OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE with WASSP’s true benefits was when we were fishing down the Baja Coast,” says Capt. Rich Hamilton of Quiteña, a Viking 62 sport-fisherman, about an area he’s known for years. ¶ “After mapping it, we discovered several new ridges and high spots,” he says, talking about the underwater contours. “We ended up with better numbers and quality fish than we’d ever experienced before in that area.… Once you have a hyper-accurate bathymetric chart of your fishing area, you don’t need to set waypoints. You have the treasure map.” ¶ Every angler wants that treasure map, of course, and getting it requires using sonar: a vessel’s underwater eyes and ears. But unlike human senses, sonars can be optimized to identify specific targets such as wrecks, structure or even…
