Tailing Redfish *DRONE FOOTAGE*

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Re: Tailing Redfish *DRONE FOOTAGE*

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Man, that is really cool. One one hand it makes scouting infinitely easier, but at some point technology makes it unfair for the wildlife. Either way, one of the coolest videos I’ve seen on this forum. Those fish looked pretty spooky, even with the fly. Like all of the reds I’ve been tossing lures at all winter. Nice job, thanks for posting.
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Cool! Where was that taken?
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Great video, could have watched it for an hour!
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I really enjoyed that footage. I agree with SG, scanning the flats with a drone to find fish seems a little over the top. The use of the flyrod on the other hand give the fish back the advantage so I suppose it evens out.

BTW....the "Dude" on the bow needs to spend some time in the yard with his flyrod, an old floating line, and some paper plates for targets. Until you can lay that fly (piece of yarn will do) right in front of the paper plate with the leader extended and gently landing, you are not going to catch a spooky Red. Casting a fly rod well takes a lot of dedication and practice.

Casting in the wind is another animal altogether. Man, I used to love it. Great Vid. :thumbup:
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Post by RedHillsTurkeyCalls »

Not sure what drone you have...but get a filter kit. A polarizing does wonders for those vids..just like your sunglasses. I don't think your're using one??

Oh...and they're illegal to fly in the NWR.

Oh...and depending on who takes an interest...there's a lot of gray area items, like pursuit, harassment....etc regarding wildlife.

I got 2, and got the commercial license 2 yrs ago. Didn't renew it last Sept.

Lol..anybody wanna buy 1 ?
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Nice! pretty water. How much for the drone Red Hills?
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rockyg wrote:I really enjoyed that footage. I agree with SG, scanning the flats with a drone to find fish seems a little over the top. The use of the flyrod on the other hand give the fish back the advantage so I suppose it evens out.

BTW....the "Dude" on the bow needs to spend some time in the yard with his flyrod, an old floating line, and some paper plates for targets. Until you can lay that fly (piece of yarn will do) right in front of the paper plate with the leader extended and gently landing, you are not going to catch a spooky Red. Casting a fly rod well takes a lot of dedication and practice.

Casting in the wind is another animal altogether. Man, I used to love it. Great Vid. :thumbup:

I've used one to take some video of me fishing but i'd hate for someone to think I was using it to find fish.. That part was done.

I suspect the same is the case here.

Really cool video.
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I've been on these fish for years. Just trying to get one to eat on the drone. And we were not in the Refuge by the way..... And you have to remember, i'm trying to cast to the place where I think the fish is. I don't have the drone's perspective while casting at these fish. Only after watching the footage could i actually see where the fish is in relation to my cast. Glad some of you enjoyed it for what it is!
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I can see where a drone could be helpful for scouting...

...gators hugging the bottom in wadefishing areas.
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GaryDroze wrote:I can see where a drone could be helpful for scouting...

...gators hugging the bottom in wadefishing areas.
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Great video! The drone does help with scouting, but it doesn't make the fish bite as seen in the video.
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Awesome video and kudos to whoever was controlling the drone. That takes a certain skill I don't have. I've bought two of those things and just couldn't get the hang of it so gave em to the grandkids. :-D
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ropeman wrote:Great video! The drone does help with scouting, but it doesn't make the fish bite as seen in the video.
and that was very frustrating. Fortunately we already had a couple of bites on the fly before we threw the drone up!!
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