NEW! Big Game Kite Fishing Now Easy, Reliable & Economical for Everyone.
Unique
FISHING
HELIKITES
®
Just One
Helikite Does It All!
Flies automatically from nil to 25 mph. Takes the
place of multiple normal kites.
Helikite does the flying, so you can
concentrate on fishing.
PRO FISHING HELIKITE
Lifts up to four fishing lines + release clips
Size: 4.5ft x 3ft x 2.5ft
Helium Volume: 0.7m3 (24cubic feet)
For a printable brochure, click on the PDF
BAIT SKIPPER HELIKITE
Lifts one fishing line + release clip
Size: 3ft x 2ft x 1.3ft
Helium Volume: 0.13m3 (4.5cubic feet)
For a printable brochure, click on the PDF
FISHING KITES IMPROVE FISHING
Kite Lures are Better at Attracting Fish
Kites gently lift live baits to the surface of the water, where their position and violent thrashing sends shock waves through the water that alerts and attracts predatory fish - far more than a bait pulled by just a rod and line.
Kites Do Not Frighten Fish
Kites dangle the baitfish in the water so that almost no leader is in the water to frighten fish.
Realistically Skip Flying-Fish Lures
The kite's unique upwards pull is the only way to skip flying-fish lures realistically over the water to attract tuna or other big game fish when trolling.
Fish Not Frightened by Boat's Wake
Kites can be positioned so the bait or lure is hundreds of yards to the side of the trolling fishing boat, so the fish are not frightened by the boat's wake.
Go Where Boats Cannot
Kites can deploy baited hooks over areas where boats cannot go, such as reefs, rocks and shallows.
Catch Very Wary Fish
On occasion, numerous big game fish can be seen swimming about for hours on the boat's fish-finder sonar, but never taking rod and line bait. However, these fish are often tempted by a kite-deployed bait or lure.
Boat Not Needed
Kites can be used from shore if the wind is in the correct direction. They can pull baits and lures over the sea, lakes, or rivers, far further than ever possible with rod and line.
WHY USE FISHING HELIKITES INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL FISHING KITES?
Ease of Use
All traditional kites are tricky to adjust, launch and fly. Add a fishing line to the mix, and there is considerable potential for kites crashing and lines tangling, causing huge amounts of frustration and lost time. Fishing Helikites eliminate all this trouble as they fly themselves automatically, with or without human help, in winds from 0 – 25 mph. This turns kite fishing from a highly skilled professional activity, to something anyone can do instantly with no skill required. Helikites make kite fishing absurdly easy!
Reliability
There is no comparison between the reliability of kites and Helikites. Helikites will ALWAYS fly within their published design specifications. Traditional kites MAY fly.
Simplicity
Helikites require no tricky bridle adjustment, no stressful launch, no skilled kite flying pilot. No rubber balloons to tape and tie on. Just fill the Helikite and it will fly automatically every time.
Economy
Like many economical products, Helikites may be more expensive to buy initially, but they are about 80 times cheaper to run per day than the common alternative of traditional kites + rubber balloons. So, for regular kite fishermen, Helikites are far more economical.
All-Weather
On the nicest fishing days, with warm, calm weather, traditional fishing kites are seldom easy to fly without the addition of a rubber balloon costing $80 per day. Helikites hold their helium for months, so they are always ready for those warm fishing days at minimal cost and no trouble. Helikites are also instantly ready for operating in foul weather and high winds.
Less Stress = More Fun
Flying Fishing Helikites is incredibly easy and great fun, compared to the stressful struggling often involved with attempting to fly traditional fishing kites.
No Lost Kites
When traditional fishing kites fall into the water they are often damaged by the retrieve when being powerfully winched through the water back to the boat. Spars can break, time is lost and spare kites are needed. Helikites do not ever fall into the water, so do not get damaged in this way.
More Fishing.
Fishing Helikites enable instant fishing. No time wasted compared with traditional fishing kites. Fish far more in the valuable time available.
Fishing Helikites are new products. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call direct, or email us for more information and discounts. We are always pleased to receive your phone calls during UK office hours.
Direct From UK phones: 01425 654967
Direct From US phones: 01144 1425 654967
Worldwide phone number: (+)44 1425 654967
FISHING HELIKITE DOES IT ALL !
Taking the place of multiple kites.
To cover all possible wind angles, you need up to four traditional kites. Low wind and balloon, medium wind, high wind and very high wind.
But just ONE Fishing Helikite flies automatically in ALL these winds 0-28mph so only ONE Fishing Helikite is every needed, keeping it easy and simple.
With their innovative design, Fishing Helikites provide a stable and reliable platform for your bait, allowing you to fish in areas that were previously inaccessible.
Kite fishing for game fish is an exciting and challenging experience that requires skill and patience.
With the right equipment and technique, you can increase your chances of catching these creatures.
Whether you're a seasoned angler or a beginner, kite fishing for marlin and other game fish is an adventure you won't forget.
HOW CAN FISHING HELIKITES CATCH MORE GAME FISH AND SAVE MONEY?
Fishing Helikites provide more valuable fishing time to catch more fish.
Traditional fishing kites are excellent at catching fish when flying perfectly. However, they are often difficult to adjust, launch and fly.
Every Fishing Helikite will fly in all wind speeds from 0 to 22 knots.
One Fishing Helikite does it all. This time saved could be the difference between winning and losing a tournament.
How is this amazing wind range achieved?
A Fishing Helikite has a tough, plastic helium balloon permanently attached at its bow, which contributes both helium lift and aerodynamic lift. It is overall lighter-than-air, so it flies well when there is no wind, or just the faintest breeze. Low wind conditions that cause traditional kites to fall down do not affect Fishing Helikites, which always remain flying. If a tighter Helikite flying line is needed to pull out more fishing lines, weights and adjustments can be made to the Fishing Helikite, or a supplied drogue can be added to give even more drag when the boat is ‘bumped’ along slowly over the fishing area.
The 0 to 25mph wind range of the Fishing Helkite is the highest of any small kite in the world. It flies in all these winds with no adjustment. The Fishing Helikite is not just a balloon, but an aerodynamic, balloon-kite hybrid, so winds actually push the Helikite up in a very steady manner, instead of downwards. The Helikite is both wind and helium stabilised and so constantly self-rights itself in high winds. Gravity is the most stable force in the sky, so utilising it keeps the Helikite very stable too. This allows fishing in bad weather conditions with confidence and also enables the high-speed trolling of baits, such as when skipping flying fish lures over the waves to attract large game fish. Unlike some traditional fishing kites, Fishing Helikites will always reliably launch from large fishing vessels despite the turbulence caused by the main cabin.
Once filled with helium, Fishing Helikites cost almost nothing to operate,
saving hundreds of dollars.
Many fishermen find traditional kites tricky and unreliable to fly and so attach a large rubber helium balloon to the back of the kite to provide a bit more lift. However, these $25 rubber balloons are porous to helium, losing about 50% of their helium per day, so only good for one day’s fishing, meaning a new balloon plus $50 of helium are needed every day. This works out at $2,250 per month!
The Fishing Helikite uses a special plastic balloon that lasts for many months and only loses about 0.5% of helium per day costing about fifty cents. Fishing Helikites make regular kite fishing both easy and economical - great for every fisherman and perfect for charter or tournament skippers.
Once initially filled with about $100 of helium, the Fishing Helikite costs so little to operate, that it can be used every day without financial concern.
The Fishing Helikite doubles the fishing area by utilising the downwind side
of a drifting boat.
When drifting without kites, only the upwind side of a fishing boat can be utilised for rod fishing. The downwind side is completely wasted. So only a fraction of the possible water is being fished. Huge numbers of fish may be missed this way. Fishing Helikites are so simple to use that any fisherman can now easily fish the downwind side of a boat with confidence that his Fishing Helikites will not fall into the water, whatever happens to the wind. Also, Helikites fly far steadier than traditional fishing kites, so a line of baits can be held very steadily in the top 12 inches of the water. Steady baits are far better at catching game fish, than baits being pulled out of the sea all the time.
Fishing Helikites can provide 100-yard-wide outriggers. For greater coverage and
better bait presentation.
The Fishing Helikite's unique combination of gravity stability plus aerodynamic stability allows this. Fishing Helikites have a number of Velcro pockets on their sides to hold lead weights which hold one side down whilst the helium powerfully holds the other side upwards. This, combined with a patented adjustable keel, means Fishing Helikites can be easily set to zoom along sideways like an airborne torpedo with tremendous stability at any speeds up to 16 knots. This allows multiple baited lines to be set far away from the boats wake, greatly improving fishing coverage and increasing the chances of wary fish taking the bait. More coverage and better bait presentation is likely to lead to more fish being caught.
The Fishing Helikite never sinks into the water when fishing.
The Fishing Helikite is significantly lighter-than-air so it can fly in nil wind, but, uniquely, it is also very capable of flying in high winds. The 0.7m3 Fishing Helikite, with its standard medium weight spar and no side weights, has a design maximum speed of 22 knots, well above all required trolling speeds. Even if a boat pulls the Fishing Helikite faster than 22 knots and in these extreme conditions it does hit the water, it just immediately bounces straight into the air again! The skipper will instinctively slow slightly and the Helikite will instantly fly back into the sky automatically.
No broken kite, no tangles, no lost baits, no lost fishing time.
Fishing Helikites fly so reliably that if a fish is caught and being played, the other baited lines can be rapidly put back into the water, so fishing can continue uninterrupted while fish are being played, which is a huge advantage over rod fishing.
The Fishing Helikite is stored fully inflated ready for instant use when fish are seen.
There is no time to be lost when fish are biting! As they hold helium so well, Fishing Helikites can be stored in the boat fully inflated for weeks - allowing launch within seconds.
They are deliberately made small enough to fit through doors for safe storage in the cabin. They also have an optional canvas cover that is excellent at protecting them both inside or outside in all weathers and enable the Fishing Helikite to be securely tied to the boat. Fishing Helikites will fit fully inflated into most vehicles so can easily be taken home, instantly ready for fishing next day.
Helium Requirements
The Pro Fishing Helikite requires 0.7m3 (24 cubic feet) of helium to fill it.
So two disposable helium tanks, commonly available from Amazon and many toy stores, containing 0.41m3 (14 cubic feet) are used. Once full, the plastic Helikite balloon only loses about 0.5% of helium per day. So, it will need a quick top-up with 3% of helium every 6 days. As, presently each of these 0.41m3 disposable helium tanks cost about $50, this means it will cost about $100 to fill the Pro Fishing Helikite initially, and then about $0.50 per day to keep it filled.
The small Bait Skipper Helikite only requires 0.13m3 (4.5cubic feet) of helium to fill it. So just one disposable helium tanks will fill three of the replaceable mylar balloons. Each balloon is likely to last about 30 fishing days and will lose about 0.5% of helium per day, and will require a 3% top up every 6 days. This means it will cost about $17 to fill the Pro Fishing Helikite initially, and then about $0.08 per day to keep it filled.
Helium Cost Comparison With Traditional Rubber Fishing Balloons
Over a few days, both Fishing Helikites are hugely cheaper in helium than normal rubber fishing balloons, that only last one day, cost $25 each and use up $50 of helium per day = $75 per day in total.
Over a full fishing season, Helikites can save many thousands of dollars in helium.
WHO ARE FISHING HELIKITES FOR?
FOR:
Charter guides who already use normal fishing kites.
Save time and trouble.
Massively reduce kite operating costs.
Increase profits.
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FOR:
Charter guides who do not presently offer kite fishing.
Attract new customers who want to go big game kite fishing.
Increase turnover and profits.
Catch more fish, faster.
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FOR:
Big Game Tournament Fishermen.
Save critical tournament fishing time by avoiding kite changes and crashes.
Catch more fish, faster.
Reduce kite running costs and crew.
Win more tournaments & prize money.
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FOR:
All Recreational Fishermen.
Kite fish in confidence that the Helikite will fly perfectly every time, in all conditions.
Catch large game fish by superbly trolling surface fishing lures, single handed.
Fish anywhere, from any fishing boat, sailboat, canoe or dinghy.
Compete on a level playing field with the pro kite fishermen in tournaments.
No boat? No problem. Helikites fish brilliantly from shore, lakeside, river banks.
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There are two types of Fishing Helikite: the handy and inexpensive Bait Skipper Helikite, and the larger Pro Fishing Helikite.
Bait Skipper Helikite
Size: L:3ft W:2ft H:1.3ft
A small, handy, steerable, Fishing Helikite to lift a single fishing line. Brilliant for presenting live bait, or a lure just under the surface of the water in winds from 0 – 25 mph, or for skimming flying fish lures realistically into the air, far off to one side of the boat at any trolling speeds.
Kit Includes:
Ripstop nylon Helikite Sail
Carbon Fibre Main Spar
3x Replaceable, High-Helium-Retention Mylar Balloons, each 0.13m3 (4.6 cubic ft) in gas volume.
Steering Weights
Repair Kit
Full Instructions
Price: £129 + Delivery
Pro Fishing Helikite
Size: L:4.5ft W:3ft H:2.5ft
A powerful Fishing Helikite to lift up to three fishing lines in all weathers. Superb of all types of big game fishing. Keeps even the heaviest baits on the surface of the water. Jump and skip flying fish lures. Very steady flight in all sea and wind condition from 0 – 25 mph.
Kit Includes:
Ripstop Nylon Helikite Sail
Strong, High-Helium-Retention, Permanent Plastic Balloon, 0.7m3 (24.5 cubic ft) in gas volume.
Carbon Fibre Main Spar
Carbon Fibre Keel Spar
Adjustable Ripstop Nylon Windsock.
Two Lightweight Windsocks
Steering Weights
Helium Filling Tube
Repair Kit
Full Instructions
Price: £750 + Delivery
Fishing Helikites are new products. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call direct, or email us for more information and discounts. We are always pleased to receive your phone calls during UK office hours.
Direct From UK phones: 01425 654967
Direct From US phones: 01144 1425 654967
Worldwide phone number: (+)44 1425 654967