Drone Catches Striper from Surf -VIDEO
 

What do you do when you're surf fishing and the birds, bait and fish are just too far out to reach with a cast? Well, you go Drone Surf Fishing!

I fly that sucker out about 1200 feet and plunk my plug right in the middle of a feed with deadly accuracy. Drop if from the Drone and land myself a nice fall striper from the beach.

Check out my video (I think I'm on to something here):
Drone Catches Striper Video

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Very cool use of todays technology.

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Wow, very impressed!

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Awesome !

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That is so cool! Although I'm sure some true jetty jockeys are shaking their heads in disgust.

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Yeah thats pretty sweet

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good job

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That's awesome, but I'm thinking it's gotta be tough feeling a hit 1200 feet away, lol

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Sharp hooks. A hit at 1200 feet away is still better than no hit at all.:)

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Amazing video and great use of technology. Appreciate you sharing it, very professionally done.

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outstanding

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I would say you are on to something also. Surf fisherman can be boat fisherman great stuff

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'granulations, Dr. Doug. Where were Crazed Dog and Long-Suffering Wife when you finally scored? ;)
http://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85684

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Nice. Getting mine today for black friday. Phantom 3 only $399 now. $369 in store at Walmart too.

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How did the metal change to a jerkbait?:confused:

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Very cool. I've been wondering when the Drone idea was going to hit the boards. I have a feeling in the next couple of years there will be a whole lot more Drones out there. From inshore to offshore. I just hope the guy operating the Drone and the guy driving the boat are not the same guy.

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That's a cool video. Thanks for the upload...drone fishing is gaining popularity world-wide. I have one from "down under" going for longtail tuna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... click on "Jaiden MacLean" under "subscriptions" on left side---should take you to it...

Not trying to hi-jack...Beach drone fishing is just an interesting technique. Sometimes they're just too far out to reach casting. Just gotta know what you're doing with a drone, could get expensive...

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Good question... The fish that I landed was caught on the jerkbait but unfortunately I was not recording underwater at the time of the strike. It's tough because I have to manage 3 cameras, fly the drone, and fish all at the same time. What could go wrong?? Ha.
So I was lucky enough to return to the beach the next morning with the intent to capture a strike on video - and I did. After about 6 casts out to 1200 feet over working birds, I got a good hookup using the spoon. So for your entertainment I spliced in the spoon strike into the previous video - that's why there are two videos now. Hope that explains it. A little movie magic.

To answer some other questions, the drone is a Phantom 3 Advanced. The ones on sale for around $400 are the P3 Standard edition. Some minor differences but for fishing, the Standard would work well I'm sure. It takes some time to get comfortable with the flight controls so practice over land first.

No crazy dog or wife in this video. Ha. Got a striper though - finally! I'll be thinking of some new fishing uses for the drone - If anyone has any ideas or would like to see a video trying something else, let me know. I'd love to dangle a live bunker above a blitz and film that. We'll see.

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i know what everyone is getting for xmas!

soon you will see hundreds of drones competing for air space!

and you thought the boats were bad....lol

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Just added one to my Christmas list

Thanks for sharing

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nicely done. great footage! guess you have to watch for passing boats. all that line tangled around a prop would not be good for either of you! :eek:

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Actually I just added this to my Christmas List.

https://www.aguadrone.com/

Almost at the point of fishing from your couch!

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1200 feet? That's quite a large reel to carry enough line? 500 yards?

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BETTER YET.. Replaces your tuna tower with that baby. Can even look inside the neigbhors' boats looking for bloody decks offshore

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Don't get the aquadrone. Horrible system and expensive. No reason not to get a basic DJI or other drone with GPS return.

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I use a large capacity spinning reel (FinNor) that I've used for tuna in the past. I have 80lb hollow core braid on it but I'm thinking about re-spooling with 25lb spiderwire. I could probably get 600 yards with that.

If you watch the video, there's a distance meter in the bottom of the drone screen. I drop the lure at just about 1200 ft out in this one.

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Doug - You never cease to amaze me. Outside the box thinking is one thing but having the energy and passion to experiment and document it is another. Thanks for sharing this here and I look forward to seeing more of it. Well done!!

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Ha ha! That is certainly ahead of the curve!

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what is the underwater camera attached to your line?

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It's called a Water Wolf. It's pretty cool how it stays straight and upright during the retrieve.

Here's a link to the Water Wolf inline camera on Amazon. About $120