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I think the weight was either 3 or 5 ounces and the bait maybe 2 ounces. The drone didn't even react to the weight so I know it can handle much heavier. I was taking it 400-600 feet out. It could go much further assuming you have the line on your reel. I bought a large spinning reel with 250 yard capacity. It was just a cheapy, so it would work with any. It's a lot easier to watch how much line you have left on a spinning reel than a bait caster. I think it would carry a 12 inch mullet.
You have to get a drone with the power of a Phantom though. I have a cheap Phantom-like drone but it would struggle to lift 8 ounces.
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Thanks SWIRE.
I am actually a pretty good surfcaster. I use Breakaway LDX and HDX rods. Both are 13'3" long, but one is set up to sling a 4oz bait and pompano rigs, the other for slinging about a 6 oz. weight and a smallish finger mullet in the 3-5" range. On a calm day, with the LDX/Pompano rig...I can knock down 110 yards all day long. That gets me right in front of the 3rd sand bar. With the heavier rod, I can get 90-100 yards. The problem is not the weight, it's the wind resistance of a freaking live mullet...they're NOT.
In addition to that...using a drone, you an use a shorter rod as you don't need the leverage to sling that rig out into the abyss...and the shorter rod gives you much more leverage on a larger fish.
Using a rig like your drone and dropping a large mullet or Piggy Perch, brings several other species into play for me. King Mackerel, Ling, etc. become a reality.
Kudos for trying it. I am really ready to pull the trigger on a drone to use this on areas I fish that are NOT PINS.