Drone fishing for snapper - first success
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Mark Totzke
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yeehaa - got my first snapper with a drone.
Wow wow, that was exciting. And it's a really good sized snapper as well.
Went to a beach nearby and flew two baited circle hooks out for about 300 meters.
Felt some tucks on the line right away and pulled in this beauty.
I used my old abu garcia MI80 surf casting reel with mono line.
On the second cast the bloody thing broke. Can't tighten the drag anymore, must have over tightened it at some point.
The reel was a pretty gnarly and corroded so it might have just reached the end of it's life. Fortunately it didn't give in before this fish was landed. It was a good final cast for this old reel :-)
So for my next attempt I'll be using a new Shimano baitrunner reel with 600 meter braid.
That should work a million times better and with the braid and low stretch factor I'm hoping to feel bites better on such a long distance cast.
Wow wow, that was exciting. And it's a really good sized snapper as well.
Went to a beach nearby and flew two baited circle hooks out for about 300 meters.
Felt some tucks on the line right away and pulled in this beauty.
I used my old abu garcia MI80 surf casting reel with mono line.
On the second cast the bloody thing broke. Can't tighten the drag anymore, must have over tightened it at some point.
The reel was a pretty gnarly and corroded so it might have just reached the end of it's life. Fortunately it didn't give in before this fish was landed. It was a good final cast for this old reel :-)
So for my next attempt I'll be using a new Shimano baitrunner reel with 600 meter braid.
That should work a million times better and with the braid and low stretch factor I'm hoping to feel bites better on such a long distance cast.
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