Nonsurfers can head to the high seas for some world-class deep-sea fishing and may be surprised at their unusual level of success.

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James Cameron, the director of "Avatar, " and Richard Branson, with Virgin Oceanic, are each planning to head for the deepest seas of the western Pacific with single-person subs that travel hundreds of feet a minute.

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"I was on board Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas and found our head of sales in the gym" on an elliptical, he recalls.

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