Anyone gone fishing with a phantom

Big Dog · Apr 29, 2016

Australian Fishermen use Phantom to Catch Tuna - DRONELIFE

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syotr · Apr 29, 2016

Lots of folks have dropped them in the water but they don't make very good bait.

thunderbird · May 1, 2016

Question is how do u drop it from your phantom

I know own you can tie it on phantom to carry it

Big Dog · May 1, 2016

Not sure I understand your question

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thunderbird · May 1, 2016

The bait
How do u drop the bait off from the phantom once u out in the sea

Big Dog · May 1, 2016

Well you don't drop it per se. The lure and line are attached by a seperate line to the bird. You lower the bait in and wait. The line the lure and fishing string are attached to is easily breakable so if a fish grabs the bait and takes off it simply breaks free.

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Big Dog · May 1, 2016

If you watch the video you can see

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Scottwillo · May 2, 2016

Saw a guy fit a small plastic arm onto his and attached a servo. One he was out far enough he flicked a switch and the arm dropped the bait/ weight down

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Big Dog · May 5, 2016

Yea but then it must be reeled in wether or not you have a fish on. The way they do it in the video you can pick the bait up and relocate it if needed. It only breaks free if a fish takes it

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TWP723 · May 5, 2016

Surprised the drone doesn't spook the fish. I guess if you're far enough away...

RottweilerluvNZ · Oct 3, 2016

Bait line dropper attachment - you can buy them, I've got one coming soon will hopefully get vids up as soon as.

Cobs · Oct 3, 2016

Haha wait until something takes the lure that you cant lift out of the water

kevinm · Oct 3, 2016

We've actually done testing of the idea before at a local park with just a servo to release the line.

If the Phantom can handle the windy conditions and you can land back on the boat safely, I don't see why using it as a bait dropper wouldn't work.

RottweilerluvNZ · Oct 3, 2016

Holy cow....I just realized something - when I am talking about drone fishing I mean dropping your bait out at sea.....

It just struck me from some of the comments, do people actually try 'fishing with the drone' ?? really! please tell me I am wrong?? how could a drone pull a fish from the sea? is there any vids of this? I ain't going to try it lol!!!

Good stuff!

RottweilerluvNZ · Oct 3, 2016

Cobs said:
Haha wait until something takes the lure that you cant lift out of the water

Hey mate, are you saying that people try to fish off the drone itself? sorry I thought it only meant bait dropping?, is there any vids of this?

Big Dog · Oct 3, 2016

Click on the link on top of this page. There are two videos. The first one shows a man actually fishing with a drone

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RottweilerluvNZ · Oct 3, 2016

Big Dog said:
Click on the link on top of this page. There are two videos. The first one shows a man actually fishing with a drone

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What the? that is hard case alright! don't think a drones going to pick up a Kingfish though! thanks for pointing out the links.