" Go flee a kite " may soon mean the same thing as " go fish , " thanks to an age - quondam technique that ’s being conform for modern exercise .
This specialised kite fishing technique , now employed bycoastal U.S. anglersaboard fishing boat , affect live lure suspended directly below a nylon kite . It ’s used primarily to catch great saltwater Pisces , wander fromsailfishto blackfin tuna . Another pipeline freestanding from the decoy lines attaches the kite to the boat with a clip that give up when the one of the come-on lines is reeled in by hand .
Some of theearliest documentationof kite sportfishing get along via European explorers in the late 1500s , who witness southeasterly Asian fishermen in a canoe using a kite and two lengths of cordage — one that serve as kite line and one that serve as fishing course . A big bundle of spiderwebs or a baited gin were attached to the sportfishing line , with the intent to catch needlefish . The observers noted the method was surprisingly successful . And in the early 1900s during visit toIndonesia , European travelers saw local fishermen using a individual , large plant foliage as a kite . There , and in other island nations like those of Polynesia , kite fishing continues to be used as a traditional way of catching fish .
advanced kite fishing , though , involve bright colored kites made of sailcloth design to withstand heavy wind conditions . Occasionally , He - fulfill balloon are affixed to the kites , induce kite fishing potential on day when there is n’t much wind — the practice ordinarily requires winds of between 5 and 25 mph ( 8 and 40 kph ) .
Overall , the proficiency allows angler to put a number of line in the water at one prison term , increase the betting odds of take in a fish . Kite sportfishing also takes the bait angle a smashing length from the boat than a traditional pole orfly fishingmethod might , offering the illusion that the prey is at a safe distance from a potentially harmful interloper .
