Striders flying when pulled with a fishing rod

So I was playing on my hardcore world, and I just updated it to the newest snapshot. I wanted to get a strider friend because I think they're super cute. I go to lure it towards me with my warped fungi, and it's having a bit of trouble getting up so I pull it with my fishing rod. It flew up into the air a bit but came back down. I thought "no big deal" and tried again. Same thing but this time it's 20 blocks up and not coming back down.