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The author recently captured this epic shot with the FIFISH un- derwater drone off Stradbroke Island. A Queensland groper, grey nurse shark and snapper in the one picture.
A southern Moreton Bay red emperor had been inhabiting this rock for a few months – lmed at this spot for a second time.
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Moreton Bay
by ADAM FOLEY
cent weather we’ve had. was... let’s just say... showcasing what this
Great snapper and pearl perch are biting offshore.
I finally headed out for a day offshore with my partner Sarah in our 5m Bluefin tinnie and we ended up doing 140km for the day, cir- cumnavigating North Stradbroke Island.
was to get a snapper over the side for the first time this season.
relieving herself after a few beverages and was unable to get to her rod, so it slid and bumped the ratchet, which switched off.
machine can do.
This drone can dive
Is this because of the recent month-long clo- sure or due to the moon phase, decent weather and everyone finally be- ing able to target South East Queensland’s most sought-after fish?
We headed south of Point Lookout in search of a 10kg model by drifting with live bait all day.
to 100m, has a 4-hour battery life and films in full 4K resolution!
Either way, this sea- son has seen exception- al captures, though not for me unfortunately.
This was extremely painful to accept, con- sidering how keen I
After about 30 sec- onds into the fight, the hooks pulled and it was over, and apart from a few humpback whales trying to play tennis with our tinnie, this was the only action we had all day.
It can be operated via remote control with your phone slotted in as a display, but it al- so comes with virtual reality goggles, which is my preferred way to use it because this blocks out sunlight and makes for an extremely realistic and clear expe- rience.
All this effort yielded two small snapper and two flathead.
We persisted in a strong north to south current and 15-knot northerly wind, and af- ter five hours of persis- tence Sarah’s Shimano
The weight of this fish told me that it was pos- sibly the one we had been waiting for, and the schools of snapper up high on the sounder confirmed the species.
A depth hold func- tion allows the drone to stay in the exact desired depth no matter what buttons are pressed.
Many pearl perch were seen in this spot. An inquisitive species, they are al- ways rst to inspect the drone.
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I have been finding
Unfortunately, you usually risk quantity when targeting quality and on this day that was true.
You can use the head tracking function too, where the drone will follow wherever you look and is very respon- sive.
I would like to talk a little about a new prod- uct, that over the past six months I’ve had the privilege to become the main Australian affili- ate for, and that’s the FIFISH V6 underwater drone from QYSEA.
The FIFISH has been very helpful in allow- ing me to understand and interpret my sound- er better, and to identify different fish species.
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