Well more then his ability, there has to be fish in that area for his luck or ability to catch them and that was his point, not look at me I can catch them
I personally liked the chrysler outboards they were the fastest motors of their time outboard manufacturers rated horsepower at the crank but Chrysler did it at the prop so you got the full hp without the mechanical loss you get going through gears
To me
its clearly a high point of a crater that is high enough to still catch a piece of the sun which would have shade in the crater hole and black pass the area the sun hits
I think just making a platform for the open spot would work perfectly and if you re carpeted it it would look great but if you want it to look the very best a whole platform would most likely look best