jun 2007, 5:50am
Orcas are not sharks, they're dolphins...
Leonardo
1 Jun 2007, 5:54am
they are apparently Asian Silver CarpIf you say it, Prime, I've no doubt you are correct, but how did you find out? I watched the whole video twice, trying my darnedest (in between wide-eyed laughter) to figure what kind of fish those were. At the end, one of the bowfishers said "carp." Not like any carp I've ever seen.

Flying kung fu bad attitude spiderman carp!
Leonardo
1 Jun 2007, 5:58am
Orcas are not sharks, they're dolphins...Orcas are whales. Dolphins and porpoises are also considered to be whales by some biologists.
Crazy Joe
1 Jun 2007, 6:44am
No. Orcas are dolphins.

Taxonomy of Orcas

Kingdom-Animalia
Phylum-Chordata
Class-Mammalia
Order-Cetacea <-- This order includes dolphins, whales, and porpoises.
[Suborder]-Odontoceti <--- The other suborder here (Mysticeti) contains the baleen whales (humpbacks etc.)
Family-Delphinidae <--- Dolphin family, related to whales, but seperate family. Other familys under this order are porpoises, beluga whales, sperm whales etc.
Genus-Orcinus
Species-orca
Jokke
1 Jun 2007, 11:33am
Why does the fish jump like that?
primesuspect
1 Jun 2007, 2:23pm
Badass ninja internet skills :ninja:

http://www.brackettoutdoors.com/cbfishstory.htm
Thrax
1 Jun 2007, 2:30pm
It's a Orphinark.
mmonnin
1 Jun 2007, 2:45pm
Fish move their fins from left to right.
Mammals move their fins up and down.

Orca...whales...humans...all mammals, we all swim alike.
QCH
1 Jun 2007, 2:49pm
I've been by there store!!!! My cousin use to live in Peoria and worked at the Caterpillar Plant. I'll have to take a look at this sometime!!! :D
mmonnin
1 Jun 2007, 8:01pm
I saw something similar in another video. It wasnt bowfishing but the fish were jumping out of the water like crazy. They were smaller fish but still amazing.

Good ol' youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLCairlW_EA
Jokke
1 Jun 2007, 10:34pm
Orca...whales...humans...all mammals, we all swim alike.

Well, humans can swim three ways, as we have two separate legs. Vi have the classic "spread your legs and put them together again"-method, we have the "move your legs up and down together"-method and the "move your legs up and down separately"-method.
Jokke
1 Jun 2007, 10:36pm
Badass ninja internet skills :ninja:

http://www.brackettoutdoors.com/cbfishstory.htm

Interesting. They get scared by the propeller and the boat, and their first reaction is to go CLOSER to the sound and out into the open? Some weird fish...
csimon
2 Jun 2007, 2:15am
I saw something similar in another video. It wasnt bowfishing but the fish were jumping out of the water like crazy. They were smaller fish but still amazing.

Good ol' youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLCairlW_EAWell down here and I'm sure in other places the mullet do the same thing. The ones that I've seen jumping are usually way smaller than those carp but they do get to at least around 24".

Well, humans can swim three ways, as we have two separate legs. Vi have the classic "spread your legs and put them together again"-method, we have the "move your legs up and down together"-method and the "move your legs up and down separately"-method.

What about the frog kick ...or is it just me?:eek3: I can swim backwards too ...not many people even want or care to do that! LOL