Hi Damien,

O another drone fisher.  What kind of drone do you have?

I usually only use two dropper hooks and a breakout sinker or just a torpedo sinker if there's not much current.
That seems to work best.
I also successfully used a running rig with a whole pilchard at the end and a light ball sinker. I just slowly reeled it in to cover ground.

I use a surfcasting rod with a big reel that holds about 600 meters braid. I fly my baits out to about 300 - 400 meters and if I don't get bites, I reel them in a few meters at a time with long pauses.
With the braided line I can feel bites on this distance and know when something happens. Makes it more exciting in my opinion.

Cheers
Mark