Omni Sonar Specialist Commercial and Sportfishing Applications
We aim to provide the fishing industry with the best tools available in this competitive market—yours and ours.
Discover another dimension with MAQ
360° Stabilized Omni Sonar
MAQ Sonar detects small schools even in rough seas.
Flexible Electronics
MAQ Sonar Electronics allows a 22KHz, 60KHz, or 90KHz transducer, making it superior to our competitors at every depth.
Why Sonar?
Making money is and will always be about decreasing costs while increasing performance. Sonar promises less fuel used, less by-catch, less damage to the fishery, and less time on the sea, reducing chances for injury.
Less Destructive Practices
With the Omni sonar, it is possible to see the front, back, sides, and height of the school of fish to be caught. If the school is too large for a single net, Omni sonar allows the fisherman to first see that it is too large, and then allows him to fish only the back of the school reducing the chances of killing the balance of the school.
Reduction in By-Catch
Based on signal strength and relative positioning of the fish school, a fisherman can find only the species he is fishing. This means less by-catch and a more productive fishery.
Longevity and Reliability
Outside of the hoist used to lower the sonar, the MAQ Omni sonar has no other moving parts, and with some of the vessels having had the same sonar for up to 20 years.
Detection Range and Versatility
The Omni sonar is designed to find fish in shallow waters. With our 5° vertical beam, detection distance is 20 times the depth on soft bottom and 10 times the depth on hard (rocky) bottom. The 5° Vertical Beam allows for the best “near surface species” performance as well as superior near bottom shallow water detection.
Time and Fuel Savings
The Omni can find schools of fish faster—the quicker a catch is located, the sooner speed can be reduced. The Omni can approximate size/weight so that larger schools can be selected and smaller schools bypassed. It will allow a fisherman to choose small schools of fish and track them so that multiple small schools can be combined in one drop of the net to maximize the catch size. This means reducing fuel costs and running time.
Over 30 Years of Experience
In 1978, MAQ Sonar designed and built the first Omni sonar for the commercial fishing industry. With more than 30 years of experience, we have continually listened to fishermen to develop new products for their needs.
Tech Support 24/7
MAQ Sonar offers 24/7 Technical Support to Distributors and provides technical documentation support.
MAQ on the Water
After trying the MAQ Sonar, our clients won't go without it.
Hake Fishing with the Ocean Invader
This vessel was already equipped with an Omni Sonar from our competitor but the captain was hoping for better results with the MAQ.
When asked for what surprised him the most the captain said it was the detection distance he was getting with the MAQ 60. He reported 2000 m detection distance on schools.
Oubul Van Dyk - Skipper of Silver Katonkel
"I don't ever want another sonar, when the owners want to move me to a bigger vessel I will go but not without my MAQ...Especially in the shallow water and patches of bad ground the sonar works excellent where the guys with the other brands struggle to detect fish. If the ground is too hard the MAQ works excellent with the 5° beam and we fish most of the time in this area."
Dave Kellian - Captain of FV ICHI Tuna Troller
"From the beginning the MAQ90 has far exceeded my expectations. It has been so easy to use and we got results from the very first usage off the Garden Patch on Albacore. I was seeing Albacore at 400 m. On the first day, 400 fish versus other vessels 100-150 fish. It's fishing from patch to patch and following schools to come back on them. Consistent 700 to 800 fish per day. It has really opened my eyes and I cannot ever see Albacore Trolling without my MAQ 90. I can see a huge potential for using my sonar over a range of fisheries."
MAQ Sonar in Action
Watch the video below to see how the MAQ Sonar finds marlin.
Distributor Network
You can purchase our products and have your MAQ Sonar equipment serviced in most countries.
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