I have always believed in
the unique perspectives of fishing. The underwater perspective
is when you put on mask and fins, jump in the water and
take a look around. The on-the-water perspective occurs
when you get in a boat and fish and lastly the bird’s
eye view that you can get only from the air. Over the
years, I have learned a lot about the geography (where
to fish) of an area by looking at charts and then flying
over the areas. This is nothing new and it has been done
for many years in the Florida Keys and Bahamas. Basically,
with a chart you get a two-dimensional drawing of an overhead
view. When you add the dimension of an airplane to the
equation, you add much of the detail that is not shown
on a chart. All the places where fish should be are much
more obvious from an airplane… or maybe it's just
fun to fly.
 Recently,
I went up to Merritt Island to look at a plane that
you actually build out of fiberglass and composite materials.
A company called Aerocomp Inc. manufactures these airplanes
and we are working together to build one that will be
used as an integral part of the show. There are many
reasons for this addition including aerial shots that
we use in the show, the ability to travel and explore
remote areas with short landing strips, the ability
to add floats to the plane and land in remote waters,
getting that birds eye view of an unexplored area...
and maybe, just because it's fun to fly.
On a serious note, Aerocomp Inc. not only makes high
performance planes, but they also make several catamaran
boats. The catamarans can be powered by outboards and
used as cruising or mother ship boats in remote areas.
So now we will be able to use the plane for transportation
needs and the mother ships for base platforms to explore
these remote areas. Some of the show that will be in
next year’s line up will be of that nature. In
addition, the fact that you can just jump in an airplane
and go directly to the Bahamas, or places in Florida
or Mexico at a moments notice has really opened up some
of the more spontaneous fishing and travel opportunities...
plus... it sure is fun to fly.
We will show you the plane as it goes through the building
process so keep checking in.
www.aerocompinc.com
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