What is Jumping in the bay - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

tymo · 10-03-2009, 06:20 AM

do have any idea why they are jumping

LipYanker · 10-03-2009, 07:02 AM

because thats what mullet do. Where I'm from in Florida we have a yearly competition for charity. Its called the mullet toss. A bunch of rednecks (no offense to any rednecks out there) get together and see who can throw a mullet the farthest. I got 96 feet and came in 3rd in '06. The winner had 120 feet and was a semi pro baseball player. The cool thing was I finally won a raffle and made $150 on the 50%/50%.

sorry to hijack your thread, but felt i should share my mullet knowledge with you.

deepdvr · 10-03-2009, 08:46 AM

You should see them in the carlsbad lagoon. They get pretty big and I had one jump over the bow of my yak. It definitely made me flinch. Almost reminded me of those jumping asian carp that have infested the rivers in the midwest. There are plenty of videos of boaters/fisherman getting whacked in the face by those jumping turds as they zoom down the river.

I hear they are quite sporty on fly gear or light tackle but they'll only hit bread/dough or flies.

bennofish7 · 10-03-2009, 09:45 AM

I read that the reason they jump out the water like that is that they actually gulp air when they are airborne. They always remind me of that character on the Muppets Show.

10-03-2009, 07:02 AM	#2
LipYanker Have rods, will travel! Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 40	because thats what mullet do. Where I'm from in Florida we have a yearly competition for charity. Its called the mullet toss. A bunch of rednecks (no offense to any rednecks out there) get together and see who can throw a mullet the farthest. I got 96 feet and came in 3rd in '06. The winner had 120 feet and was a semi pro baseball player. The cool thing was I finally won a raffle and made $150 on the 50%/50%. sorry to hijack your thread, but felt i should share my mullet knowledge with you. __________________ Tight Lines HJL "LipYanker"

10-03-2009, 06:20 AM	#1
tymo Junior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 21	do have any idea why they are jumping

10-03-2009, 08:46 AM	#3
deepdvr Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 591	You should see them in the carlsbad lagoon. They get pretty big and I had one jump over the bow of my yak. It definitely made me flinch. Almost reminded me of those jumping asian carp that have infested the rivers in the midwest. There are plenty of videos of boaters/fisherman getting whacked in the face by those jumping turds as they zoom down the river. I hear they are quite sporty on fly gear or light tackle but they'll only hit bread/dough or flies.

10-03-2009, 09:45 AM	#4
bennofish7 Junior Join Date: May 2007 Location: carlsbad Posts: 10	I read that the reason they jump out the water like that is that they actually gulp air when they are airborne. They always remind me of that character on the Muppets Show.