Who needs a boat

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Re: Who needs a boat

Post by smile0784 » Sat Nov 11, 2017 2:02 pm

Good to see you got a few.

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Re: Who needs a boat

Post by purple5ive » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:29 pm

Nice work mate. . How's the drone performing so far?

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Post by dazz999 » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:41 pm

nice ha modern technology how far did you fly the baits out

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Post by Fish-cador » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:52 pm

purple5ive wrote:Nice work mate. . How's the drone performing so far?
All good. It's heavy thus precision adjustments on directions can be tricky at times specially if a bit windy. I might start using the auto feature and use the waypoints for precision flying.

It can carry up to 1 kg of rig and burley to be dropped at the same time. Making it easy to put burley where the bait is.

One thing I learned is to wash my hands before picking up the remote and drone. :oops: :down:

The look from other LB fishos who got donuts was priceless. Too bad for many that the fish were beyond casting distance.

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Post by Fish-cador » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:58 pm

dazz999 wrote:nice ha modern technology how far did you fly the baits out
I fished the edges of reefs visible in google earth. Based on flight display, 220m from take off location. When the bite stopped at that place i found them again at 160 meters.

Pain in the ass to reel them in from those distances using long rods. The reefs can easily snatch the fish away.

I am itching to try gummy hunting off the beaches soon.

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Re: Who needs a boat

Post by smile0784 » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:08 pm

What sort of reel you using?

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Post by Sinsemilla » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:33 pm

Fish-cador wrote:
Sinsemilla wrote:So you can teach an old dog new tricks!

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Couldn't have said it better myself

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Post by Fish-cador » Sat Nov 11, 2017 6:38 pm

smile0784 wrote:What sort of reel you using?
Shimano socorro 8000

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Re: Who needs a boat

Post by smile0784 » Sat Nov 11, 2017 6:44 pm

Can you get a better high speed retrieval reel for the long distances

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Re: Who needs a boat

Post by adamk » Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:28 pm

whats the battery life like an distance an freq ? dose it have an option for external antenna i have a couple of wifi amps that cover up to 3ghz an a high gain vertical antenna an beam antenna

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