For many anglers, getting away from it all is a dominant factor in why we fish. Now it seems that just when we think we’re far from the madding crowds, casting quietly in a remote area or trolling offshore with no boats in sight, we might not be alone after all. This is where we hear the deep, booming voice of the late Don Lafontaine (the voice of so many movie trailers). In a world where you think you’re “just fishing,” you’ve become the target of surveillance (cue ominous music), your every action watched and recorded by drones, far overhead.... There’s nowhere to run. While that is admittedly a bit dramatic, the idea of an eye in the sky isn’t just pie in the sky: It might be the shape of things to come, for better and/or worse. Earlier this year, government drones recorded violations of fisheries law in the Dry Tortugas; NOAA ...![Sport Fishing Mag]()
