New Year, New Fishing Travel Links
We continue to scour the web for stories, links and news that will affect your ability to travel to fish in the years to come. Whether you’re going somewhere new in ’24 to get bit, or headed back to the same places you’ve visited for decades – or even if you’re just going to remain in the recliner and see how the other half lives – we’ve got you covered.
Here's a set to start the year:
Off We Go: Mexicana Del Aviacion Soars Back To The Skies — Well, judging from the rest of the article, “soars” may be a bit of hyperbole, and there are some hurdles they must overcome, but more flight options to Mexico is always a good thing.
Spirit Airlines Brings Home Alone 2 to Life After Putting a 6-Year-Old Child on the Wrong Plane — After a couple of “issues,” we swore off Spirit around a decade ago, and stories like this, while unlikely to happen to us (we’re childless) still don’t provide a warm fuzzy feeling about returning.
The newest pain point in air travel is slowing down travelers who paid for convenience — If you always want to maximize efficiency at security, it pays to have Clear AND PreCheck, or perhaps your own plane. “As more people have gotten it, Clear is more useful a smaller percentage of the time.” At what point will it cease to be a good investment?
New TSA Screening Will Get You Through Security in 12 Seconds—Here's How — I’m a little bit wary of “self-service screening,” but if they can find a way to make it faster, potentially cheaper, and at least as safe, then I’m willing to listen. Apparently the first rollout was at one of our three local airports so I hope to have a chance soon.
Orlando Airport Begs Travelers Not To Use Festivus Decoration As Stripper Pole — The official instruction was: “Please do not climb on the Festivus Pole. The Festivus Pole is not a Dancing Pole.”
Alaska Airlines to raise baggage fees in 2024 — Not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things (five bucks more apiece for first and second checked bags), but it’ll make that salmon and halibut cost a little bit more.
Did anything good happen in 2023? Actually, yes! — All Debbie Downers take heed – some of the good news will address the fisheries and ecosystems we regularly fish. For example, deforestation in Brazil fell by 50 percent year over year, and 190 countries signed a deal to provide increasing protections to the world’s oceans.
Where are you headed this year? First up for us are trade shows in Chicago and Nashville, which should just further whet our appetites to get on the road and in the air to catch more fish.
