The Tragic Comment Made At The Bassmaster Open Livescopers Benefit Tournament On Lake St. Clair…
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- Randy talks about the disturbing Bassmaster event on Lake Saint Clair last week…#bassmasters #bassfishing #fishing #basslake #sportfishing #bassfishinglife #fishinglife #angler #livescope
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When is Bassmasters going to legalize dynamite?
They would if there was money to be made!
Randy your right 100% i do not watch Bass fishing on TV anymore because of FFS
Technology isn’t even the worst thing in fishing right now, it’s the ego and the way people behave that I can’t stand. The reason we all started fishing is being tarnished every day.
Spot on Benny!!
I’m with you Randy.
Fishing has always been questioned as being a sport. The advancement of technology/FFS seems to have ended that discussion.
Fishing has always been about common sense never a skill or sport
Sure ended my interest in any bass tournaments anymore. I been catching bass since I was 5/73 years ago and still catching. I refuse to watch the SO CALLED fisherman of today.
It is truly video game fishing, not ANGLING
It removes "fair chase". Period. If you can't see that, you're not an outdoorsman. Same as drone hunting, which is illegal in all states.
Truth
Spot on comment!
When you take skill out of a sport it's not a sport anymore you don't need skill to look at ffs
I’m a professional fisheries biologist. I’ve sampled fish with all sorts of gear like electrofishing boats, gill nets and Fyke traps. FFS with accompanying techniques (hover strolling, etc.) is more effective than and less sporting than even those.
Exactly Very Well Said
Keep preaching it, I quit watching fishing on TV unless there not spotlighting
Once again you are 💯 right Randy! It’s unwatchable.
I fished lake st Clair as a co angler and paid 400 bucks for a boat ride all he did was troll around till he saw a fish on his scope catch it and then start trolling again it was next to impossible for me to catch one needless to I drew another guy Friday who does the same thing so I decided to drop out and go home geez what a waste of time 😩😩
@@user-tp4tl4jz5w drop out? I would have been up front - shoulder to shoulder with both pros - throwing at the same fish!
@@ChronicalsofAl sounds good but the coangler has to stay in the back of the boat or you’ll be disqualified
I have found that as a co in those situations you kinda have to sell out to the drop shot and hue drag it around. It is what it is.
Thanks for standing up for what’s right.
I'm just getting back into bass fishing after about 20 years of not being able to. I cannot believe how things have changed with the electronics. It's a shame what has happened to the sport.
I've listened to you for awhile now on the FFS issue. Let me say this, I Can Afford To Buy The Latest And Greatest In FFS. I choose not to for the simple fact that I think it takes away from ones ability to fairly catch bass. In my book FFS is no different than dynamite or shocking fish, both are illegal and so should FFS be especially in tournament fishing. I think BASS should step up and make a ruling that FFS can (ONLY) be used in practice to locate fish but not on the boat during tournament hours. It goes back to what it always was ment to be SKILL!
💯!!!
It’s a joke
Absolutely agree 💯💯💯
That's actually a good idea. Also, if you're using ffs in practice, you can't cast on them. Like the not having a cast net and game fish in the boat at the same time rule.
You're army is growing, Randy. Keep up the good fight
👍💪💪
Thanks for calling a spade a spade keep up the good work for the well being of fishing in general!!!!!
BAN FFS....KEEP UP THE FIGHT RANDY....
Agreed
There are so many weeknders who have all this graphs all over their boats and they have to have them because they cant fish without it. You are spot on with the fact that a lot of the younger class cant fish anymore. The Graph is the only thing they can do .
Here is my prediction for the future of the "sport". The old schoolers will leave, and only the spotlighters will be left. Without the earned knowledge, the spotlighters will overfish the lakes, and the tournament orgs will eventually die out.
Yep livescope ruined kvd spot on grand lake he won 2 classics on that spot now it's overfished the big bass are gone because what you ask livescope
You bed fish!
Randy you are a seasoned Professional I respect your opinion You are spot on, Professional fishing is not interesting to me since FFS has Essentially taken over,it should never been allowed in any tournament fishing events,l would love to se fishing events held with nothing more than a hummin bird super 60 like I started out on,that is when I could afford one.please keep on keeping on!
Yes when the rivers and lakes are depleted of fish they will all have rendered their livescopes useless. That's where its heading!
@@aeroforce100 yes I feel the sport we all love will explode
As of April 2024, Wisconsin, Texas, Minnesota, and North Dakota were all considering bans on forward-facing sonar, also known as live scope, in state waters. Hope it happens.
I don’t think they should ban their use for just weekend anglers. Tournaments absolutely, but if I want to use it recreationally, I should have the ability to
If FFS continues, it will 100% have a major effect on all fishing! Especially Crappie. It's going to be fun getting to keep 2 crappies and they will be in a slot size to be able to keep. The days of a sportsman being a true sportsman is GONE! Today's generation has no clue and it's because of the technology.
@@bobh6583 I don’t keep anything I catch nor do I keep the bass I do catch out of the water long. I’m purely catch and release so FFS for me would do nothing to the ecosystem of a lake
@@brandonalan1513 your point is true. But, lots of meat chasers out there
@@bobh6583 no doubt about it
Livescopers Benefit Tournament. That's a good one. LOL. You are not wrong Randy. It's a cheater box and it's unfair chase. Period.
Randy, you know that you and I have not always seen eye to eye on a few things... but this, I completely agree. One of the reasons I declined my elite invite was because I'm a fishermen!!! A true angler. John Cox and I competed against each other for years on the lower circuits and used our angling skill to achieve our success. The "cheater boxes" forced a lot of us to completely quit professional fishing... not because we couldn't use it, but because it toom away from the skills we earned through years on the water. I hate it. I hope this initiative gains traction and gets ffs banned. Thanks for carrying the torch.
Thank you for speaking out against the FFS garbage
One of my favorite aspects of pro tournaments was finding out about how and where they caught the winning bags. No need to watch that anymore!!! lol
Right getting tips from local guides, having Mega tackle companies giving you inside info while the new guy had no chance. Learn the technology or just quit that’s life.
@@johneverly-oz5nj I quit tournament fishing for sure... also quit watching tournaments... look at the money and time saved! I don't want to have a checkbook competition, I want to compete with the skills and intuition I developed over decades against anybody with like skills... You can keep writing checks to keep up, that's your life now...
It's very sad this is what fishing has become. I just can't understand how Bassmaster and FLW allow this shit!!! What a smack in the face to fishing period.
Money
It doesn’t have to be sad. U and I can still fish however we see fit. Let the gambling committees fail and we still have what is pure in fishing and what we fell in love with to begin with.
Commericial fishing technology has no place in sport fishing.
That's an interesting way to think about it. No trawler nets please
It used to be a game of hide and seek. Now everybody has x-ray specs.
I'm to the point of believing Tournaments put on by For Profit organizations should be outlawed. Why should an organization be allowed to take over a public lake to make a profit? The organizations that film and broadcast them make a profit also.
I’ve been thinking about that too. The tournament organizations are basically allowing commercial fishing on our public lakes with FFS. Definitely needs to be banned in all sport tournaments or states should ban tournament organizers from having FFS used. Otherwise don’t allow FFS tournaments on public waters.
Outlawed? How do you go about doing so? Interesting!
I tried to watch Bass Masters at Lake St. Clair yesterday and had to shut it off. Boring looking at there backs and the fish don’t have a chance!
It was boring before. Watching aaron martens or feider sitover a boulder and hit individual fish on 2d shaking a drop shot.
I can't watch, the "sport" has literally turned into a video game it's so sad.
It's out of control just like everything in this country. We the people have no control anymore. Someone else thinks they know what is best for us with little concern for us.
At the same time, you want restrictions on everything...... that's more freedom!
your spot on......
You are right Randy, young anglers don care to fish, the just want to catch them.
I recently fished an Open and you're right!!! The weights would be Totally Different without FFS!!!
You wont be invited when they ban FFS better apologize now
Seems like a lot of people can't stand livescope.
If you’re fishing for food, fine. If you’re fishing for sport, especially in tournaments, then it’s not very sportsmanlike. And incredibly boring to watch.
Randy there is alot of us young anglers who cannot afford any of that crap and I still catch em all the time out of my Kyak with just a rod and a reel man it is getting old the tournaments are all the same shit nowadays jiggin a minnow
Kayakers have FFS now. You'll never be able to compete in a kayak tournament without it
@@MikeCrocker-cc4bm I just do it to have fun
The tailless minnow is not a viable bait ,it's an object that's seen by ffs,like you said about picking fish by size now,the young Japanese guy said he learned on a video game, he seen a group of 4 from 4 to 7 lbs,he worked until he had all 4,not fishing anymore.
It's happening on the club level as well. Like our club for instance and we're not affiliated with any national organization. Can't image spending that kind of money just to have bragging rights on a club tournament win. Forward Facing has destroyed the sport to a point where it's discouraging people who just want to fish.
People who just want to fish aren’t concerned with Tournaments, money or coddling their fragile egos. Technology isn’t the problem.
@@ogtoadslinger 🙄Think you missed my point or maybe I wasn't clear. No ego or concern with money here. Just someone who enjoys fishing of all sorts with friends/family and happens to fish a few club tournaments. I just think the technology has come to a point where it prevents people from connecting with fishing vs. catching. Just my opinion. Tight lines.
I agree with you. It’s the connection to the overall experience that matters most of all. Tight lines to you as well .
Here in Mississippi, we have lowered the daily limits for crappie because of FFS
Sickening really......and sad at the same time. I dont even recognize this sport anymore
The bass open on ouachita earlier this year everyone was scoping except the winner. There was one angler that had to come in early one of the days because his live scope wouldn’t work. He literally could not fish the rest of the day because he couldn’t fish without it. That’s when I realized you are absolutely correct without the box they can’t fish traditional style. Mind blowing to me!
Cheater box, never heard it called that, but i agree completely!
Fished as a Co-angler and let me tell you this is my last Bass Open. The boater runs the trolling motor on high until he finds a bass on scope then slows down long enough to catch it and back to the races again while he hunts down another. The casting angle for CO's is already challenging which we all know is part of the game, but now we are forced to do it with the boater racing to the next fish on the scope making almost impossible to keep a bait in the water for more than a few seconds. This race and cast method seems to be the new normal - I'm out! I do have to add my day 2 boater was amazing and hardly used his FFS, but I truly believe he is one of few who still does this after speaking with many other co-anglers. I was able to fish normally.
It’s time for fish and game agencies step in and regulate the amount of tournaments on a particular body of water.
I am usually against government regulations but we need to protect our fisheries around the Us from overfishing.
Not sure how this would work or look
They do here in Ky. Tournaments over 50 boats must register.
Its coming their are draft legislation coming
All pro sports have rules on what they can and cannot use. Except for bass tournaments!!!!!
Ask the Scoper what he would do if the system went down during the tournament? Not catch anything!
Ya jordan lee wouldnt catch anything😂.. nm the back to back classics he won withoutit lol. And many other tourneys.
Using FFS is NOT fishing. Fishing is going out, on a body of water, and using the skills you have acquired over many years and many hours of fishing experience. I refuse to support Bass Master in any way shape or form.
Try it sometime, I am not sure if it is more frustrating blind casting and catching nothing or watching fish checking out you lure and then ignoring it.. 😂 They both make you feel inadequate.
Spot lighting is cheating pure and simple! That’s not bass fishing! The ones that are doing it. Are computer technicians, not bass fishermen.
BACT………Bass Angler Computer Tech Open
Well said. 👍
I don't know sh¡t about a computer...
But, I can see fish with that awesome technology I use...
@@zekethefishgeek8690 yes you can. The problem is, the fish have no where to hide. No place to hide, means they will probably get caught. Too many fish to get caught good bye lake for your son, grandson or great grandson to catch. You may not keep them, but the other people will! Soon, no fish to catch.
Yes indeed
its not just bass fishing, walleye fishing is the same way. i use to watch a renown walleye youtuber because i wanted to learn more about walleye and how to catch them his videos before he got ffs was about how to use his sounder and dissect a weed line. then he got ffs and now its just about watching him look at a screen while he spins his ffs around
July 14, 2024... Yep, elite tour is same way today... most playing " video game fishing." Disgusting... Even kayak users that I have followed 4-5 yrs are enamored with live-scope fishing. 😖👎😤 no longer fun when you hear them holler "GOT HIM!" 😔🎣😠
If a so called pro fisherman needs $50,000 worth a electronics to win a tournament,Maybe that person needs to quit fishing,Sick of hearing about ffs,and scoping being a pro I call them pussified
@@StevenWDorn mamby Pambies….sure as hell ain’t no fisherman
@@rockyj2008 I agree I fish without anything like ffs,or a scope I was taught by my pap paw,I keep what I need for my family
this is why tournaments are not what I watch or care to anymore.
Basically, they could not win tournaments or catch compete bag fish with cheaper scope. I am 70 years old,and I use old time flasher and bet l can still kick there butt .If they take cheaper box scope.,off boat.
Sick and wrong! I’m down in Mexico at the moment surfing and surf fishing! I can’t say how good it feels scouting out potential fishing spots, hiking along the beach looking for boiling bait and or fish hitting the surface, quiet, alone, knowing all I have to catch fish is experience, proper lure choices, flawless presentation, and the proper gear. I get the same feeling when bass fishing a new lake! FFS takes out 90% of fishing out of fishing and 100% of satisfaction when you know that you are cheating 🏄🏼♂️🎣💪🏻
If they are going to allow FFS , maybe they should have the tournaments in Bass Pro Shop aquariums.
Spot on comment!!
I have to agree with you Randy. I’ve spent over 40 years fishing and learning from some of the all time best anglers in the United States. Livescope and FFS are going to have a very bad effect on the fisheries. We are going to see a massive decline in the quality of fisheries nationwide due to FFS.
The ‘SCOPERS’ can deny it all they want to, but time will tell very soon !!
It’s going to be over soon I think
RB can talk about how FFS affects "the sport," till he turns blue in the face. That argument is superfluous. The question is not how does FFS affect the sport. The real question is, how does FFS affect our moral obligations as protectors of the place we all live. Are we caretakers or just plain ole takers?
what really torques me is all the pros and social media personalities who know better who openly brag about chasing any fish 30' or deeper and thinking they can just fizz everything back to life...
Stay the course. Fight on. I was on fork yesterday and went by a ton of boats…… they didn’t even see me. Looking down at their screens.
this is exactly the same thing as hunting deer with a drone and a camera
Change my mind
You can use a drone out to 2 miles to locate deer, then move in on him. LiveScope is only effective to 80-100ft. That is well within your eyesight so that dispels the drone myth. Anything else?
@@Tedthibare you really that ignorant? They both are using technology to gain unfair advantage, it's the same thing. Anything else?
@@darrellvice2010 so you believe you're defending your argument by broadening the definition? Reducing specificity is intellectual dishonesty. So now that the goal post has been moved in your argument- I would say the use of "any" technology qualifies.
@@Tedthib okay cool I agree.😆
@@darrellvice2010 Just like power poles, monofilament fishing line,fluorocarbon fishing line, braided fishing line, outboard motors, trolling motors, spotlock, magnetic and digital cast control,landing nets, flashers, side view, 2D sonar. Are you going to tell us all those aren’t technological advances that gave anglers a “unfair advantage”?
You won't loose this subscriber.
Lose.
Randy, you are slowly winning me over. The question is not "any technology vs. no technology" it is "where should the technology line be drawn." I'm not nearly smart enough to know. But, I know - comparing this to PGA Tour, they fought for years over new technology in balls and clubs before coming up with some sort of line drawn. (It was USGA that drew the line.) Maybe the line should be drawn by the Game and Fish Commission of each state and then MLF and BASS will have to abide by those restrictions.
Randy youe lost 10 subs and gained 30 from this video, so youre in the posittive
If you want to be known as a great sonar operator then join the navy.
RUINED PRO BASS FISHING
How can you say you have no problem with these young anglers and even feel sorry for them but call them spotlighters, cheaters,and flatbillers? You don’t like ffs which I can understand but when you use these names you’re not attacking the technology, you’re attacking the anglers 🤔🤔🤔
I’ve never called any angler a cheater. I call FFS the cheater box because it is. Anglers are forced to use it by the tournament organizers
@@randyblaukatintuitive The cheater box can’t cheat unless there’s an angler operating it. Names like flatbillers are not referring to FFS,but the anglers using it.
Not knowing how big the fish is that you have on the line is all of the excitement!!!!!
I don't even disagree, but no one is forcing you to participate. Fish how you want to fish
I can't tell u who told me this because they ask me not to put his name out but he did say u can say what I said
he said " we are looking at ffs and so far we are moving towards banning it in this state"
fact
I'm not a ban person
I have ffs but I think they will be banned by 2026 in most states
The technology will get cheaper and widely available to recreational fishermen. Eventually a tournament fisherman will launch, turn on his live scope, and…..there is nothing there.
Once a unit is $150, which will happen, how will the waters cope? Fish have been protected because fishing is hard, but if you make it easy the fish have no chance. And the absolute hardest part of fishing is finding out where the fish are/aren't. Not any more. It's going to be even worse for fish that people eat, like walleye/crappie. And giant musky/pike will take an absolute beating.
I’ve been listening to both sides of the FFS debate for a few months now:
You’re right and the other side is snarky, arrogant, and full of BS.
It’s nothing but a video game “PERIOD”
The Japanese guy that won the championship a couple weeks isn’t even A lifelong bass fisherman bass in Japan, when he was interviewed on stage the MC kept saying your dreams come true you’re living your dream and you won it.
But From what I could tell from the Japanese guys broken English he said no I haven’t been a fisherman even in Japan, and my profession is a video editor and video game writer in Japan. So he came here to fish from what I could tell because of the this new technology.
He knew he could compete because he knows how to dial in the forward facing sonar to find and pick out the biggest he sees in the school, to him it’s playing the ultimate video game that pays money if you win.
That dude just proved anyone Could just step in and win with no real fishing experience.
From what I understand this is his second championship win.
Hell the only thing he was interested in after the win was buying the hot seat because for him that was the ultimate trophy outside of the money that he’s going to send back home.
This shit is a flipping joke Like I was saying the MC was doing his best to try to get him to say my dream came true because all my Life I dreamed of this day.
Lol And he kept saying no I am video game editor and so on.
Heck watch him in that video in that tournament he hardly knows how to fight the fish he would sit there and Reel as his drag is too loose and going out, it was a joke.
I’ve said it from the beginning, Bass and much of the industry is to blame for this garbage.
It started by taking advantage of the largest sports group in the world by quadruple pricing everything and Not compensating for our shit economy which made most of everything out of reach for the average fisherman, the same fisherman that made them who they are today.
Then with the retirement of a big group of hard hitters They had to come up with something to make everyone a hero that had money so they could have successful televised BASS tournaments And then boom here’s forward facing sonar and so now any Joe blow can win that has a pocket full of money and zero talent.
I found the video. Brutal. Dude was a “TH-cam” fisherman and content creator who never fished a tournament. Decided to get into fishing because of a video game. Came to the US and “one year, two years, I know how to do this.” Dear God what are we doing. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤬
Out champions are from out of the country using what for lures and tech and cant even speak english....thats your champion. YOur dead on....its all for TV ratings. So, if thats what they want....watch out a storm is brewing
Well said.
Pros should get the basic graph showing structure and temperature and depth, no fish indicators.
I watched it live for 2 hours on an off. I GET nothing from it. A bunch of anglers who are essentially 1 dimensional. I dont trust the results/anglers ability to catch fish etc. When i see nothing but finding offshore fishing with GPS coordinates from WHO and then running the trolling motor chase fish....and then determining their size with NO techniques instead taking shortcuts THAT IS NOT FISHING PERIOD FOR ME or I ASSUME 1M other anglers. ITS A FXXXX DISGRACE that BASS AND MLF both have allowed this to occur. Trying to ring in a new generation for what?? Crowd our waters with guys who show with 100K boats tackle etc that put no time on the water to FIND fish...no they are hunters....should be outlawed and a national wildlife policy that covers the entire US about what FISHING is.....and what it isnt. It TRULY violates FAIR CHASE for sure!!!
Absolutely spot on Randy! I also am not a fan of FFS. mainly for the environment as well as the love and passion for the sport. Please stay after this effort! we have a limited resource in our fisheries and it needs to be preseved as well as the sport in general. Old school is just as fun.
Thanks
I learned a lot from Ish Monroe about frog fishing. I hate that he can't keep up with the ffs. He is a great fisherman
Ban livescope!!!!
I watched the coverage on Saturday - it was absolutely boring. I don't foresee me watching anymore Bassmaster events.
I'm with you on this as well, I started bass fishing in the mid 70's and being from Missouri you were one of the pro's I followed. Don't let up on this please, I really like the accidental name you mentioned, "PS5" boys. I think your spot on I would be really curious as to how many of them would still be in the sport without use of the cheater box. I don't really do that much bass fishing now, mostly crappie fishing and I fly fish for warm water fish most of the time. I don't have FFS and living on SS, I will not be buying one, truth is, the part of fishing that captured my heart was a good presentation, a well placed cast, and that subtle strike, if I was watching TV to do that, I'm not interested anymore. Thanks again from all of us that still love the sport and are saddened by it's demise. Progressive technology is not always a good thing.
It’s being done on all my local lakes. Can’t just go fish a tournament anymore because you will get your teeth kicked in. Good buddy and myself used to do really well in team events around home and now we are finished because we refuse to LiveScope/cheater box. It’s so sad!
Most boring tournament I’ve ever seen. Like watchin paint dry
I am just outside toronto Ontario in Canada one of my customers is a retired pro bass fisherman and we had a discussion about ffs and his reply was that he wished they would get rid of all electronics on the boat
How can anyone can think that a person 19 years old can actually compete on a PROFESSIONAL level is crazy, it won't be long where going to see the truth
We all have a responsibility in our sport to tone down the rhetoric. Most importantly politically speaking in our society
100% I’ve had enough of the labeling, name calling, derogatory and divisive rhetoric. Everyone commenting on this channel share a passion for fishing. We are all brothers and sisters in regard to that shared passion. Randy is either blind to the fact or doesn’t GAF. Maybe he’ll understand when someone’s card gets pulled over a violent altercation at a boat ramp because two individuals with opposing opinions couldn’t just have a civil discussion and had to turn to violence to make their point. Randy is steering the conversation in that direction. I’ve followed Randy since the late 1980’s. He is and was one of the OG Hammers, however my respect and admiration for him has diminished greatly since he became so divisive with his opinions. I unsubbed from his channel a while back due to his positions, and the adolescent name calling.He’s entitled to his opinions, but when he started with the name calling and divisive language , with the we have to “fight” this battle, and I’m not going to stop fighting etc.I opted out. The world has more than enough fighting right now. The last thing the fishing community needs is more fighting.
It’s just bass fishing…not very important in the real scheme of life
You can also point out that Moto GP is limiting motorbike from 1000cc down to 800cc max to control the technology and make it competitive.
Randy the way you get to the administration and sponsors is loosing spectators and tackle sales. I personally don’t watch big tournaments anymore because they are boring. I do it my way and use my old plastics and lures from the past.. I use to enjoy watching the classic. I still remember how happy I was when Woo Dave’s won in 2000. I don’t agree with all your thoughts but you are right on on this one. What can the spectators learn with ffs?
It's really a shame that all you ever hear here is how FFS is cheating. Maybe you all should read the rules of the sport. FFS is no more cheating than using Google Earth and GPS mapping to locate a 4' rock pile in 5mins on a 100,000 acre reservoir that you've never been to before. You all need to get some perspective. And as for Randy's comment about "... needing to re evaluate your world view of bass fishing because you use FFS .." I've never heard such an elitist, prejudiced statement in my entire life. randy is the one who needs to get some perspective. The world does not revolve around pro bass fishing. As the Texas Parks & Wildlife fisheries biologist said in a recent Tylers Reef Fishing YT channel video ... 'what pro anglers do on the water WRT FFS has zero impact on a fishery because there ain't enough of them to make any difference ... pay attention to that last part ... 'there ain't enough pro fisherman to make any difference.' Pro fishing is nothing but a few bite on the sport of bass fishing. There are an estimated 5 million recreational bass fisherman in the US and what? 200 so called pros. Irreverent. Luckily FFS is an incredible tool for us and enables bass fisherman who don't have closed minds and simply listen to this echo chamber every day about how tech is the devil itself, understand what a wonderful thing it is... I'll go out on a limb and say that 99.8% of everyone who comments here that FFS is the end of everything have NEVER used FFS, don't own one and clearly do not understand even the simplest aspect for how the tech actually works. You all get your info from Randy who is also someone who has never used this tech and doesn't understand it. BTW, I'm not a tournament fisherman, don't care about them except for the fact that they are the ACTUAL root cause of the decline of our fisheries. Tournaments which have been unregulated and out of control for 40 years or 2 years of FFS. Which of those 2 do you think actually have had the bigger impact?
I don't see why you are complaining. It stopped being "FISHING" when tournaments started with cash prizes.
Respect for the fish and appreciation of the activity of fishing is long gone as everything is geared to money and bragging rights. Everything short of dynamite is used, so why not forward facing sonar?
Don't give me any ethical BS or being fair or unsporting. It's all about the money, and the pro-fishermen don't like that technology allows amateurs to complete with them.
If you want a real and fair fishing competition, put limits on the boats and equipment so the average unsponsered person can compete. Most importantly, limit the line to 10 pound test and require that a landing net is used.
I know several have stated they hate watching guys watching a screen . But go back 40 years and you saw Rick Clunn weigh in 2-3 fish and talk about 5 bites total. That was pretty boring . I guess if you’re not fishing it’s boring no matter for me.
Take away the cheater box, and most of them couldn’t catch their dinner!
Unfortunately you can’t blame the fishermen, you have to blame the organizers. One of the big names on the MLF tour made a statement very similar to yours regarding FFS.
Well said Randy! Couldn’t agree more
I totally agree Randy. Keep up the fight
walleye stocks are also getting destroyed by this machine. Its so sad. Takes all the surprise and skill out of fishing. Like you said, its like hunting with a drone.
FFS reminds me of super black bass on Super Nintendo.
I don't compete, nor do I want to. I have found that most of the guys fishing competivly are condescending asses. My question is how is spotlighting different than putting weights in fish or stashing fish? Cheating is cheating. Let's just call it what it is. There is most certainly a skill set to bass fish (hunting). Anyone can play a video game. Prove me wrong.
Randy you definitely nailed it it's not fishing anymore it's actually catching so how and the hell are they in. A bass fishing tournament
Can’t believe you don’t have your own tour yet. I’ve seen ads for some Snagproof frog only tournaments. That’s something I would love to watch.
I’m glad to finally hear you say that. At least you admit to understanding why tournament anglers need it to get a check.
lol I doubt very much that he cares that you feel sorry for him he’s doing his thing for god sake let people fish how they want and no it’s not hurting our lakes
Today I watched how schools of gizzard Shad move with FFS……..and how bass will sit on a drop off and race to the surface to intercept them! So cool