Drone Fishing Gone Wrong

In this video I decided to go surf fishing, but I wanted a way to cast further. The only way possible was by using my Phantom 3 drone. Everything seemed perfect until I lost my drone.

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[bretsheffer]

As a fisherman I know it is always a bad idea to tie knots in the midline When potentially catching monsters it will snap at knot. Instead attach a large snap swivel to your leader line barrel swivel and slide your hanger hook through swivel loop. It will also improve how easy it falls off when you spin 180 deg

[solentlifeuk]

I know I am a few years late commenting !! But its possible that he made 6 flights on same battery without changing. On 7th flight maybe battery data showed too low and it auto landed.
Its a common reported error - where people try to make another flight on a used battery. They take-off and then find the drone lands out ... even cases where it falls out of sky.

[dronetv]

you have to flight the drone more than 30 metters(90feet) hight because the gps confused from the water ( works like a mirror )

[ldtexas]

Was waiting for a large fish to jump up and grab it!

[undergroundproductions]

Have my phantom 3 pro insured at State Farm for $38 a year if it is lost in water or crashes they write me a check for $1400.

[JerrytheElectrician]

That is an ingenious idea I had not yet considered for my Phantom 3, and your attitude is the best about losing it; it's just plastic, it isn't eternal. Thanks!

[Bimmertechu]

Great idea. My guess is that the line had time to settle a bit, and when you started going again there was too much drag on the line. The drone was unable to lift against the drag, pulling it down as it went forward. Had you reversed before it hit the water, you could have recovered if my theory is correct, since you would have reduced the drag. There are other reasons, like a mechanical issue, or controlled flight into the water because you were distracted while looking at the monitor, but my bet is too much drag.

[albertzabala]

There is 4:37 seconds that I will never get back in my life ...thank you

[alenaxp]

I am scared to fly my 50$ drone over river. I cried when I saw this going into ocean

[OLCtv]

so dji didn't replace it? technical malfunction! and did you not try to reel it in seeing if it was in the string

[HI-PSI]

Can't put metal objects on or near the landing gear, compass sensor is located down there. Metal objects and compass magnets don't mix. Even if you had the few successful flights, this still could have been the cause. Get one of those cheap camera guard cross members and attach a plastic pen body or something like that to it so you can hold the loop in the fishing line. Or just do the rubber band thing like some other comment was saying.

[threeblackburn]

5 years later….. I’m still watching this wondering how in the hell you were so casual about loosing that bad boy. I would have been beyond upset, mad props my man. Great video.

[GlenEdwards]

maybe because you were flying low altitude, when you stopped, the line touched the water, and the surface drag was then too much for the drone to overcome.
I think if you went with a much higher altitude you would be fine.

[jonnywhy]

everyone commenting trying to find the reason. it's simple physics. the line he was dragging ended up sagging into the water and the water created resistance which made it heavy and when the drone could no longer pull the line, it pulled it down. you should have been at least 10m and watched for when your line was touching water and stop before it did.

[ArtisanTony]

Why not have a second line permanently attached if you have to drag it back :)

[TBD_Fishing]

Dude we tie a paracord with a Chip clip to hold our line above the jig. When you want to stop you just close the bail and theres enough tension to drop your bait/lure.

[BenSieweke]

Fishing line must have touched the water when the drone stopped. Then on continuation with the droves path out to sea, the lines friction was to strong to over come the drones power to hold altitude.

[hubertthong]

This posting is maybe 5 years old. I just lost my drone over the water deploying bait. 6th cast of the day ( last 5 yielded big snappers ) at 150m it kept yawing to the left then wobbled and went swimming. I feel your pain Bro

[grahamwilliams]

Music is distracting too, especially trying to hear what your saying, tone it down.

[Dronesorlando]

My guess is the rig is disproportionally loading weight to rear 2 - its on the back of legs instead of in the middle. That plus six runs with high wind could have been the culprit. When the drone starts to decent at the end you'll notice the front doesn't tip down, suggesting it could have been something with the rear motors (overloaded). Anyway, I've been hitting the beach every weekend here and it's been some time since I've flown mine. Gonna give it a go and I'll come back and let you know how it went, lol. My brothers been hooking into 6ft+ sharks every weekend in New Smyrna, Kinda scary, should be a blast!