The best years to me where when BASS and FLW had schedules that allowed guys to fish both and there were no sponsor conflicts like those that made you choose FLW over BASS. Irwin Jacobs is the main reason payouts increased as they did. He was good for the sport.
Thanks Randy. I use to think you were crazy, but now I really understand what you’ve been pushing for a long time now. I appreciate your efforts to bring attention to these issues I think this year, as a fan, I’ll follow the NPFL. They did draw in a lot of great anglers and it will be great see folks actually fishing and displaying their years of experience and knowledge of the species. I’ll try to tune in more, but i am trying to limit my time on social media these days and actually do more “stuff”. Gotta run👍🏻
It’s time for all you Blauk heads to step up and put your eyes where your mouths are and actually watch and support the NPFL. I hope they succeed as I hope they all do.
Keep in mind, the elites drastically reduced entry fees. I think it's $10k for the season now. NPFL only has 6 events, so many of these guys are fishing both circuits and paying less entry fees than the elites in 2024.
You dead gum right they did!!! This organization grew a pair and stood up!!! They are getting more and more names as well. MLF and Bass will now suffer
if the NPFL is being the adult in the room, and you are supporting MLF by making them the only circuit that YOU fish, then you are saying you aren't an adult, and are part of the problem! drop the toyotas and BFLs, and lead by example!
Really wish you would do more research before posting videos. It’s a lot more elite anglers than you said. Also BASS is only $10k this year and NPFL is $30k. Which is still less than the elite anglers paid in entry fees last year for just the elite series. I that being said can’t wait for the NPFL next year.
I agree with your ranking. And I know it hurts you because you’re partial to bass. I was too. But they lost their way. NPFL legitimized themselves going against the grain. MLF did a partial ban, 2/3 periods. Bassmaster did nothing and they are now last. If it were to go to one circuit it wouldn’t be bassmaster
He's learning! 🎉 You really can teach a old dog new tricks! Yes. Social media is all that matters! Now just tell everybody! - Scopers should get no clicks! No click, no view, no like, no subscribe! Thumbs down on scopers! 👎🏼 Holy shit! We might actually have a chance to save fishing! Wow! 🤯
The organization that puts the most money and time into marketing will be the one that is viewed as the top league in fishing. Whichever one gets the TV slots so that people can turn on the TV and watch good, quality fishing with cameras in the most boats, the best coverage of the anglers at work. The best production staff of analyst and commentators and the best available platform for people to view it on will be viewed as the top of he sports. I've always agreed that watching a man staring at a screen and catching bass on a spinning reel is boring and not "good TV". In reality that's what will separate one league from the others; not just if they ban some technology like livescope
I agree with most of your assessments however if you compare bass fishing to most other sports the bass fishing is not a pro sport. Bass anglers pay to compete, real pro athletes get paid to compete, big difference.
I feel each state will continue to slot limit a lot of big popular fisheries. Too many tournaments on these fisheries which obviously affects the fish population! I feel the BPT format of catch, weigh, release is the only format that makes sense for these big circuits to conduct tournaments!
NFPL scheduled their events around the Elites, and banned FFS to set themselves apart to draw anglers. It was a business decision in their best interest. I doubt you will see any Elite anglers leave for the NPFL. So now we have 3 major trails, all with different rules and limitations on FFS. As a viewer it's a Win-Win. All 3 trails should all be good to watch.
You're right. Kyle Welcher, one of the hottest top pros right now got dropped from 13 Fishing. That's crazy, and he's got a descent social media presence. Bad for all anglers.
So are you moving to NPFL and no longer fishing any BASS or MLF events or is this just more talk? Not to long ago you said you planned to fish the Toyota Series in 2025?
@ sorry, that's just a convenient excuse ...he can't have it both ways .. continually drone on about the evils of FFS like a broken record and then when a pro tournament series comes along that is doing exactly what he wants he doesn't fish it ... hypocritical to say the least ...
@@astrophysicistguy dude you have no idea what you were are talking about.  I spent 35 years fishing both of the major tournament circuits over 500 tour level events. I’ve been away from home fishing tournaments for 150 to 175 days a year for over 35 years of my life. Just because one tournament circuit came along and did the right thing does not mean I’m going to jump back in to that lifestyle. Because that lifestyle is toxic to family life. I’ve earned the right to say that.
I said first tournament that banned ffs would be the king . NPFL just took the top spot for real fishing . Now they have the big names to draw that many more people to watch. I haven’t watch Bass and MLF in two years . NPFL is all I watch
Randy, (and others who comment) I am a 58 year old highly experienced angler (Or so I tell myself, lol) Just wanted to say keep up the good work and please contact me if you get a chance concerning the otter reintroduction project in my home state of MO which has turned out to be a total disaster and has devastated our stream/river fishing. This catastrophe was brought to us by the same agency (MDC) who once saw multi-flora rose as a good idea as well as ending/prohibiting hunting of feral hogs on state and USFS lands statewide.The agency has had some real success over the years but plenty of bad calls as well. They have failed to take responsibility for their mistakes and have so far done very little to eradicate otters other than allowing more liberal seasons/limits on trapping of these invasive, fish eating varmints. Problem is that very few people practice trapping these days and libtards are once again to blame since they killed the fur market. The only way we will ever see our stream/river fishing restored to the quality seen 50 or even 30 years ago would be to totally eliminate the otters or reduce their numbers to endangered levels which I don't see happening with only hobby level trappers impacting the population. The MDC has recently farmed out eradication of feral hogs to private contractors which is done mostly by way of remote controlled live traps and aerial gunning which has seemed to make some real reductions in the number of hogs in most of the problematic areas of the state. I think the same should be done with otters (not referring to the areal gunning of course. LOL) and I'm open to any ideas you and/or other fellow anglers might have about how we can approach the MDC, apply pressure through petitions, podcast, blogs, visits to Jefferson City, etc. I would like to see my stepsons and their future children enjoy the excellent levels of smallmouth, largemouth, walleye, goggleye, crappie, bluegill, catfish, white bass, chain pickerel and trout that my father and I experienced in my childhood and beyond in to my twenties. It's hard to get a kid interested in fishing when the fish no longer exist due to heavy predication. Also, we used to do a fair amount of gigging in winter months on clear, cold, ozark streams and feast shortly after around a campfire on fresh fried suckers. Last trip out I could count on one hand the number of suckers I saw on shallow shoals, but there was no shortage of otter tracks, scat, slides, 1/2 eaten fish, etc. Water was clear and you could spot beer cans on the bottom over 10' deep but didn't see a single smallmouth over 6" and very few game fish of any kind. Sad, sad day. Good luck out there guys!
I wish you do a video about all the illegal immigrants fishing and not following regulations and keeping everything they catch. Love your videos and thanks for staying in the good fight for the sport man 💪🇺🇸
@DavidBalll-md8np on a serious note it's true you can pull up 500 videos of them throwing giant cast nets snagging trout doing all kinds of things illegal that we know if you were an American you would go to jail
Randy, during your housekeeping tips could you talk about the housekeeping that can occur in our tackle boxes when we choose non-toxic alternatives to Toxic Lead? When are you going to show some leadership here? Do you have a non -toxic jig or other offering planned for YOUR PERSONAL product line? Keep fighting the good fight against Lead, Randy!
I’m not for forward facing technology but with the money being generated, all the you tube videos which any Jo blow can now be sponsored and make money I don’t believe the technology can be stopped. The technology will even go to new levels in the future. Money will control. Sadly.
Randy, message me. YES, 1990 was awesome. I was at Bull Shoals. Lots to tell you lol. That 1 event changed my life in fishing. Cheers, God Bless. May we become the 51st state. Then we’re probably moving somewhere near Moseley
Seems to me the guys running Bassmaster are just guys that sucked at fishing but wanted to make money in pro fishing. And they shouldn’t be involved. It should be a non profit and their management should all be fired
Its all in how fishing is now days. The tournaments on Bassmaster are won looking at a screen. I dont watch it anymore. MLF is got the BIGGEST EGO in fishing running it Boyd Duckett and you can throw Gary Klein in there as well. Not sure about his ego dint seem to be nowhere near Ducketts. I dont watch MLF. Have yet to see anything on NPFL so time will tell. You got the cheating in tournaments coming into the light now but as we all know, its always been there. Its why I quit fishing night tournaments. Then the Ben Milliken thing, who knows the actual truth on that. Its DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS. Then you got the Gerald Swindle issue turning the guy in for running a no wake zone. Nothing done for running the no wake zone that we heard of but sure heard alot about Gerald turning him in, so Gerald was ridiculed. Professional bass fishing is a mess.
BASSMASTERS is and will always be king MLF to many new rules Npfl all older guys running there because there getting ran over with FFS npfl Amature leagues payouts suck other than first place and app sucks to watch live
Older guys are real fishermen who has skills and knowledge of finding fish and want to share their skills, they don't need a video game to stair at all day,can't learn nothing from video game
Randy, you have the best comedy show on UA-cam. Always a barrel of laughs.. Keep'em comin'.
Couldn't agree more! 👍🏻😂😂
Hopefully there will be more coverage with more anglers going that direction.
The best years to me where when BASS and FLW had schedules that allowed guys to fish both and there were no sponsor conflicts like those that made you choose FLW over BASS. Irwin Jacobs is the main reason payouts increased as they did. He was good for the sport.
Thanks Randy. I use to think you were crazy, but now I really understand what you’ve been pushing for a long time now. I appreciate your efforts to bring attention to these issues
I think this year, as a fan, I’ll follow the NPFL. They did draw in a lot of great anglers and it will be great see folks actually fishing and displaying their years of experience and knowledge of the species. I’ll try to tune in more, but i am trying to limit my time on social media these days and actually do more “stuff”.
Gotta run👍🏻
I can’t wait to be a member of the NPFL
NPFL needs to hire a better marketing director, for sure!
It’s time for all you Blauk heads to step up and put your eyes where your mouths are and actually watch and support the NPFL. I hope they succeed as I hope they all do.
Damn something to get excited about! Can’t wait to see how it goes !
I really hope their live is good!!
Loving the hat 🤠 Randy!!! Long time fan, just not able to watch as much as before😬😬 still loving the stories, rants, haters and insights👍
Keep in mind, the elites drastically reduced entry fees. I think it's $10k for the season now. NPFL only has 6 events, so many of these guys are fishing both circuits and paying less entry fees than the elites in 2024.
Elites is 0 entry,NPFL is 5200 each,6 events plus championship. Makes sense to fish both if you have the cheese to do it.
@@dwayneboyce9197elites is now 10k for the years. The anglers voted to basically add a side pot to increase payouts.
@@dwayneboyce9197 After making the Elite entry fees zero, B.A.S.S. changed that again, and it is now a $10,000 fee for the season.
I guess with less entry fee at Bass they can take thay money and fish the NPFL.
You dead gum right they did!!! This organization grew a pair and stood up!!! They are getting more and more names as well. MLF and Bass will now suffer
Dad gum
if the NPFL is being the adult in the room, and you are supporting MLF by making them the only circuit that YOU fish, then you are saying you aren't an adult, and are part of the problem! drop the toyotas and BFLs, and lead by example!
If only lol. He just talks. Idk if randy has caught a bass in months
A real Organization!! Had the balls to stand up.
Can’t wait
Really wish you would do more research before posting videos. It’s a lot more elite anglers than you said. Also BASS is only $10k this year and NPFL is $30k. Which is still less than the elite anglers paid in entry fees last year for just the elite series. I that being said can’t wait for the NPFL next year.
The “Scopemasters Sportmans Society” is an afterthought for me! I’m interested in the BPT since scopeadoping is limited! Very excited about the NPFL!
Scopeadope! Good one!!
I agree with your ranking. And I know it hurts you because you’re partial to bass. I was too. But they lost their way. NPFL legitimized themselves going against the grain. MLF did a partial ban, 2/3 periods. Bassmaster did nothing and they are now last. If it were to go to one circuit it wouldn’t be bassmaster
He's learning! 🎉 You really can teach a old dog new tricks! Yes. Social media is all that matters! Now just tell everybody! - Scopers should get no clicks! No click, no view, no like, no subscribe! Thumbs down on scopers! 👎🏼 Holy shit! We might actually have a chance to save fishing! Wow! 🤯
The organization that puts the most money and time into marketing will be the one that is viewed as the top league in fishing. Whichever one gets the TV slots so that people can turn on the TV and watch good, quality fishing with cameras in the most boats, the best coverage of the anglers at work. The best production staff of analyst and commentators and the best available platform for people to view it on will be viewed as the top of he sports. I've always agreed that watching a man staring at a screen and catching bass on a spinning reel is boring and not "good TV". In reality that's what will separate one league from the others; not just if they ban some technology like livescope
Can't believe you missed Greg Hackney!!!!!
Yes sir finally !!
It's money, Randy, money.
Damn right!!! NPFL is number one now because the other circuits don't know how to take the lead and do what's best for the sport.
Love the content brother!!
Ever Fish Stick Marsh Down here in Florida. Maybe 3.5yrs Ago??
I’ve never fished there
I wished some of the "scopers" would fish some NPFL events just to prove they can fish without.
Well, they DID have the opportunity to enter!
Tyler Williams stepped up to the challenge.
Kyle welcher ...patrick walters...do u follow fishing at all
I agree with most of your assessments however if you compare bass fishing to most other sports the bass fishing is not a pro sport. Bass anglers pay to compete, real pro athletes get paid to compete, big difference.
I feel each state will continue to slot limit a lot of big popular fisheries. Too many tournaments on these fisheries which obviously affects the fish population! I feel the BPT format of catch, weigh, release is the only format that makes sense for these big circuits to conduct tournaments!
NFPL scheduled their events around the Elites, and banned FFS to set themselves apart to draw anglers. It was a business decision in their best interest. I doubt you will see any Elite anglers leave for the NPFL. So now we have 3 major trails, all with different rules and limitations on FFS. As a viewer it's a Win-Win. All 3 trails should all be good to watch.
well there still fishing bassmaster to an there fishing npfl
You're right. Kyle Welcher, one of the hottest top pros right now got dropped from 13 Fishing. That's crazy, and he's got a descent social media presence. Bad for all anglers.
Do you think the guys at the top of these organizations are getting checks from Garmin, Lowrance and Johnson Outdoors to keep it legal at tournaments?
How are u saying that JACOB WHEELER and DC are nobody's? They sell more shit than any anglers out there.
So are you moving to NPFL and no longer fishing any BASS or MLF events or is this just more talk? Not to long ago you said you planned to fish the Toyota Series in 2025?
He’s said a million times he’s staying close to home this season.
@ sorry, that's just a convenient excuse ...he can't have it both ways .. continually drone on about the evils of FFS like a broken record and then when a pro tournament series comes along that is doing exactly what he wants he doesn't fish it ... hypocritical to say the least ...
@@astrophysicistguy100% correct
@ I wish I wasn't but when something walks like a duck, sounds like a duck and looks like a duck .... it's a Fing duck !
@@astrophysicistguy dude you have no idea what you were are talking about.  I spent 35 years fishing both of the major tournament circuits over 500 tour level events. I’ve been away from home fishing tournaments for 150 to 175 days a year for over 35 years of my life. Just because one tournament circuit came along and did the right thing does not mean I’m going to jump back in to that lifestyle. Because that lifestyle is toxic to family life. I’ve earned the right to say that.
Welcher and Upshaw are the only “younger” guys
Tyler Williams, Shane Lahew, Wes Logan, Zach Birge?
@ never heard of em
Than you must not follow bass fishing
@@Jake-ch6kw haven’t watched a tournament in 3 years
@@tonyb-50 That's why you are ignorant as to who these young hammers are. You must live in a coddled Blaukat world.
I said first tournament that banned ffs would be the king . NPFL just took the top spot for real fishing . Now they have the big names to draw that many more people to watch. I haven’t watch Bass and MLF in two years . NPFL is all I watch
Randy, (and others who comment) I am a 58 year old highly experienced angler (Or so I tell myself, lol) Just wanted to say keep up the good work and please contact me if you get a chance concerning the otter reintroduction project in my home state of MO which has turned out to be a total disaster and has devastated our stream/river fishing. This catastrophe was brought to us by the same agency (MDC) who once saw multi-flora rose as a good idea as well as ending/prohibiting hunting of feral hogs on state and USFS lands statewide.The agency has had some real success over the years but plenty of bad calls as well. They have failed to take responsibility for their mistakes and have so far done very little to eradicate otters other than allowing more liberal seasons/limits on trapping of these invasive, fish eating varmints. Problem is that very few people practice trapping these days and libtards are once again to blame since they killed the fur market. The only way we will ever see our stream/river fishing restored to the quality seen 50 or even 30 years ago would be to totally eliminate the otters or reduce their numbers to endangered levels which I don't see happening with only hobby level trappers impacting the population. The MDC has recently farmed out eradication of feral hogs to private contractors which is done mostly by way of remote controlled live traps and aerial gunning which has seemed to make some real reductions in the number of hogs in most of the problematic areas of the state. I think the same should be done with otters (not referring to the areal gunning of course. LOL) and I'm open to any ideas you and/or other fellow anglers might have about how we can approach the MDC, apply pressure through petitions, podcast, blogs, visits to Jefferson City, etc. I would like to see my stepsons and their future children enjoy the excellent levels of smallmouth, largemouth, walleye, goggleye, crappie, bluegill, catfish, white bass, chain pickerel and trout that my father and I experienced in my childhood and beyond in to my twenties. It's hard to get a kid interested in fishing when the fish no longer exist due to heavy predication. Also, we used to do a fair amount of gigging in winter months on clear, cold, ozark streams and feast shortly after around a campfire on fresh fried suckers. Last trip out I could count on one hand the number of suckers I saw on shallow shoals, but there was no shortage of otter tracks, scat, slides, 1/2 eaten fish, etc. Water was clear and you could spot beer cans on the bottom over 10' deep but didn't see a single smallmouth over 6" and very few game fish of any kind. Sad, sad day.
Good luck out there guys!
Why are you not on it?
Randy please don’t talk about the economy
The same has happened in golf, the LIV tour took most of the top names away from PGA and watching golf stinks...
Yes, I have trouble recognizing any big names on the PGA tour.
I wish you do a video about all the illegal immigrants fishing and not following regulations and keeping everything they catch. Love your videos and thanks for staying in the good fight for the sport man 💪🇺🇸
They're eating the bass and they're eating the cats!!!😂😂 45,47!
@DavidBalll-md8np on a serious note it's true you can pull up 500 videos of them throwing giant cast nets snagging trout doing all kinds of things illegal that we know if you were an American you would go to jail
@@DavidBalll-md8np Best response ever!
Randy, during your housekeeping tips could you talk about the housekeeping that can occur in our tackle boxes when we choose non-toxic alternatives to Toxic Lead? When are you going to show some leadership here? Do you have a non -toxic jig or other offering planned for YOUR PERSONAL product line? Keep fighting the good fight against Lead, Randy!
Have you tried this new non toxic alternative called ligma? It's very new to the scene and not many people are talking about it yet
I’m not for forward facing technology but with the money being generated, all the you tube videos which any Jo blow can now be sponsored and make money I don’t believe the technology can be stopped. The technology will even go to new levels in the future. Money will control. Sadly.
Wow
Yep the economy is great right now....
SO why not fish both or 3 if u can like 3 a
Also
SO yes roll on
I thought i give 1 of ur videos a shot. But apparently u lost ur mind!!!
NPFLs director is a joke. Legal action against him before it even gets started … clowns
Bassmaster has almost no entry
Shnarf shnarf
Randy, message me. YES, 1990 was awesome. I was at Bull Shoals. Lots to tell you lol. That 1 event changed my life in fishing. Cheers, God Bless. May we become the 51st state. Then we’re probably moving somewhere near Moseley
The pros r going to npfl cause livescope is not fishing
Seems to me the guys running Bassmaster are just guys that sucked at fishing but wanted to make money in pro fishing. And they shouldn’t be involved. It should be a non profit and their management should all be fired
Its all in how fishing is now days. The tournaments on Bassmaster are won looking at a screen. I dont watch it anymore. MLF is got the BIGGEST EGO in fishing running it Boyd Duckett and you can throw Gary Klein in there as well. Not sure about his ego dint seem to be nowhere near Ducketts. I dont watch MLF. Have yet to see anything on NPFL so time will tell. You got the cheating in tournaments coming into the light now but as we all know, its always been there. Its why I quit fishing night tournaments. Then the Ben Milliken thing, who knows the actual truth on that. Its DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS. Then you got the Gerald Swindle issue turning the guy in for running a no wake zone. Nothing done for running the no wake zone that we heard of but sure heard alot about Gerald turning him in, so Gerald was ridiculed. Professional bass fishing is a mess.
People know who the elite series guys are. It’s you they don’t know.
and you wasn’t invited to fish any of them
Nobody cares about the NPFL Randy but old heads. I promise.
Signed the rest of America.
Randy love your videos I know you have those that unsubscribe but I agree with 99,% of your opinions on ffs I want ever unsubscribe
Then stop fishing MLF
BASSMASTERS is and will always be king
MLF to many new rules
Npfl all older guys running there because there getting ran over with FFS npfl Amature leagues payouts suck other than first place and app sucks to watch live
Older guys are real fishermen who has skills and knowledge of finding fish and want to share their skills, they don't need a video game to stair at all day,can't learn nothing from video game
Maybe, but those are the ones most people will be watching. What do you think your chances of out fishing any of the old farts would be? No respect!
Bro, literally four of the 8 names he mentioned are under 33.
@@bradleyrussell1973 npfl is for the old heads spud minor leaguers nobody cares about tournament fishing UA-camrs influencers run bass fishing