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5/5/2005 6:25:03 AM EDT
Heard this on the radio this morning on the way in...

news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050503/od_afp/australiafishoffbeat_050503172539

Holy mackerel! Fish floors Australian fisherman in revenge attack

SYDNEY (AFP) - In a fishy tale with a different ending, an Australian angler described how a five-foot mackerel jumped into his boat, knocked him down and injured him -- and then got away.

Glen Hopper said he suffered bruised ribs and cuts to his face and arms when the 1.5 metre (five foot) mackerel flattened him in what he dubbed a case of "fishy's revenge".

"It felt like I'd just run into a brick wall, because I was going 20 knots one way and it was speeding the opposite direction," Hopper, from Queensland state's Sunshine Coast, told the Australian Associated Press.

"I remember it coming out the water and the next thing I knew I'm in the back of the boat winded, trying to get my breath."

Hopper, 43, who was fishing on the Mooloolah River, estimated that the mackerel weighed about 30 kilogrammes (66 pounds). It shot into his boat, hitting him in the chin and chest, before spearing back into the water.

"It's fishy's revenge I suppose. It's been a bit of a laugh with my friends," he said.
5/5/2005 6:27:14 AM EDT
[#1]
"I got beat up by a girl, so I'd better say an invisible fish did it."  
5/5/2005 6:29:00 AM EDT
[#2]
I have spent a lot of time fishing offshore for Kingfish. They jump out of the water when they are after prey. I have seen them jump 8 to 10 feet straight up out of the water.
5/5/2005 6:29:07 AM EDT
[#3]
Reminds me of the story of the woman in Florida who had a 5 foot great barricuda jump into the boat and sliced her up. As I recall, she almost bled out. Strange what fish will do.
5/5/2005 6:31:54 AM EDT
[#4]
Understandable.  The winner of a King Mack tournament I was in a few weeks back was a 54lb-er.  My personal best was a 37lb that looked REALLY big when we pulled it into the boat.  They are big athletic fish.

Here is the WR at 90lbs:
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