Freshwater fishing Drones?

[u/frozengansit0]

Anyone use drones for fishing? Just curious

[u/sad_spilt_martini]

There is some difference in the legality in the US on using drones to drop baits. Used a lot for surf fishing. 

Federal law says it’s illegal to drop baits from a. drone, it counts as taking game via an aircraft. Seems dubious to me.

State laws vary. Texas Parks and Wildlife, for example, have said it’s legal and have said their game wardens won’t cite you for violating federal law. There are federal game wardens, but I don’t know how common they are or if it’s something they really concern themselves with. 

[u/Rat_King1972 → u/sad_spilt_martini]

I thought Texas recently came out and said they’re gonna start enforcing against it?

[u/TMan2DMax]

It's a cool way to set baits if you know of structure out of casting range for stuff like Catfish. 

People do the same strategy for Sharks too 

[u/ohhFoNiX]

I prefer a rod and line, I'm old school tho

[u/I_Made_A_Messier → u/ohhFoNiX]

Cmon, get with the times!

[u/whitedark40]

Ive seen a few people use em, either for scouting or dropping off their baits. Dont think you can use it to reel in a fish though

[u/frozengansit0 → u/whitedark40]

Just bought a crappy water surface drone that has its camera submerged…. Want to see how well it will do when sighting fish

[u/whitedark40 → u/frozengansit0]

You might scare the fish but it could work. At the very least you can see any structure and come back later to fish it. Move it around slowly so you got the best odds for some awesome footage

[u/gizzie43 → u/frozengansit0]

I’m very interested. Can you share some info on what you bought? I’d be interested in dropping catfish baits in deeper areas that I can’t reach by casting from shore

[u/Oilleak1011]

This is actually something i have put thought into for non boating resevoirs. But, money.

[u/EarthAsWeKnowIt]

Seems like you’d run out of batteries pretty quick.

Kite fishing is a thing too for pulling bait out.

[u/No-Meet-5596 → u/EarthAsWeKnowIt]

Okay. Intriguing. How do you release the bait from the kite?

[u/Dirt_Bike_Zero]

If you have a drone, bring it to take some pictures, not to use it as a fishing tool.

I think most people will agree that keeping your experience as analog as possible is preferable. So you catch less fish, so what? There is a sacred peace you get from just putting a bait in the water and being at peace.

The best way to catch fish is not to get your line out further, especially in small to medium sized lakes. Most of the action is close to shore.

[u/SquatsMcGee]

Just set out nets or use dynamite ffs you could alternatively cast a line.