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Humans are losing the fight against flying fish

“I’ve had them hit me in the arms and legs,” says fisherman Clint Carter, who recalls one bone bruise on his shin that took weeks to heal.

On one outing near Carter’s home in central Illinois, a flying carp knocked his friend out cold. Another friend had his nose broken.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the carp can jump as high as 10 feet into the air when spooked by outboard motors or other disturbances.

Politicians in Michigan and Illinois are pushing for help to build barriers and blast annoying sounds to repel the fish. Meanwhile, boaters are taking matters into their own hands.