100.16 - Fish Do Fly Sometimes

Flying Fish Alert

Attention Baitman Customers:

We have recently been receiving letters from our customers that they are actually seeing Fish "Flying" around them, and eventhough using our Worms, can't seem to catch a thing.

Our first impression, was that this was a Fisherman's "Tail" to scam a refund from the Baitman. It makes no sense to be possible, especially if you are using our State of Bait - 36" Worm.

However, we turned the matter over to our Research Department, and indeed, there seems to be some credibility to the "FLYING FISH" phenomena being experienced by our customers.

Flying fish can easily be identified by their huge "flying fins" and lopsided tails. Flying fish are capable of jumping out of the water and gliding through the air over considerable distances. Two-winged flying fish have exceptionally large pectoral fins that they spread out like wings during gliding flights. In addition to huge pectoral fins, four-winged flying fish also have enlarged pelvic fins used for gliding.

Flying fish have deeply forked tails and the lower lobe of the tail is much longer and larger than the upper lobe. In preparation for flight, flying fish swim quickly towards the water's surface and leap out of the water. Once they are out of the water, the fish use their large wing-like fins and the large lower lobe of their tail to glide through the air.

The enlarged lower lobe of the tail acts like an outboard motor, the speedy sideways motion of the tail allows the fish to gain height from the surface of the water, and extend the flight time. Fish can glide as far as 100 metres and as high as one metre above the surface of the water, but most flights are shorter.

Flying fish use their unusual flying talent to escape predators such as swordfish, tunas, and other larger fishes and Giant Worms like the Baitman 36" Terratris.

Fear not.... The Baitman Development Center is already researching and getting information from our "Net" and "Clubbing" departments and is confident that we will soon be able introduce another fine Baitman Product to meet this Fisherman need.

Baitman Enterprises

2/24/06
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