Mavic fishing success

[Jett]

Hello everyone,

I made up a hook from a metal coat hunger and connected it through the back landing pads with cable ties.

My setup works by flying out and then doing a 180 deg turn and then the lop I have in the fishing line drops of the hook.

I tested it today and my son ending up hooking up a 3lb brown trout on the 3rd drone drop off.

I was fishing in a lake with the mavic dropping the lure about 230 meters From the bank at about 30 meters above the water.

I will post the full video I took from start to finish on you tube soon.

The coat hanger hook sits flat when you land it and extends straight down when you take off.

 

[Attex]

Sounds awesome! Nice idea!

 

[ascension]

Nicely Done!

 

[dsd317]

Hello everyone,

I made up a hook from a metal coat hunger and connected it through the back landing pads with cable ties.

My setup works by flying out and then doing a 180 deg turn and then the lop I have in the fishing line drops of the hook.

I tested it today and my son ending up hooking up a 3lb brown trout on the 3rd drone drop off.

I was fishing in a lake with the mavic dropping the lure about 230 meters From the bank at about 30 meters above the water.

I will post the full video I took from start to finish on you tube soon.

The coat hanger hook sits flat when you land it and extends straight down when you take off.

Yes. Would love to see the video!

 

[Boog0822]

I saw a video of a couple Tuna fishing in the ocean from a beach somewhere. I was thinking of doing that same type of setup up in Wisconsin fishing for bass, Northern Pike and Musky. My question is: is it legal? I'd hate to have the Dept of Natural Resources come confiscate my drone and fishing gear and give me a hefty fine. Anyone know?

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[Aeroworks]

Are you just taking the line out far or actually hooking the fish and flying it back to shore? Lol

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[FeliPereira]

It sounds interesting. Waiting for the video.

 

[Boog0822]

Here's the link to the Tuna fishing video.

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[Jett]

Are you just taking the line out far or actually hooking the fish and flying it back to shore? Lol

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I'm only hooking up the line and taking it out then dropping it.

I will also make a new rig up with a bungee rope with fishing line and lure trolled behind the mavic too.

I just have to be prepared for the drone to drown if I hook a large fish...

 

[Jett]

You definitely have to have nerves of steel to block out in Your mind that you flying above the water, you definitely don't want to get distracted.

I can also connect up a GoPro floating handle to the current coat hanger rig just incase it does go for a swim.

At least I could retrieve the drone and still re-use the body to build another mavic worse case scenario.

 

[Five-O]

I'd love to see a video with a mavic, I saw the one posted above!

 

[Jett]

I will post it up sometime next week.

I will put a link to it here.

 

[Five-O]

I fish from the beach (salt) a lot and have always wanted to use a drone to drop my bait way out. I know the mavic is not ideal for that considering it's size, but freshwater bait weighs less!

 

[Jett]

I fish from the beach (salt) a lot and have always wanted to use a drone to drop my bait way out. I know the mavic is not ideal for that considering it's size, but freshwater bait weighs less!

I have seen the mavic Lift 2lbs 3oz

Not thing like a phantom 3 or 4.

 

[Jett]

Here is the link to my you tube mavic fishing video.

 

[RallySoob]

Very interesting. Check out the water landing kit on amazon for 30$ it be perfect for you. Watch the youtube vid of it in action too

Fyi Not sure the Mavic will ever be a re-buildable unit like the phantom series. Even if someone makes an aftermarket user friendly gimbal and camera system for it, the rest of the parts are so micro nano unstandardized etc u cant really do much to it; unless u have a degree in something I probably cant even pronounce

 

[Jett]

Here is the mavic fishing video.

Very interesting. Check out the water landing kit on amazon for 30$ it be perfect for you. Watch the youtube vid of it in action too

Fyi Not sure the Mavic will ever be a re-buildable unit like the phantom series. Even if someone makes an aftermarket user friendly gimbal and camera system for it, the rest of the parts are so micro nano unstandardized etc u cant really do much to it; unless u have a degree in something I probably cant even pronounce

Cool, they look like 4 polystyrene balls pushed onto the legs...

Would be a great back up if it decides to go for a swim.

 

[mbarnes5]

Here is the link to my you tube mavic fishing video.

Nice catch! Did you use the Mavic to see where the fish were and then drop the line? I couldn't quite tell from the video.


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[Jett]

Nice catch! Did you use the Mavic to see where the fish were and then drop the line? I couldn't quite tell from the video.


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No, the line was just sent out and dropped before the spool ran out of line .

 

[Jett]

Has anybody here used the water landing kit from amazon before ?