Kayaker gets flying fish to the face?

What is with the wierd kayak news lately? I'm sure we've all heard the stories about how "the fish just jump into the boat", but I never believed them!

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articl ... ddler.html

Flying fish knocks paddler from river race
Aug. 26, 2010 10:03 AM
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. - A fish out of water has sent a Texas kayaker onto dry land instead of the finish line at an annual Missouri River endurance race.

Houston resident Brad Pennington was considered one of the favorites among men's solo racers in the Missouri River 340, a canoe and kayak race that began Tuesday morning in Kansas City, Kan.

That was until a 30-pound Asian silver carp jumped from the water and hit him in the head. The fish are known to panic and jump in response to passing vessels.

Pennington says when the fish hit him, it felt like "a brick." He said Wednesday that he had to withdraw just hours into the race because of a "pounding, pounding headache."

A nurse suggested further medical treatment, but he declined.

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Psalm 107:23, 24 (KJV)
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

I have had small fish jump into the AI quite a few times...... Not 30 lbs though..

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Had about two dozen shrimp come up through the drive well while fishing. Switched from plastic to live bait. Figured the fish gods were trying to tell me something.

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