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For those of us who want a break from DT! The highest fish jump caught on camera! (Original Post)
catbyte
Sep 2019
OP
Midnight Writer
(21,546 posts)1. He's yearning for the stars.
Duppers
(28,094 posts)2. Wow! Lookout seabirds.
NBachers
(16,999 posts)3. Notice how it arcs slightly at the end to make a clean entry.
RainCaster
(10,676 posts)4. Wow- what is that?
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)9. Lady that posted the video says King Mackerel.
Link to tweet
From Wikipedia...
The king mackerel is a medium-sized fish, typically encountered from 5 to 14 kg (30 lb), but is known to exceed 40 kg (90 lb).
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Yearling fish typically attain an average weight of 1.41.8 kg (3.14.0 lb) and a fork length of 60 cm (24 in). At age seven, females average 10 kg (22 lb), males 5 kg (11 lb). King mackerel may attain 40 kg (88 lb), but any over 7 kg (15 lb) is almost certainly a female.
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The king mackerel is a subtropical species of the Atlantic Coast of the Americas. Common in the coastal zone from North Carolina to Brazil, it occurs as far south as Rio de Janeiro, and occasionally as far north as the Gulf of Maine and also found in Eastern coast (Chennai) and Western coast of India.
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Yearling fish typically attain an average weight of 1.41.8 kg (3.14.0 lb) and a fork length of 60 cm (24 in). At age seven, females average 10 kg (22 lb), males 5 kg (11 lb). King mackerel may attain 40 kg (88 lb), but any over 7 kg (15 lb) is almost certainly a female.
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The king mackerel is a subtropical species of the Atlantic Coast of the Americas. Common in the coastal zone from North Carolina to Brazil, it occurs as far south as Rio de Janeiro, and occasionally as far north as the Gulf of Maine and also found in Eastern coast (Chennai) and Western coast of India.
From: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Scomberomorus-cavalla.html
Mature length range is 18" - 45" (45 - 114 cm) with common length of 27" (70 cm) and rare samples up to 72" (184 cm).
KY........
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)5. I'd give it a 10.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)6. Wheee that was a great jump and dive
ZZenith
(4,109 posts)7. How lucky is that little fish that he missed grabbing on his way out of the water?
I could swear the big fish seems just a little frightened at the apogee, like he doesnt know if he can hold his breath until he makes it back down.
Would love to know the length of that creature, for scale.
Fla Dem
(23,347 posts)8. Stuck the landing!