b'Splashdrone lands30LB TARANAKI SNAPPERBY MATHEW HEWETSON / PHOTOS NATHAN RYDERSending the Splashdrone 250mA week after getting his new out off a Taranaki beach. Splashdrone to fly baits out off the Taranaki coast, keen angler Nathan Ryder landed a huge 30lb snapper!S everal years ago, when flying drones was starting to get popular, staff at Fishing in Godzone were discussing how good they would be if they could drop baits out past the breakers for bigger fish.Soon after and JC Matthew were one of the first local companies to see this potential and acquired the rights to distribute the Splashdrone.In those early days when they started bringing them into the market, we went out and shot a couple of videos using the The drone was sent outdrone on the west coast of Northland with 6 salted tuna baits. and caught nice snapper using it and we could really see the fishing potential.Since then, the popularity of using fishing drones has exploded as people see the many benefits of using them over kontikis and boats to catch fish.TARANAKI MONSTER Keen angler Nathan Ryder is a Taranaki based angler who also could see why using a drone to reach fish further offshore would be a good option where he fishes on the rugged west side.Nathan recently bought an FD1 Splashdrone with Shimano 3000 electric reel and after flying it on his maiden trip to try it out and see how it went, he decided to test it again for the second time in the week on a beach south of New Plymouth. /FISHINGINGODZONE63'