Every registered boat has the right to take on board 2 traps that can be anchored wherever you want. The technique is simple: in the trap is installed the bait, then the trap is sunk connected to a rope that ends with a buoy. It is this buoy that allows you to return to the surface to recover your property and the crustaceans that have been caught in the trap.
However, this buoy that floats on the surface, despite the fact that it must be identified with the registration number of his boat, attracts the malicious ones who sometimes come to empty your locker before you... When it is not the propeller of a motor boat that comes to cut the rope... So you are not at ease with your locker when it is in the water.
To solve this theft problem, the Go!Up buoy sinks at the same time as the locker. It disappears from the surface and remains, depending on the setting, between 3 and 9 m below the water level. There is therefore no risk of being fished out of the water or getting caught in a propeller.
When it's time to lift her locker, just call her up with a remote control and she's back on the surface. You can then raise your fishing gear. Since the range of the remote control is between 50 and 100 m, you will have to mark the position of your trap with a GPS to come back to the same point when it is time to haul it up.
This buoy integrates solar panels that allow the recharge of its lithium battery, which gives it an autonomy of 10 to 15 days under water. No installation is required on the boat, the probe to send the signal just has to be placed in the water once you are in the buoy area.
The system that works for traps, fishing nets or longlines will be appreciated by fishermen. The investment is substantial since the buoy is offered by its importer Sea Tech & Fun at a price of EUR 658,80. To that you will have to add the price of a trap (about 80 euros) before hoping to find a lobster on your plate ..
Technical Specifications Go!Up Neo
- Cable length: 20 m
- Cable Rewind: Automatic
- Breaking load of the cable: > 500 kg
- Max. tolerable depth : 15 m
- Autonomy at -3 m: > 15 days
- Autonomy at -9 m: > 10 days
- Programmable self-levelling
- Levelling thresholds: 3/6/9 m
- Charging system: solar
- Night detection: high power led
- Calling system: ultra/cod. 200khz
- Signal range: >50 m (100 m with optional stick)
- Number of controllable buoys: unlimited
- Weight: 1.3 kg
- Price (2019): 658.80 euros
