rules have been used to support the sport-resrictor plates in NASCAR-air pressure in footballs in NFL-Bicycle restrictions in the Tour-NO spotlighting/road hunting deer?...How about protecting the fish and the resource?

@christopher9076

4 ай бұрын

There are rule books for tournament organizations that limit many things already. It isn't the wild west...

@BigBass-xf5yi

4 ай бұрын

How bout all the “roughing the passer” and pass interference calls? Lame imho

When I get home from the water my wife asks two questions 1. how was fishing? Answer is always: wonderful, great sunrise, saw wildlife, etc. 2nd: how was catching? Answer: I report numbers Fishing isn’t about catching per se. many have lost the enjoyment of the experience for staring at a screen….. Many People in tournaments have lost etiquette and will sell their soul to win a check.

I agree with you Randy. I have been an avid bass angler for over 70 years. ( I’m 80) and have been a part of the bass fishing revolution since the beginning. However, bass fishing today is soulless. The kids today are just playing a video game and are missing the true meaning of the sport and why we do it. I have totally lost interest and now almost exclusively fish for catfish. I feel it brings me closer to nature and to a simpler time in my life.

@johnmiller5987

4 ай бұрын

Me too, I am only in my 50s.

@edwardcowan7012

4 ай бұрын

I still bass fish old school but have taken up trout fishing.

@mikelembke5121

4 ай бұрын

Not many fisherman today can use a flasher and find fish, Mark Davis made a lot of money fishing pro tournaments using a flasher cause that's all you had

@richerwin6397

4 ай бұрын

I'm with you all the way. I'm only 62 but cherish the 70's technology. Loved fishing my bass tournaments from the late 70' into the 90's. I've added saltwater fishing to my repertoire because catching bait is half the fun.

@daleporter9162

4 ай бұрын

I’m 50 and have been fishing since I was 5. Last year I found myself getting out my fly rods a lot more and going bluegill fishing.

This is my two cents worth. I’ve never fished with forward facing sonar. I fished club tournaments up until about three years ago. I spent decades chasing fish and gathering knowledge and experience just to compete at the club level. Skipping jigs, flipping vegetation, shaky head/ worm, crank bait and spinner bait. And within all those techniques is the knowledge and experience to know what color, how fast, how slow, how deep, what cover, what structure…on and on. That knowledge takes years to get efficient at all the above. But I believe if I had forward facing sonar with a spot lock trolling motor, I could catch fish in a short period of time. Nit decades! Because it’s a one technique way to fish! Once I find the fish, it’s just a matter of running through lures and see which one draws interest. Any interest is the baseline. If no takers, change colors. If more interest is shown by the fish but still no takers, change size. Do that until you get bit! No years of learning how to flip or skip a jig under a dock. It just dumbs down a great sport that anyone with a few hours and can cast a lure, can catch fish. And it’s the very reason I stopped watching tournaments online or on TV. I don’t want to watch an angler stare at a screen non stop!

Randy please read this ! Last night I was on David Dudley’s live podcast I straight asked him do you think ffs is the equivalent of spotlighting deer Randy his quick answer was absolutely that’s exactly what your doing He is one of the best in the world and those were his words how is our state agencies not seeing this ????

@randyblaukatintuitive

4 ай бұрын

I don’t have a lot of confidence in the state agencies.

@callaseter4811

4 ай бұрын

I don’t either .

@5150Fishing

4 ай бұрын

@@randyblaukatintuitivestate and federal won’t get involved. It’s up to MLF to regulate it

@darjnz4406

4 ай бұрын

State agencies are a joke! FWC threatens me with a 2cd degree misdemeanor if I’m caught leaving the WMA 20 minutes late. If you are illegal you can take whatever you want using whatever methods you want and they look the other way. Gill nets and cast nets for game fish….sure no problem! As long as you aren’t a citizen. Using your 4x4, while intoxicated , to enter a wetland…sure no problem! We really need to get over this pc nonsense.

@KevOutdoors

4 ай бұрын

Well, spotlighting deer is illegal, so it’s not the same.

The only scientific data you need to look at is the profits these companies are making and the sponsorship money that the leagues are getting. None of these people give a crap about conservation of the fish.

You’re so obviously correct that it blows my mind when pro fishermen disagree.

@phillamoore157

4 ай бұрын

Amen...but, that's half the point. If you can't win without the use of this technology, then the LAST thing you are is a "pro". But, these insecure, babies are so deep into their entitlement, and co-dependence, that they have no idea how pathetic they look. *Imagine hearing about a PBA "pro" who rolled a 300game, and winning a tournament, then while hoisting his trophy said "Yes, I used gutter bumpers, but it was still difficult, because I still had to walk up to the lane and roll the ball 12x's!!!"* And, that's to say nothing of the effects on the fish themselves...

@sanderludeman3007

4 ай бұрын

Nowhere near the same😂 randy is awesome and a great perspective to keep in mind, but livescope doesn't garentee fish ever. It takes skill to use and catch fish with it. It is very hard to use. If you say otherwise then you haven't used it.

@lanidrac777

4 ай бұрын

​@@sanderludeman3007how long did it take you to figure out livescope?

@phillamoore157

4 ай бұрын

@@sanderludeman3007 ....that's exactly what bowlers who throw 300 games say when they're using bumpers. You still have to have the strength and stamina to roll a 16lb bowling ball, and make sure you hit the pocket. You guys should listen to yourselves. So, now your argument is that it takes more skill to learn how to install, and learn that crap, than it is to learn how to actually fish? If you're THAT co-dependent to where you need that kind of technology, then you don't deserve to have an opinion on the matter. Livescope is the affirmative action of fishing. It gives people who never learned how to fish in the first place the feeling of being a legitimate competitor. In 5-10yrs, when they allow entitled, co-dependent anglers to use cast-nets along with Livescope, you'll be arguing how difficult it is to throw a cast-net properly. You're so deep into your world of entitlement, and co-dependence, you have no clue as to what a slap in the face it is to the pro's who won tournaments without it. The entire point of the tournament is to show off the skills it takes to figure the fish out on a given body of water. Not, show our technical prowess with technology that was originally designed for the medical field to look inside women's uterus's to see if they're pregnant. *At, some point, you're going to have to not only to take responsibility for your co-dependent, and intelligence, but learn some self-respect. As of your reply, your showing none of it. Think about how pathetically lazy it sounds to drive around a lake with your face glue'd to a video game looking for fish, before you make a cast.....*

@Boethius411

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@sanderludeman3007My kid kicks my butt at madden too but he doesn’t know more about football than me. Of course it takes practice. There’s a learning curve for everything. But if you’re already decent at identifying bass with down and side imaging, the impact is pretty immediate. It took me a couple weeks to get it dialed in and play with it. Then I took my 9 year old son and won a couple of derbies. The second one I was just scanning and telling him where to throw.

Hi Randy keep battling on this topic. You have an army supporting you ! Thanks Randy !

When non-boaters quit entering tournaments it will force BASS and MLF to make changes on FFS.

@5150Fishing

4 ай бұрын

FFS is running co anglers out of the game

@jedmeadows6226

4 ай бұрын

Very interesting thought 👍

Randy is 100% correct on this.

I don't watch tournaments really any more or follow too many pros because I can't even begin to relate to how they are fishing..

Hey Randy, sustainability is the best way of putting it. I'm 65 tonight and disabled. Not looking for pity. I just love slapping my 82# kayak on my 22 year old Buick and plan on doing it til I can't. I run a Striker4( which I plan on upgrading). I will not go to FFS, even if someone gave it to me. Keeping it simple in Pgh. Thanks again for the content.

Nailed it! Thanks for your insight, story telling and respect to individuals who you disagree with. It tells us a lot about you as a person. 🐐!

Normalizing things that are a detriment to our society has become the norm in our country! I’m afraid you’re right, for a good number of people fishing is done electronically.

Sadly someday ffs won't even be questioned, it'll just be another part of fishing. I applaud you for fighting against it.

I agree. I know you've made this arrangement a lot, but this is one of your stronger presentations on this issue.

10 years ago I set a budget/plan to attempt fishing at a high/pro to semi pro level. I still love the sport and fish religiously. However, after spending $69,000 on my boat and electronics two years ago, I’m already way too far behind in the new tech to compete at a serious level. I’ve spent years dreaming and sacrificing financially to chase a dream that I’m priced out of every time I turn around. My heart breaks for the sport I love.

@jerrythomas4457

3 ай бұрын

Buy a canoe and find a small body of water.

@swimMauzle

2 ай бұрын

Pretty spendy tears hahahaha. It's all Garmins fault......

Hi Randy, Just finished watching your piece, liked and subscribed. Been a muskie guy for decades, guiding, TV been around a while (have filmed w Mercer); anyway did a piece on channel recently on FFS and handling (mainly muskie focus); multiple comments on our piece mentioned your work here finally had time to watch. Well done! Beyond opinions which greatly differ, the fisheries being able to handle it - is the single biggest thing. Overall, with very few exceptions, one on one talk says it's tougher ... I have many friends/connections in Canada, and even on those massive waters - starting to get many whispers of worry. I can't completely put my finger on how much is population depletion (not just muskie obviously) and how much is learned avoidance, but these fisheries (where everyone's bread is buttered) need to be the focus. Appreciate you addressing it

You are absolutely correct on this topic I came back to conventional gear bass fishing 2 years ago after decades of trout on the fly I also started watching televised bass tournaments but I will no longer support any of this nonsense of “shining bass”. Any pro Angler or tournament that thinks this technology is acceptable is the problem and they will realize it when everything is ruined beyond repair. We may already be there I will go back to wading rivers with no electronics Sorry I ever came back to witness this mess. So sad Thank you Randy for being honest.

Bass are not a shallow water fish, they never have been we just never knew about it before like we do now.

I have all the tech stuff: scope, SI, Gps, FTM app. Dont have the anchors because I dont want any. You use to have to know how to navigate a boat, run a troller, triangulate targets. I enjoy this stuff but I agree when is it enough? I wish there was a decent regional circuit that had limits to tech. I would gladly shit can a lot of this progress.

I'm with You 100% Randy . . . keep after it boss ! Good Stuff.

Thanks Randy! You're right and I'm with you!!

wow .. I've yet to put a standard fish finder on my katak and I've been feeling inferior now I'm feeling releaved oddly I don't care that is harder.. it gives the fish a fighting chance thanks from Australia

Randy I fish in a small senior bass club. We have about 35 members with 4 men having FFS. Last year I fished 22 tournaments in my club. Of those 22 tournaments the only ones to win were the guys with the FFS. The rest of us were fishing for 2nd place. I did get one check once for 3rd place. We either donate or we buy it. Well I broke down in December and bought it. I expect to learn how to use it this year but next year I plan to win. Because if you don’t have it you’re not going to win.

🤠Thanks from Arizona for all the good videos and sharing your wealth of experience! Appreciate you much! Lee

@leeshaw7059

4 ай бұрын

And agree whole heartedly! I see it here in Arizona. Didn't understand what was happening for the last 3 years. Thought I was just behind the times and couldn't fish anymore. I think tha financial disparity is the most frustrating to me. I'm watching guys that couldn't even fish less then 5 yes ago competing successfully in fairly high profile tournaments here. 100,000 dollar boats fully decked out with all the latest stuff including forward facing sonar which is how they compete. I hope you don't quit until we see some kind of change...

@randyblaukatintuitive

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Lee!

Can we bring back good ol fishing please?!! I miss watching it!! I wish the O G’s started their own league!!

I've come to agree with you randy. it is changing fishing too much.

The only Data anyone needs to look at to see what FFS is doing is the tournament results since it's inception. It has and will continue to dominate 9/10 tournaments. From Florida to Canada from the East coast to California, it has dominated essentially every event. 20 yr olds with 6 screens are qualifying or the Elites with it and young anglers that have no foundation as anglers are beating 30 yr tour veterans at will with the technology. People like Milliken can deny these facts and claim that all these anglers, including himself, would be dominating without FFS but it is not true, period. If you normalize anything enough it will eventually become common place never to be undone. That is what is at stake here. I love tournament bass fishing more than anything in life, and it is truly sad to me what is happening to it in real time before our eyes.

you nailed it at the end - why? money. Im on your side but I don't see how we can ever stop this progression

You are exactly correct! I’ve said, these so-called professional fishermen, are only professional Livescope users.

My opinion is. Ffs should only be allowed to use in practice in the top pro tournament tours. The top level anglers should be a collection of anglers based on skill,experience, and determination. Not the amount of technology on their boats. And i honestly believe that for the Classic. It should be fished on the original format. 10lbs of tackle. All the boats rigged the same. With trolling motor and a choice of 1 other type of electronic device.

100% agree with you! Thank you for this video. I hope the leagues wise up and not just follow the money.

Great video Randy! I 100% agree with your point of view!

Keep up the good fight ! 👍

I have been feeling,fun and tournament at 76 yrs l have a tremendous experience with BASS and FLW . Randy you are great telling the truth. I know these guys. You are so right

Loving the hat!!! Randy🤠 let's do the New Famous Tackle Room tour!!! 🤗I think you'll get a lot of views 👍. Always loving your insights🤓

I fully agree with what you have said. All this new technology for fishing is making fishing like if you are playing a video game. It's really getting ridiculous. I love bass fishing and can't afford a real boat. I fish from a kayak and don't have any electronics. I just use my fishing skills to catch Bass.🙂👍

So, today around lake fork I saw 4 local bass boats with 4-6 graph’s in each boat. This technology equals sales. You can’t stop technology that equals comp sales. Just because you don’t believe in technology or can’t adapt, doesn’t mean we have to adapt back 20 years. Bass will adapt, every tournament angler has this on their boat. Only a few place on the top ten or only 1 wins.

I think it's not about fishing. But money and bragging rights. Has been for a long time. I knew something smelled funny when they started paying less depending on what kind of boat and motor you have.

When I was a little kid my mom would take me and my friends and drop us off at the lake. We fished with Mitchell 300s, cheap monofilament, short tip broken fiberglass rods, and manns jelly worms rigged on an Eagle Claw snelled hook. I caught plenty of bass, perch, Pike in the occasional catfish. Now I have thousands of dollars in rods, reels, and tackle. I don't catch any more fish now than I did back then. The harder fishing becomes the more money we have to spend to catch the same amount of fish. Such a vicious cycle.

I agree with you on this bull💩 more every day . Kids aren’t going to fish when they can’t even get a bite . Another thing that’s always blown my mind is states selling commercial fishing licenses to individuals. I mean what gives ANYBODY the right to put out nets etc to just siege a public body of water ? So much so that they have a freezer sitting in their boat !

I totally agree that this technology has no place in Tournament angling. These guys are suppose to be pros and this make it so just about anyone can compete.

I totally agree, it’s a shame when the pros do the walk thru of their new boat and it’s all about how many screens they are using this year I’m with ya Randy

Correct! I don’t even watch the tournaments because I learn NOTHING!!!

That analogy you used is top notch. Respect

Your spot on. With the forward facing sonar. I wish Bass would at least ban it from the classic. Then you will know who the best fisherman are.

great take Randy. I completely agree.

FLW, Bass Master, MLF. Randy, What is their take on this technology that they are not moving on this? There must be a monetary reason. I love how you brought up PGA. Great commentary

It’s taking the mystique out of fishing, let the Angler decide where and what to fish and not the software🙄

My first time seeing those anchor with trolling motor was on millikins new boat video yesterday and I was blown away 😂

I love your channel Randy. Thank you sir. The only way we fix this is stop supporting bassmaster, mlw, and whatever organizations that support FFS. I love fishing period, bass fishing, inshore and offshore saltwater fishing. We used to go offshore with my dad with just loran numbers. No bottom machine, nothing and we would always catch fishing by finding them or drifting. Still to this day when we go bass fishing we cover water and play the weather, barometer and other factors but we always end up just fishing. That’s the fun of it all. Anglers talents are just that and their specific technique. Let fishing be fishing. It was never designed to be catching!!! 💪💪💪.

Things aren’t as bleak out here on the East Coast. FFS isn’t much of a factor in tidal water or where the winning fish are Largemouth that live in heavy vegetation. The tournament circuits could make a schedule that wasn’t as advantageous to spotlighting. This year Elite schedule seems to have been designed to give the spotlighters as much advantage as possible.

@bigry959

4 ай бұрын

I agree, more tournaments on the Upper Bay and Potomac here in Maryland and VA would greatly reduce FFS usage. Most of the winning bags are in heavy vegetation

@JohnSmithFFS

4 ай бұрын

It’s not a factor on most bodies of water. It’s just that Randy needs an excuse for his failures like most people who can’t hack it.

@edwardcowan7012

4 ай бұрын

@@JohnSmithFFS ?Can't hack it? How many Classics did you qualify for there Skippy?

@mwor9283

4 ай бұрын

That’s one reason my fav stop of the season is Sabine

@JohnSmithFFS

4 ай бұрын

@@edwardcowan7012 If I qualified for mo classics doors that mean Randy can hack it? And is not looking for excuses? I’ll answer vomit doesn’t. You just got your feelings hurt because I exposed your girlfriend you simp for. In addition, I son also not on you tube denigrating other anglers as if I am something special. Randy is widely known as a crybaby his whole career which is why no one on tour ever liked him.

Right is right and you are "RIGHT" !

I enjoy your perspective on this subject and feel much the same way. I live on a lake in Texas and fish many local tournaments on this lake. There have been a few anglers say that if the local tournaments ban FFS they would not fish in these tournaments going forward. My thought is WOW. FFS means that much to you that you can't get out there and grind, using knowledge, mapping and compete with other anglers? I fish without FFS because I want a challenge and feel a sense of accomplishment when I catch.

Well said Randy. I can see what's coming. Transducers 360 around the boat with one giant screen showing a boat shape in the middle. Every fish around you will show up live with depth and distance from the boat. It's coming if it isn't stopped

@manofthehour9938

4 ай бұрын

Yup. Its insane.

@Basscater81

4 ай бұрын

You’re right. It’s really sad that the sport we love is going this way.

Again Randy I agree it's not what it use to be, nothing is in this world, I live in southern Indiana, the lakes in my area are nothing like they use to be, and some of the people are so disrespectful, keep giving em HELL, I'm with ya.

Thank you for your honesty and view on this subject. Money is controlling the sport of fishing.

Randy is awesome! Watching some of his bass master classic.

I believe when it comes to tournament fishing you need to look at the bottom half of the tournament standings. Traditionally strong lakes have half their field weighing in small limits or not catching a limit. There is not doubt it is getting tougher to catch a bass. I don’t know if FFS hurts the fisheries, but it sure doesn’t help them in any way!

I'm firmly in your camp on this. Keep up the good fight.

My dad says he agrees with you 100% and appreciates you for taking up the cause and taking the heat for it. You give a voice to everybody who is irritated by it and doesn’t have a real platform to express that frustration. But maybe the fights should be taken to state governments instead of Bassmaster and other tournaments. It’s just like deer hunting. If they regulated it like they do bow or muzzleloader season that might work.

I watched it , and I agree , it’s totally sad MrRandy , the art form is over if they don’t ban it , I tried to talk to Todd Castledine about him fishing his favorite frog , get on board with the Ban Livescope Army , he told me to stop fishing , these PROs all know and understand what’s going on , it has got to be banned

Couldn’t agree with you more about this. If this technology continues to advance, we’ll eventually be using live feed underwater cameras to fish for bass. There’s nothing “natural” about it…

Life got in the way and I haven’t been able to fish for the last 6-7 years and bass fishing has changed so much in that time it’s kinda killed my desire to do it again

Normally I disagree with you, but you're 100% correct in rebutting the whole "well the tournament weights have been the same as 30 years ago." That should send alarm bells ringing. How is it that the weights are the same, yet the technology in rods, reels, lures, and electronics has increased by 1000 fold in 30 years. If anything, the weights should go up every few years with the increase in technology. If you took guys out on 18ft boats with only pistol grip rods, heavy line mono, and flashers I guarantee half the field of BASS would skunk. You cannot win a tournament outside of the spawn fishing up shallow. There are simply very few catchable keeper sized fish up in the shallows anymore.

@TheSwaffs

4 ай бұрын

Because fish adapt and evolve to their environments. After all they are still fish that only eat so much in a given day and live so long in a given body of water. Case in point…. we’ve all heard Randy talk about the fact that they won’t bite what they used to bite 30 years ago. They’re not stupid. They get harder to catch all the time. So yeah, they should weigh in the same today as they did 30 years ago unless we start feeding them protein and steroids.

Randy is 100% accurate on this..Fishing, as the true anglers know it is declining rapidly...Technology vs Fish instead of angler vs fish will eventually bring fishing to an end...

@JohnSmithFFS

4 ай бұрын

Another one who has no idea about ffs

@andybales7318

4 ай бұрын

​@@JohnSmithFFSthx for confirming u have very little fishing skills...BUT, that all changed now..😂 go sit down cheater

I personally know a guide on Rayburn, that has told me that in order to sustain his business he had to go with FFS. His client keeper fish have gone up to average 1,230 fish per year. that's how many more fish his clients are keeping because they meet the states guidelines, and they are keepers. that's just 1 guide.

Professional bass fishing tournaments at its finest. Only the strongest can survive anything that comes with this bass fishing game on any level.

Amen , agreed I also can't see having more in electronics then the boat cost

spot lighting deer is not legal and this is the same thing

amen!!! keep it up Randy

So your buddy Milliken just put out his new video yesterday with his new bass cat boat he has those propellers on his Minnkota raptors five graphs. They had to redesign the whole front end of the boat so he could put all those graphs on there. I don’t no why even if you had the money why would you want all that crap on your boat I’ve seen videos of other guys they’re putting back up black boxes in case one goes out there putting an extra transducers in case one goes out because they have to have this to compete. It’s ridiculous.

@randyblaukatintuitive

4 ай бұрын

I’m embarrassed for him

@rosschappell7014

4 ай бұрын

Milliken is a douche canoe. The more is see his stuff come across my feed the faster I have to click X

I've been fishing rivers from the bank and kyak without FFS and I do great 👍but I enjoy watching Milliken and Randy both and have been watching both of them for awhile and learn from both

Honest truth, I'm not a huge Randy Blaukat fan, but I agree with this is 100%. Forward facing sonar has no place in tournament or recreation fishing. It's killing the sport. Regulations exist in all sports, fishing should be no different. Might as well let these guys run 450's and toll if they want.....it bs.

@christopher9076

4 ай бұрын

They can't run 450's because, wait for it, it's in the +rulebook+ that is already pages long.

@Matt_Boyce

4 ай бұрын

@@christopher9076 I know they can't run 450's, that's why I might as well let them.

You’re absolutely right Randy.

You are 100% right.

Guides for trophy deer hunts on huge high fence ranches. A guide scouts , places feeders and blinds in prime areas, gets pictures sent to his cell phone, patterns a huge buck that comes in every morning to eat corn, client gets dropped off from a truck with heat on before he has to even get in it for the ride through the woods, climbs in blind an hour before daylight and plays with his phone till the buck shows up, makes a half ass shot on a deer 80 yards away , guid has to track a gut shot deer for 3 hours, client gets it shoulder mounted, drives to work in his F350 4x4 diesel wearing camo and shows everyone at work his "hunting" pictures Pathetic what goes on hunting and fishing , should call it something else

@gregkuhn7123

4 ай бұрын

Yep! What a joke!

Yes, I went back and watched the video. Dave Mercer made the comment. I was never a fan of Mercer, in reading and hearing his story this is a guy that was in the right place at the right time. In my opinion he is not going to go against anything the industry does right or wrong. He's like the company man, we've all met this person, the yes man that the company continued to promote up up and up. And because of that this company man will stand behind anything the company does or promotes. That to me is an example of Dave Mercer. I'm sure he's a nice guy, he is fun to watch as he is working the tournaments, but i'm not surprised to hear him make such a comment. Swindle on the other hand is just simply stating a fact. For an example when he spoke about the Christmas holidays and family back in the beginning of the vid, you can see he's an old fashion down to earth hard working man. BUT his living depends on winning. IF he does NOT use forward facing sonar he can't compete simply because the other competitors are using it. He even said that basically. He has no choice unfortunately. If I was in his shoes and had enough money winnings to support my family, pay my kids collage, medical etc. I would quit competing and join your fight against forward facing sonar. But obviously that's not the case with him. I had 0 problem with anything Swindle said. Ok, so I'm also an avid bass fisherman. Unfortunately my wife has never been on board with me buying a fancy bass boat and all the equipment or especially going into debt. So, I have a small aluminum boat I fish reservoirs with and I fish ponds. Im with you Randy on this forward facing sonar crap. Im concerned that these reservoirs that already have a ton of fishing pressure will be ruined as time goes on because of it. But you can't tell these young internet so called playstation geeks this stuff. For one Randy, they don't care, they always want the newest and best thing no matter what the cost. For the ones competing in tournament fishing its about the money, period! That's all they care about. I'm seeing more and more and younger people gambling on fantasy football and pro sports now more than ever. They want the $$$$ randy. That's the way they were brought up. They don't care about the environment Randy, they want to be cool. I admire you not giving up on this fight but you are fighting against 2 very tough monsters that are way bigger and way more powerful then any of us are. What are they? The younger generation and the BIG Corporate Conglomerates. Lastly I've stopped watching the tournaments, most of them, its rare now. And I used to not miss watching tournaments on TV. But now, with forward facing sonar, all you see is the backs of these fisherman. Anyway, I don't like it, and I do think its bad for fishing, bad for the sport and bad for the TV viewership. The industry will feel the effects of that unfortunately it be much later then sooner. Good luck with that fight Randy. Ive done a couple videos myself, nothing that got much views. I plan on doing one on this subject though soon.

Randy, you’re absolutely right they don’t have to let it happen. I can’t watch any fishing shows anymore. It’s not fishing. It’s cheating to the 10th°. I know it’s already affected populations of fish, especially crappie. Eventually, it will affect all populations of all fish

Randy.. I never thought of it that way , but it's sad to think that you can't get excited about fishing bass until you see an image of a bass on the screen.. That would be as boring as all heck fishing that way.. As I travel over the lake Im excited about every cast, with the expectations of this being the cast that lands the big one.. It's like a waiting game to be excited.. THAT'S NOT THE WAY I WANT TO FISH ! ! ! That's just my opinion. The Frye Guy.

Wonder what Ray Scott woulda thought about FFS?

Went out saw a guy catch a keep 10 2-5 pound LM he says he caught them all on FFS and only keeps and releases to the grease. All the fish are going to be gone

This is your opinion. Regardless of the data, the technology is here.

I think you are spot on! I’m not optimistic that it will change anything, but keep up the pressure and keep pressing the point! FSS is detrimental to the future of fishing. Simple as that

Technology !!!!! ?…. We cannot compete without this boat equipment offered to us !!! I really hate it to. (Randy ) !

These guys must have never watched Bigmouth by Glen Lau. The underwater footage with Uncle Homer fishing showed the magic of fishing. I as amazed as Uncle Homer reeled his lure in, all the while getting bit but never feeling it. With this new tech all that magic is gone and it makes me sad.

That conversation was nothing more than 2 company men grandstanding for their sponsors and bosses. Dave is a companyman extrordinaire.

You’re right 100% it has changed fishing for the worst. Ffs has hurt the sport I’ve fished 20+ years I’ve noticed fishing old school ways are not working in tournaments. I use to win a lot now I feel like giving up tournament fishing because young kids that has 5 years experience with ffs are winning all time.

I agree with you Randy I have been bass fishing for 40 years. I am losing my passion for the sport. I never thought I would see the day. I get up early then say fuck it go back to bed. I think one reason I’m 62 body starting to wear down. I used to watch every fishing show on tv. Now not not so much. Whenever the tours hit Fl. I watch them because I still like seeing big bass being caught. When I watched Scott Martin sitting in that one spot on Okeechobee for 2 days looking at his ffs I was like this isn’t even fun to watch anymore. I’m done adios amigos!

I agree that it should stay out of tournaments, but I'm okay with it for the regular angler. You might know where the fish is, but you still have to figure out what it wants to bite that particular day.

Right there with ya Randy...we're exactly the same age, same experiences in the 70's learning through the pages of Bassmaster mag. Our heroes are pretty much the same...Roland, Rick, Hank..etc. All those guys won by hard work, intuition , and yes some luck. All that is somewhat (not completely) lost with FFS. I would like to see a return of the stories where a winner explains how he did it that wasn't video fishing...but that's just me perhaps.

It’s normal because it’s here to stay your opinion of the right way to fish is just that your opinion

You are spot on!

I agree with you. It's like just ride up on the water and pick the fish out of the water and go weight in. That's not fishing or catching... it's just grabbing and going.

Your 100% correct!

Only thing i can suggest is use you name, sway you have in the industry, and platform to introduce and start an alternative tournament trail with no or limited electronics. And while working with the fisheries that want that tail to go thru their water, use a percentage of the money moved with the tournaments to go back into the fisheries kinda like Texas does. Maybe not a share lunker program or implement one to them nationwide. You have to have a way for tournament fisherman to see and follow. Like the way because honestly it'll only be discussions if there not a way to show the system it's flaws. Like find fisheries that lack a lot of higher end tournaments and start there so nothing can be linked to technology s and prove it. You're young enough to think up, start and show the way. Be safe, Unc. Love from Kentucky

We have been in the "what's in it for me" Era for years to the detriment of all

I'm with Randy on this one. Make it make sense. Outlaw A-rigs in tournaments, allow Forward Facing Sonar. Sadly, it's adapt or die in the tournament world. Too much money to be made selling electronics. The industry and the sport will never be the same. Average Joe anglers who suck at locating fish rejoice everywhere. On to the next newfangled gadget...

Buddy I am from Indiana and you are 100% correct I have been seeing this trend as it spirals down hill The way I noticed it is how tough certain lakes are that I have fished all my life and I still tournament fish and the year before was tougher and last year was horrible because the fish who had a safe place to lay before they move up to feed are getting pounded so there for they are not moving This fish also looked horrible Hook marks all over there face and skinny But on the other hand we have a few lakes darn near completely choked out by weeds where foward facing sonar has a hard time and those lakes are still thriving with healthy populations of healthy solid fish Big difference and these lakes are only 30 miles apart Dramatic difference