My buddy just got a drone with a drop/release feature. I'm going to load up a spinning reel with 150 yds of 15lb braid and he'll send my Shadow Rap Shad way farther out from the bank than humanly possible on a cast. 400 ft? It's snowing now, but we'll get into the 40's mid week. I can't wait. WooooHoooo!

Forget expensive difficult stuff.

 

  2 wires from any small generator.  Net what you want to revive & hook them to the line.  Lets call it a sport.

 

Deer stands over a yummy food pile.  Lets call it a sport. 

 

I never lie to myself. To you ?  Maybe.     

32 minutes ago, cyclops2 said:

2 wires from any small generator.

I'm pretty sure we've met before...while I was hallucinating.

Electro fishing is illegal but you will probably need the generator to recharge the drone batteries after about five “cast”.

4 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

you will probably need the generator to recharge the drone batteries after about five “cast”.

I'm sure the novelty will wear off quickly. In the meantime two 50 somethings will be giggling for a minute.

 

The real reason he got it is so we can find breaks and holes in weedlines within casting distance from the bank in places we're not allowed to use anything that floats. No boats or float tubes policy in my county.

Bingo PhishLI

 

  I see that as the same as all the electronic underwater aids.

It will be unfair.  ?  But very useful to only target fish & cover for them.

 

  What the heck. Enjoy them.  

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

I'm pretty sure we've met before...while I was hallucinating.

2 hours ago, cyclops2 said:

Forget expensive difficult stuff.

 

  2 wires from any small generator.  Net what you want to revive & hook them to the line.  Lets call it a sport.

 

Deer stands over a yummy food pile.  Lets call it a sport. 

 

I never lie to myself. To you ?  Maybe.     

You don’t hunt much, do ya? 

I do a lot of stalking on old deer paths on my property.  11 backyard munchers about  once a week.  The males follow. Still do not know why they graze on my lawn.  But not others.   Maybe because I do not use any chemicals ?

 

I kill once in a couple of years.

5 minutes ago, cyclops2 said:

I do a lot of stalking on old deer paths on my property.  11 backyard munchers about  once a week.  The males follow. Still do not know why they graze on my lawn.  But not others.   Maybe because I do not use any chemicals ?

Start trying to kill them and they will surprise you with their elusiveness

 

anyone that claims hunting is easy has never been hunting more than once. 

You are very correct. it takes about 2 years for the males to graze  less than 40 feet again from my enclosed porch.

4 hours ago, cyclops2 said:

I see that as the same as all the electronic underwater aids.

It will be unfair.

Thought I was just making a light hearted post on a Sunday, but there's always gotta be one...

 

There's really no point in moralizing on a site about a "sport" where you, me, and everyone else here gets their jollies feeding barbed wire sandwiches to unsuspecting wild animals during their fight for survival. You obviously don't realize it, but you're not a nice person either, and that's OK. Now go stick some and post a glory pic once in a while. You'll get a "like" from me if you do. 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Start trying to kill them and they will surprise you with their elusiveness

 

anyone that claims hunting is easy has never been hunting more than once. 

Killing does over a corn pile is a piece of cake. Mature bucks? Not so much. They know what goes down around those feeders.

6 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Thought I was just making a light hearted post on a Sunday, but there's always gotta be one...

 

There's really no point in moralizing about a "sport" on a site where you, me, and everyone else here gets their jollies feeding barbed wire sandwiches to unsuspecting wild animals during their fight for survival. You obviously don't realize it, but you're not a nice person either, and that's OK. Now go stick some and post a glory pic once in a while. You'll get a "like" from me if you do. 

Using technology to catch fish upsets some folks.  A drone sounds high tech.   You might catch every fish in the lake with something like that.  ?

I think I saw a guy dangling a top water from a drone on YouTube and a fish ate the plug and drowned the drone 

Every thing that turns on my boat has gotten fishing line wrapped around it at least once.   That would be my biggest concern with “drone casting”.  Getting braid wrapped around a propeller would not end well.

RC controlled boats have been used for decades in Australia by surf fishing people. It runs the rig way out. lets it go .   Commercial fishing companies loved Jacque Cousteau as he reported on all the major fish migrations & birthing areas. Today a satellite  can do it instantly.  Showing speed, size, direction and time of year.

Fish line DESTROYS any props haft seal very quickly. My marina reported a record year of replacing shaft seals.

Any boats that floated was sold last 2 years & fish lines ...Cut loose by snags are doing the rest.  I raise the drive at the dock for a check after each trip. Been lucky so far.

I dont know about you, But I have friend who sent a drone to drop for sharks and we lost the drone there 1500 goes to ocean front of our eyes.

thats why I got RC boat for that reason, but fresh water fishing? No, Never.

41 minutes ago, ATA said:

I have friend who sent a drone to drop for sharks

 

41 minutes ago, ATA said:

but fresh water fishing? No, Never.

I knew he was getting a drone at some point for the camera and the bird's eye view we'd get out of it, but when he told me about the drop feature lures weren't the first thing that occurred to me. I was really hoping it could lift a Garmin Cast or Deeper Pro, but it can't. Close, but no cigar. That would've been great, and far more useful than fooling around with lures once or twice.

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

anyone that claims hunting is easy has never been hunting more than once.

If hunting big whitetails were easier I might be hunting not bass fishing.... during hunting season anyway. Old deer get too smart for me to call it a hobby. For those that continue to pursue those big bucks, hats off to you and hope you get lucky... you're going to need it

Edited February 14, 20224 yr by LrgmouthShad

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

 

I knew he was getting a drone at some point for the camera and the bird's eye view we'd get out of it, but when he told me about the drop feature lures weren't the first thing that occurred to me. I was really hoping it could lift a Garmin Cast or Deeper Pro, but it can't. Close, but no cigar. That would've been great, and far more useful than fooling around with lures once or twice.

An RC boat could do that I guess. But you need to be able to cast that far to get the fish.

17 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

If hunting big whitetails were easier I might be hunting not bass fishing.... during hunting season anyway. Old deer get too smart for me to call it a hobby. For those that continue to pursue those big bucks, hats off to you and hope you get lucky... you're going to need it

I’m the same. I love eating deer but hunting is way too difficult, I prefer fishing and eating gifted deer 

15 minutes ago, schplurg said:

An RC boat could do that I guess. But you need to be able to cast that far to get the fish.

What I'd like to find out is the location of drops and breaks within and just outside of casting range. Sweet spots.

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’m the same. I love eating deer but hunting is way too difficult, I prefer fishing and eating gifted deer 

But... turkey hunting.... ?. I've shot a couple nice birds; one is mounted. One day I might have to dig up some photos.

 

They're bird brains! Not as smart as old deer ?

3 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

But... turkey hunting.... ?. I've shot a couple nice birds; one is mounted. One day I might have to dig up some photos.

 

They're bird brains! Not as smart as old deer ?

Im eating a wild turkey right now, check super bowl thread for pics