Hahaha, enjoy your retirement Sir. I've been fishing with some cool dudes in there 60s over at Lake St. Clair recently, learning a lot from those guys, knowledge is a valuable tool! I just turned 38 in September...
Awesome to hear you're planning on getting an M2, yes I most definitely think it will add another dimension to your boat use.
I've been talking with CMO Jacky Yank from Chasing, they did do an update recently to help stabilize the M2 more with a new coding algorithm change. I'm not sure if that update really helped a lot, but I was super impressed of this guys
treasure hunting finds.
I had originally ordered an M2, but then reversed it due to some of the shakiness I've been seeing in some of the videos, now after seeing that tackle box find, thinking of putting the order back in again. I also didn't know they have a
bigger battery for a lot longer drive times, that's a HUGE PLUS!
I recently bought a Hobie Kayak not only for bass and musky fishing to get in tighter locations on lakes and ponds, but also for launching an underwater drone too, I figured launching from the shoreline I'll be limited big time on treasure hunting and recording fish. I'm looking forward to getting some musky on film...
My parents are going to kind of have a second house down in Florida soon, so I may be filming down there, hopefully...
I really think the hobby will start to take off soon... Once hobbyists realize what you can find with a claw equipped underwater drone like the Chasing M2 and Fifish V6s, they'll be more willing to take that $2k or $3k leap forward.
Some of the treasure hunting channels on YouTube like
DALLMYD have huge followings, 11.3 million subscribers, he's of course a diver. But I think what he does, you'll be able to somewhat do with these new consumer drones with robotic arms. Pretty exciting!!!
I do expect, with time we'll see some new laws and
underwater drone license implementation, hopefully that doesn't hurt the hobby from growing. But hey, maybe not...
The Japanese government plans to draw up guidelines for underwater drones by fiscal 2020.
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