Has anyone used an underwater drone to fish?

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Kismet

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Just occurred to me that a drone would be another electronic fish-finder for serious fisherman. Did a google search (attached) and it seems there are drones designed for this.

Has anyone had any experience with them? Are they too high-tech to be considered sporting?

https://www.google.com/search?q=Can+an++underwater+drone+be+used+to+locate+fish%3F&client=firefox-b-1-d&biw=1120&bih=550&ei=nD0WY6HIF4u90PEPxJS_qAk&ved=0ahUKEwihhu7sof75AhWLHjQIHUTKD5UQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Can+an++underwater+drone+be+used+to+locate+fish%3F&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABOgUIABCiBDoHCAAQHhCiBDoGCAAQHhAWOgUIABCGAzoFCCEQqwI6CAghEB4QFhAdSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUBFYkLwBYI2-AWgAcAF4AYAB6hiIAZCRApIBDzMtMS4xLjUuNy44LjMuNJgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

I think drones are illegal for deer hunting in Wisconsin; wonder if there are similar prohibitions elsewhere.

Thanks
 
Not an underwater drone. I have heard of people using a flying drone to take the bait out long, long distances and drop it beyond the surf or across the lake.
 
Before drones, I saw where they used RC controlled boats to run lures into certain areas that were restricted for regular boats to enter.
 
Our fishing reg's prohibit use of any remote controlled device that would be used to shoot something like a spear or harpoon at a fish. Seems the remote controlled sensing would be perfectly legal.
 
Not a drone, but an RC boat. I would take a clothesline pin and attach it to the back of the boat. I would clip my line to the pin and then after taking the bout out to where I wanted to drop the bait I would give a tug on the line to get it pulled off the clothesline pin. I did this while fishing from a dock in shallow water to get the line to deeper water fishing for catfish.
 
U.S. Navy has a couple of versions, this one just debuted in May of this year:

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/05/10/us-navy-orca-submarine/

Then, we got:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39700/the-u-s-navys-submarine-launched-aerial-drone-capacity-is-set-to-greatly-expand


and then...a search and identify drone for torpedo guidance:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/12/10/us-navys-new-submarine-launched-drone-guides-torpedo-attacks-from-unprecedented-range/?sh=10717aa65f19

Now, you'd think SOMEBODY would be thinking of using a drone for fishing, or maybe remote fish-finding aerial capabilities, wouldn't you?

Write your congressmen! :mrgreen: =D> :mrgreen:
 

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