Fruit Pop Flight Challenge

The Fruit Pop minigame is found in Twilight Princess at Lake Hylia.

First a parrot called Plumm will fly down but will only speak to Wolf Link, then by howling Link summons a Kargarok. Once the game is started, Wolf Link and Midna will fly on the back off a Kargarok, up to the Zora River. The object is to pop as many balloons as possible to gain points, for each same color balloon popped, a bonus point will be awarded. If the Kargarok hits a wall or pillar the game will end.

Maximum points for Balloon types
Watermelon maximum points = 512

Orange maximum points = 1,536

Strawberry maximum points = 5,120

Awards
10,000 points are need to be awarded a Piece of Heart.

After that, 100 rupees will be awarded.

Maximum Score
What is the maximum score obtainable in this mini-game? It is 61,454 points. To get this, you have to get all the balloons before the first strawberry balloon and then all the strawberry balloons from then on.