Brand Developers Fish Seeker User manual

Owner’s Manual

Contents
Welcome ........................................... 2
Safety.............................................. 3
Legal Requirements .................................. 6
What’s in the Box .................................... 7
What else is needed .................................. 9
Preparing your line .................................. 10
Assembling your Fish Seeker .......................... 12
Using your Baery .................................. 17
App Informaon .................................... 18
Magna-ring Control ................................. 19
Calibrang the unit.................................. 21
Loading the dropper rig .............................. 23
Set the target heading and run me. ................... 28
Check before you launch ............................. 30
Launching & retrieving the Fish Seeker.................. 31
General Maintenance................................ 32
Guiding the Fish Seeker on the water ................... 34
Troubleshoong .................................... 35
Baery Care ....................................... 36
Warranty .......................................... 38

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Welcome
Why read this manual
Fishing with the Fish Seeker is not complex, but there are a few things you
need to know to ensure you get maximum enjoyment from it, and that you
comply with your local marime regulaons.
Take the me to read this manual before you get to the beach, so you can
maximise shing me.
Support
If you experience problems with your equipment or its performance, please
call NZ Customer Care: 0800 002 999 or AUST Customer Care: 1800 890 840
Welcome

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Safety
Safety rst!
Your Fish Seeker is an advanced shing system. Your enjoyment will rely on
observing a high level of personal safety as well as protecng the safety of
others.
This secon sets out important safety guidelines for operang your Fish Seeker.
Keep your distance from other shers
Keep clear of other beach users and shers – whether surfcasters, kite shers
or others.
Look out for other konki users on the beach before launching your Fish
Seeker. If there are other users, nd out where their units are and set your Fish
Seeker unit accordingly.
Safety guideline
• Keep a good distance between yourself and other beach users and
shers and note the direcon of the current.
The Fish Seeker is designed to be used o sandy beaches, with a seabed
free of foul ground, obstrucons and obstacles. These features could hinder
retrieval of your Fish Seeker.
Look out for the safety of others
Be considerate to other beach occupants at all mes when using your Fish
Seeker. Watch out for:
• Children
• Onlookers and passers-by
• Animals (such as dogs, cats or seagulls)
• Swimmers and other water users
• Watercra – Boats, kayaks jet skis
Follow the guidelines below to ensure the safety of others.
Safety

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Safety guidelines
• Take extra care during launch me
• Warn other beach users of any dangers and make them aware of
where your Fish Seeker line is
• Keep young children away from the Fish Seeker
• Never leave hooks unaended, warn other beach users of any hooks
on land when baing your hooks
• Don’t leave baited hooks lying around as animals may try to eat them.
• Keep clear of swimmers and warn anyone swimming near your line.
• If anyone is helping you use the Fish Seeker, warn them of the dangers
and ensure they are instructed or trained in using the Fish Seeker
product.
Keep yourself safe
Follow the guidelines below to ensure your personal safety while operang the
Fish Seeker:
Safety guidelines
• Be aware of des and currents, and where they may carry your Fish
Seeker
• Always retrieve your unit if it presents a danger to other beach users
• Handle hooks with care. If a hook gets fouled, don’t try to release it.
Hooks only cost a few cents – trying to save one isn’t worth the risk of
a painful injury.
• Always disconnect the baery during transport or when it’s not in use.
Safety

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Be safe around other vessels
Follow the guidelines below to operate your Fish Seeker safely around boats or
other vessels.
Safety guidelines
• Always know where your Fish Seeker is, use binoculars if
necessary.
• Do not use your Fish Seeker at night or in poor light.
Safety

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Legal Requirements
Know what local rules apply
Always nd out which specic local regulaons, including size and bagging
limits apply when you plan your shing expedion. Longline shing is
restricted or even prohibited in some locaons. Fishing limits also vary
dependant on the locaon. Do not break these regulaons as penales will
apply, including the loss of your Fish Seeker equipment.
Where to nd sheries informaon
For NZ go to www.mpi.govt.nz or contact the Ministry of Primary Industries on
NZ 0800 00 83 33.
For regions in Australia, please contact your local shing regulatory authority
to nd out your local rules and regulaons
Idenfy your equipment
Ensure your name and phone number is noted on your Fish Seeker unit in the
space provided at the back of the hull with permanent marker. It is a sheries
requirement that the sher is idened with their name ,(inials and surname)
on the oat (the Fish Seeker unit) which is aached to your longline. It is also a
recommendaon that a phone number is included.
Labelling your Fish Seeker and equipment is a safeguard in the event of loss
at sea, or if you leave something on the beach. We recommend naming all
components such as the baeries and both secons of the hull. If you can, we
suggest geng these details engraved, as permanent marker will wear o over
me and need to be redone.
Your insurance company may also cover the Fish Seeker as a recreaonal item
against loss. We recommend you check the extent of cover with your insurer.
Legal Requirements

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What’s in the Box
Fish Seeker
1 x Complete Fish Seeker unit (with bait pod ed)
What's in the Box
Jets
Hatch Opening
Tie Rod
Hull
Magnec Switches
Parts and descripon
1 x Baery Pack
1 x Baery Charger
Bait Pod
Compass Connectors
Baery
Baery Connectors

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What's in the Box
1 x Fish Seeker trace
Including quicklink and swivel on a
foam trace rack
1 x Tow point pulley
1 x Maintenance grease tube
1 x Magna-ring
Used to control your Fish Seeker

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What else is needed
The following equipment is required to use your Fish Seeker:
1. Fishing rod – recommended with 100lb braid of 500 or more metres in
length (range is approximately 1000 m in calm condions)
2. Fishing rod holder
3. Bait
4. Knife and chopping board
Recommended Extras:
5. Chilly bin
6. Smart phone with Fish Seeker app installed (oponal)
7. Binoculars
8. Sunblock
9. Spare hooks & line
10. Snap lock bags
What else is needed

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Preparing your line
Before you use your Fish seeker, you’ll need to prepare your line. This process
involves the following steps:
Step Acon
1Remove the quick link and swivel from the end of the Fish
Seeker Trace by squeezing the quick link and sliding the solid
ring out
Preparing your line

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Preparing your line
2Feed the shing line from your shing rod through the tow
point pulley as shown:
3Aach the line to the swivel. The easiest way to do that is use
an Uni Knot (see below)
How to e a Uni Knot
1. Pass the line through the eye of the
swivel and make a loop with the tag end
2. Wrap the tag end mul�ple �mes
over the line (Recommend 5 or more �mes)
3. Take it out of the loop 4. Pull the tag end and the standing part
4. Make the loop to the desired size by pulling
the standing part. Trim off excess tag end
5. The finished knot looks like this

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Assembling your Fish Seeker
Step Acon
1Open the unit by unscrewing the e rod at the tail end of
the unit.
Assembling your Fish Seeker
Rear Secon
Front Secon
Baery
Hatch
Tie Rod
Thrusters/Jets
Main Seal
Pin Slot
Hatch Pin
Bait Pod

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2Insert the baery into the front secon of the hull by pushing
the baery into the open cavity unl they are secured in past the
lip, to stop movement when the Fish Seeker is in use.
3Plug in the wires of the front secon to the wires of the rear
secon. The are 2 connecons, one to connect the compass in
the nosecone (black 6 pin plug), and 1 to connect the baeries
to the PCB (XT60 plug). Always plug the compass connecon in
before the baery connecon.
Never unplug the compass while the baery is connected.
Compass Cable
Baery Cable
Assembling your Fish Seeker

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4Tuck the excess wiring into the unit. Best pracse is to tuck the
compass wiring up into the side of the rear secon, and the
baery wiring into the front secon above the baery.
5Bring the openings of the front secon and rear secon together,
ensuring the at secons at the boom of both hull secons
meet.
IMPORTANT!
IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE SEAL IS CLEAN AND FREE FROM
SAND. DO NOT OPEN OR CLOSE YOUR FISH SEEKER ON THE SAND – OPEN
AND CLOSE IT ON A SAND FREE SURFACE, LIKE A TOWEL OR CHILLY BIN.
Assembling your Fish Seeker

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✔
6Ensure the pieces are sealed together and water ght by
screwing the e rod at the rear of the rear secon – do not
overghten. Tighten only unl the faces shown just touch. Here
the faces are shown with a small gap:
Connue ghtening unl the gap closes in at least one place.
Small Gap
Small Gap
Small Gap
No Gap
Assembling your Fish Seeker

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7It is normal for a small gap to remain in some secons of the
sealing faces. This is normal. As long as the gap closes in some
areas the seal will funcon properly.
8If the e rod is not already vercal, ghten unl it becomes
vercal (less than half a turn is all that is needed)
Once this is properly fastened in the front secon, there should
be no movement between the two pieces.
A small gap at top
is not an issue if the
gap is fully closed at
the boom.
Small Gap
No Gap
Assembling your Fish Seeker

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Using your Baery
Using your Baery
Your kit includes one rechargeable 12V baeries and a baery charger. If cared
for, this baery can provide over a thousand uses over many years.
Charging your baery
Follow the steps below to charge them.
Step Acon
1Plug the charger into the mains
power, the light will shine
green.
Plug in the baery, while
charging, the light will turn
red.
2When the light turns green disconnect the baeries.
This will usually take 2 to 4 hours per baery.

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App Control
App Informaon
The Fish seeker can be controlled with our free smartphone app for Andriod
and iOS devices, or with the included magnec ring ("Magna-ring Control" on
page 20). The Fish Seeker will respond to your commands by revving the
engine.
Our app oers the same controls as the magna-ring (with the addion of
displaying the baery level). To download and install the app, search "Fish
Seeker" on Apple or Android app stores.

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Magna-ring Control
The Fish seeker can be controlled with the magna-ring or using our free
smartphone app for Andriod and iOS devices ("App Control" on page 18).
The Fish Seeker will respond to your commands by revving the engine.
The Fish Seeker has two magnec sensors that can be triggered with the
magna-ring. A square and a circle indicate where the magnec sensors are on
the back of the hull:
When the magna-ring is touched onto a symbol, the sensor is triggered. There
are three ways to interact with the sensors
Step Acon
1 Short – Momentarily touch the mag ring to the symbol then
remove
Magna-ring Control