Epic Rant…Perspective Mode Forward Facing Sonar…An Insult To Bass Fishing And The Bass…
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Randy voices his frustration with perspective mode forward facing sonar…#bass #fishingtrip #catchandrelease #bassfishing #fish #fishinglife #angler #fishing #fishingdaily #livescope #fishingdaily
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I like when a bass hits my spinner bait and he’s just as surprised as I am. Most the times we both come to that realization at the same time.
Lol same
I had thought one time about buying a forward looking sonar but I ran into a couple guys that had one, one of ‘em loved it, the other said he found himself constantly looking at the scope and not really fishing. I realized if I had one, I’d be the latter. I’d rather not take the challenge and mystique out of it.
I always fall back to this. When i explain FFS to other sports fans that dont follow bass fishing, no matter what age,races or gender the thing i always hear" isn't that cheating " that sums it up for me.
Nailed it. “Removing the element of the unknown”. I appreciate your ability to verbalize this.
You're a good man, Randy! I wish there were more people like you speaking out. These tournament directors are compromised. We need a new professional league run by some of the greats in the sport. All of the OGs need to get together and save the sport before it's too late.
I made a song about the FFS debate. ua-cam.com/video/M6Cd9dlBrxE/v-deo.htmlsi=9c3Hp36QlzmjC08z
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Way to go Randy ! Keep banging that drum ! I’m with you and so many of us are with you !
Man, you don’t know how much I appreciate that!
I made a song about the FFS debate. ua-cam.com/video/M6Cd9dlBrxE/v-deo.htmlsi=9c3Hp36QlzmjC08z
I’m 55 years old and I still remember the day s when I was young of going to bull shoals lake and fishing any cove I could walk to. I slung plastic worms and top water all year long not knowing any better and the simplicity of bass fishing is what I fell in love with. Everything we know about the nuances of bass fishing or fishing in general have been exploited in the form of greed. It’s such a shame that these so called fishermen will never understand the importance and value in just being on the water and never knowing what was going to bite.
Truth
The problem is that tournament fishing changed a hobby into a profession. I remember an interview a few decades ago where professional fishermen were asked if they enjoyed fishing as a hobby now that they are professionals and every one of them said the pressure of being a professional fisherman destroyed the hobby of fishing for them. Some of these anglers have Ego's the size of the lake they fish and winning at all costs and by any means is their mantra so if ffs gives them the advantage they are going to use it. I love fishing but dont tournament fish because I have seen what a tournament does to a lake. Pulling 50 or more fish from all over the lake and releasing them all at the weigh in spot at the same time puts the whole lake in shock. It takes a long time for the fish to get back to and settle in their territory.
I am a decent fisherman and catch the fish I target. One example of what I am talking about is maybe ten years ago I went to Wanita Lake by the Finger lakes in NYS that I fished several times a year and did well catching 4 lb bass consistently. But this time it was two weeks after a major tournament and the whole lake was in shock. Nothing was biting not even the bluegill which were suspended in small groups out in the middle of the lake.
Another problem with ffs is that people who keep the fish to eat are going to zero in on the fish and clean out lakes. No one is going to care until there are consistently no fish being caught during a tournament for several years in a row and by then it will be too late.
I I have experienced these things and this technology is only going to make it worse. This is my opinion determined by what I have experienced over the years.
Randy how many bass anglers would you estimate use this technology? 98% of the world's bass anglers cannot afford these electronics. Do not paint bass angler with the same brush as tournament anglers. Most of us cannot afford the $100K pickup truck, never mind the $100K bass boat. You are ranting about the tournament anglers. That is an absolute tiny minority. Some anglers use worms to the disdain of fly fisherman. Some use live bait to the disdain of artificial lurer users. I love the mystery, and challenge so I use artificials. I hate fishing clear water. I do not want to know there are no fish down there. Each (non tournament) angler will fish his way and enjoy it. To each his own.
Well i will tell you this. Kayak tourneys used to be all about finding the skinny water boats cant get to, and who could find these little creeks or sand flats that go way up into spawn areas or beaver ponds….stuff that doesnt boat pressure. The guys that won were the guys that push poled their yaks back over logs and crazy areas.
But last couple years as bassmaster and hobie kayak tourneys got more popular and started seeing $10,000+ winnings for first few places and $50,000 at championships, we started seeing kayak guys installing livescope either on manual poles they could rotate by hand or front mount trolling motors, or poles that spun electrically.
Livescope guys started winning about half the time, but you could still do well doing what kayaks do best and guys were still winning doing those things as well. Last year, id say in a field of 200 kayaks about half had livescope but as the year progressed more and more people started getting it, more and more people started winning with it. I told myself id never get it.
This year I fished a national event on chickamauga first weekend of March (Big Bass Power Hour) that pays $1000 every hour for the biggest fish submitted. Like a $280 entry fee. And it pays like $6000 for tourney win most inches like the old mlf format, any fish over 14 inches counts. I didnt win anything and i went to awards. There were 2 fish that were 24 inches or over one was 9.75 lbs, and one was 10+. Every single 1000 dollar winner caught fish with livescope. I started asking around and almost everyone in the tourney had livescope. I then realized I was going to need to get livescope to be competitive in at least half of all tourneys, maybe more. So I ordered it, it will be here wednesday.
Gotta figure in the world of kayaks to have a tourney caliber kayak, you are spending $3500-$5500 on the kayak itself. Then most guys have electric motors $600-$3000 for motor and battery, then most guys have a livescope and a regular sonar some guys run 2 screens, some guys run 1 and switch back and forth. Another $3000-$8000. So even to fish pro kayaks (which are opens the bassmaster and hobie bos) you are dropping over $10,000 on your boat setup alone. Its not cheap anymore. Gone are the days of dropping a stable $600 sit on top fishing kayak in the water and paddling around. You will get beat to your spots by motors, and you will be at an extreme disadvantage with live sonar and perspective mode. So I know if 75% of the tourney kayak guys have livescope……its even more with boat guys. Ive seen yuys in $1000 jon boats with more money in electronics than they have in their boat.
Randy speaking the truth! Hold tight Randy, lot of us are with you 💯%
It’s not going to change anything. Technology continually evolves and improves.
I’ve decided to implement the crank up telephone method. That way I get a good look at em’ 😅
Probably allow it now in the tournaments if it has Lowrence ,Garmin, Hummingbird , Etc on it .
Randy I’m running 3 livescopes off of my boat and I plan on running 2 more off the transom in both directions. I want to see absolutely everything I don’t want any fish hiding from me 😮💨😮💨
So we should get rid of 250 horse motors and go back to 12 foot row boats? Cane poles with 10lb mono? I don’t have forward facing sonar and most likely never will. That being said you make it sound like no fish stands a chance at survival and that every lake will be fished out. Perspective mode may show fish up shallow, it does it show you what type of fish it is? It sounds like you’re more angry about the efficiency of it than anything else. The technology seems to be allowing anglers to work smarter and not harder. No one is being forced to use it. Do they use it because they feel they can’t compete without it, probably so. That being said, if you don’t adapt, you get left behind. There will always be innovation and advances in the sport. You don’t fish with it and that’s your prerogative. But, hating on those that do is pretty silly. Especially when you’re so condescending about it. Claiming that the people who are against it are the adults in the room is fairly childish.
I want to figure out how to use it from shore.
I’m so ready for the livescope sunglasses.
My buddy and I have a bass boat with 0 technology on it. And we still go out there and kick ASS! I don't know how to explain this but when you become one with nature, she seems to guide you were there at. At the end of the day, it's a hell a lot more satisfying feeling !
What's next... Tony Stark glasses telling the wearer exactly where & how to catch them!?
My 15 yr old daughter said she won't fish if I get and use FFS. I've been resisting getting it anyway. Like you said, the excitement comes from getting a bite from a spot that you don't know if a fish is there or not.
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With ya all the way Randy👍I’m a 65 year old and know many anglers at different ages who feel the same way!!
Makes me want to buy another livescope for perspective mode Thanks randy
I heard clunn say in an interview that with this technology, an angler can make 200 cast a day and achieve what it took him 2000 cast a day to achieve, and he was all for it,that broke my heart I just don't under stand why these guys don't understand what they are doing to the sport it's a real shame!
I heard that too, on Mercer or Stray Casts with Pat Renwick. He's had cataract surgery and has a 22" screen now. I'm going to wait a year and see if his thoughts will have changed after this season.
Because he knows it's a tool, nothing more. Not the "end of fishing, the exponential terrorist threat to bass fishing. So I respect Rick Clunn to understand the fact it's a tool. Not like the tool that Randy has become.
The urge to name call is a sign of low IQ...just sayin.@@fisherman7275
Had live scope on my boat. Sold it. Now I fish with guys without it, and I can tell you, fishing has become fun again. Almost forgot how much fun it is. With live scope it's like your always stressed to get the fish you see to bite. Jmo.
Best "rant" by randy! Loved to hear you lay it out how it's getting to be. It's like hunting with a thermographic camera on a drone. Just unhealthy and not fair to the sport of fishing in general!
Yes, I agree. We destroy everything we touch.
You are correct. Please keep up the good fight. Forward facing sonar is not fishing. It is a video game.
Best comment. Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right.
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As a weekend fisherman, multi-species, with a 10 year old son that loves fishing- I much appreciate the danger proposition here. I will use very cautiously to not ruin the suspense of fishing that I love. I have always said that fishing is just like gambling, every cast is like pulling the lever on a slot machine. I don't want to lose that suspense factor.
Spot on video.
Love this Randy. I will never ever use livescope. When I go fishing Its about being in the outdoors and watching nature. Keep pushing this
Thanks Randy. Here is a little money to help you keep taking on how livescope is bad for trounments. 😁👍
Thank you very much, Roy! That’s very generous of you!
Really?
Every bit of technology will be improved upon. I can’t imagine how much farther it will go. It’s just sad to an old bass fisherman like me.
I completely agree it should never be allowed to be used in a tournament. Personally like you I enjoy the unknown and enjoy the part of fishing of finding the fish because of my own skills or in my case luck…lol. So I would never buy Livescope, however I do understand why weekend warriors who might only get to fish once or twice a month would want to buy one.
100 % agree.
YES! AMEN!
Mr. RANDY, I completely agree with your views. I'm relatively young(45) but it's taken me my whole life to learn what I know and to use a device to do what should take years to figure out just ain't right. It's like doing a crossword puzzle with the answers...what fun is that?
Sir Randall i understand you on all your views you are one honest individual trying to protect the sport and the environment keep on keeping on with your voice thank you for fighting the good fight
You're 100% correct, in that tournament organizers are going to have to be the ones to stop this. I feel sorry for some of the tournament participants who are opposed to this technology, but are forced to use it to compete.....
if they are opposed to it they wouldnt use it. no one is forcing you to put it on the boat. if you dont need ffs to fish then you can catch them just like the ones with it
@@michaelbroussard7404 exactly no one is forcing anyone to bolt it to there boat .....of u don't want it don't buy it.....
I agree 100%. Great video, Randy. Thanks!
100% agree. These kids now have no clue how to fish without it
I'm 63, and while I somewhat agree with you, I'll say this...Technology will continue to improve as it always has. In my day I've seen it go from a anchor rope with knots every foot to flashers, paper graphs, LCR's, mapping, poles, spotlock. It's just the evolution of things. What does it do to the fishing long term? It remains to be seen. Nature's creatures are pretty resilient. May or may not be as bad as some think.
Iam 65 an i get what your saying 👍👍👍
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Us old fellers don't need it. And that's what bothers them. Apparently if you have a different opinion people get butthurt and think you're an asshole. They don't like you because your honest. Keep grinding brother ❤ my Ole Stratos still runs Gen 1s. Gives me depth temperature and the occasional arch. You can still find fish offshore without livescope. We done it for years. I've been fishing tournaments since the mid 80s blasting mid summer mamas on deep cranks.
Nothing like putting a lure in a brush pile and seeing the brush shake and just waiting to see the size of bass that you get what a great feeling
Now THAT's what I'm talking about. Or, seeing that boil near a top water when the sun is rising....
Theres a solid portion of anglers that dont want livescope to be legal in tourneys, but we have to have it to be able to compete with guys.
I fall into that category. After get absolutely steamrolled in big bass power hour on chickamauga 2 weekends ago (a tourney that pays $1000 to biggest bass submitted every hour- and also has an overall winner with most inches overall every fish over 14 inches counts)
After getting smacked around in that tourney where two 10lb class 24+ inch bass were sniped by livescope and every single hourly winner used livescope yo catch their bass, i finally caved in and bought it. That perspective mode changed the game where now even us shallow anglers are at an extreme disadvantage. Mine gets here wednesday. Spent about $3000 for livescope, new graph that runs it, and lithium battery for it.
Keep it up Randy. You said it all. There is nothing I can add.
Randy you're going the right direction with your efforts I hope you can make a difference it would be a better situation than what we got your thoughts about no tournaments in the spawn of course no spotlighting would definitely be a first step and probably enough to keep everything at least good enough to perpetuate our support
You're not nuts. I'm with you. I hadn't heard of perspective mode until last week. It kinda made my heart sink. I'm in a kayak, and I'm happy to have the bass boats out offshore, leaving me the hell alone. I didn't realize there was some shallow water setting. Not knowing that a bite is coming is one of the best things about getting a bite for me. Can't be great for baitcaster sales either. Like you always say, it's up to the tournament organizations.
I made a song about the FFS debate. ua-cam.com/video/M6Cd9dlBrxE/v-deo.htmlsi=9c3Hp36QlzmjC08z
I have been using drones and ocean sized casting reels to reach backwater areas the scopers can’t access. Been crushing them !
What drone do you recommend. I fish drinking water lakes no boats swimming or wading. I would welcome your help thank you.
Isn’t using a drone cheating?
Why don't you just use dinomite
Ever since FFS came out I always thought it was a bridge too far. The ability to see structure with side and down imaging was such an amazing innovation, but there was still the element of suprise with it. You could see structure and you could learn how to develop patterns based off the structure. That was great.
The fact that now, all you need to do is aim a sonar around the boat and individually pick off fish, really takes the suprise and the special feeling out of fishing entirely. Ive heard both sides of the arguement, and i personally come down on NOT being for this technology. KVD has explained it very well. For tournament anglers especially, whether Kayak or boat, the buy in now isnt just a nice boat, its $30,000 in electronics. It will destroy small local derbies for people who just want to have some fun, because there will always be the one guy that shows up with all thr FFS gear and he has such an advantage over the everyday angler who cant afford such tools. To me, thats not good for the sport at all.
Very well said Randy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't have forward facing sonar. It doesn't seem to keep me from catching fish at all.
Randy it makes me so happy to see you continually push to get ffs banned I’m a young tournament angler 16 years old and I want to go pro some day and I don’t want to have to use livescope to do it. Please keep fighting I’m with you man.
I'm with you Randy.Please don't give up the good fight. Thank you for all you do for the true sport of fishing.I am 76 and bass fished my whole life.I see the decline in numbers and quality sport fish here in Missouri.especially over the last 3 or 4 years since ffs sonar
Bass fished from an early age. Ponds. Now 56 from a boat. I love bass fishing and totally understand your point. The Bass Master Classic a whole new deal now.
Its big boys playing video games. Takes the fun out of it. Every other sport has limitations on performance enhancing tools. Bass fishing should also. This is an unstopable tech.
Ultimately, it is going to be up to the professional anglers to take a stance against ffs.
The tournament organizations will not do it.
Great points about using it in shallow water as well as in tournaments. I agree it should be limited in those aspects. However, for recreational fishing, we should feel free to use what we want and can afford. I learn a lot about fish behavior, certain lure presentations and actions that I would never understand without active target. Like I said, I agree with most of what you said. Good for you Randy, most pros won't say what you did. But just like your freedom to speak your mind, so should the freedom of the recreational angler.
Not to mention this could be extremely bad for our fisheries. Some people are assholes and now that this tech is available said assholes could 100% use this tech and end up killing a bunch of fish. I completely agree with you, for me fishing is about using my senses to detect where fish might be, intuition, and overall just be in tune with nature and “thinking like a fish”. Using a buttload of tech just ruins that. Part of fishing is to get into nature and away from the craziness of regular life. Adding screens just ruins it, in my opinion.
Every day that passes the more and more I am in this camp !!!
100 % with you.Keep talking
Well said Randy. I fish to enjoy the outdoors and the surprise of the bite. I will not spend my money on something to just have my eyes locked on a screen all day. Where is the fun in that ? This will mess up bass fishing in the future. Lakes are already have so much pressure on them now you have this mess smh 🤦♂️. Good luck to our kids in the future.
This was the best video you've done on the subject Randy!!! Keep it up!
Thx Dan
@@randyblaukatintuitive Amen! I totally agree. That's the kind of passion we need. Randy's probably tired of hearing my rants on this. But, I keep saying that weather it's fishing (or politics), we're being WAYYYYY too nice to the generation causing these problems. The nicer, and more informative we are, the more emboldened they become.
It’s pretty simple. The people building the units are the industry. Without the sponsors there would be no tournaments.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we didn't have tournaments people could actually go out and enjoy the day enjoy the day take fish within reason
Very well said brother
VR headsets could be a real thing in this. Blue tooth to an overlay is very possible.
So what’s different from
Sight fishing? Please explain 🧐
There is NO difference these anti FFS would rape a spawning flat and put 5 giant females in their livewells and transport them 2 miles, real ethical.
Randy, I’m right with you brother I can’t believe that the sport that I loved and loved the watch has come to this Randy I got to say I don’t think they’ll ever do anything to get rid of Ford facing sonar if anybody does anything it’ll be the fishing game departments in the states especially when these big pounders start floating up dead but not that I think that bass fishing as we knew it is over but I’ve been telling people that UA-cam has a great compilation of tournaments from the 70s 80s 90s and the early 2000s you know when you were out there banging and we’re able to watch those and watch real fisherman
Hey Randy
There’s a lot of things about bass fishing that I don’t understand, which is how it should be. I also understand that no mater what technology you employ not all fish in a school or singularly will be caught by it. Lure choices and presentations still play a part in one’s success. That said I wholeheartedly believe there needs to be limitations/rules in all sports. I’m sure football, car racing and virtually every other sport has lines that can’t be crossed without penalty . I remember when aquaview cameras first came out, the very first thing tournament organizers did was to make them illegal for use during a tournament. Practice use was fine and that’s where it stopped. I believe this is one of those no brainer types of decisions. FFS actually has much greater field of view and accuracy in determining fish attitudes than an underwater camera, and which one is illegal for use in a tournament. I totally understand the appeal to technology but I also appreciate the purist’s side of angling. Fishing a bass on a bed should be as close to this new found tool as should be acceptable.
I have ffs on my new boat and I can't figure forward facing out and have no clue how to put it into perspective mode .
get with a guide and allow somoene to show you the ins and outs.
You know I'm with you brother!
Randy keep up the good fight.
Great video man keep it up!
There's no need to apologize about presenting the truth brother
Live Scope reminds me of Robo spinning wing duck decoys when they came out in the early 90's. Lots of duck hunters said it will ruin the sport. Guys that were bad callers and decoy setters were shooting most of the ducks. I learned my lesson and got a few. Now i know I need to get Live Scope.
I agree with you Randy! Everyday your argument gets less and less crazy and more apparent.
Your exactly right FFS is destroying bass fishing well all fishing far as that goes thanks Randy keep the video's coming.
I will stop calling them professionals
is that true though? i mean if the average person had FFS and competed against a pro, would they win?
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Randy , if I understand the pro rules ( MLF) If a local person starts giving the tournament angler tips, the angler is required to nicely tell the local that he can not take the locals advice because it is cheating. Same thing forward facing sonar does for the angler and one up by showing exactly where the fish are.. Big Money at work !
This way of fishing for bass using FFS reminds me a bit of what we call 'canned hunting' for lion in South Africa, where measures are taken to absolutely ensure that the target animal can and will be killed with ease. It takes away all the challenge and need for hunting skills; and eliminates the concept of a fair chase/hunt. But as with many good things in the world , once money gets involved, things are bound to become a circus....
Thanks.
Well stated Randy. I agree with you 90%. I'm an all-around recreational angler and love the pursuit of the unknown. We float the Mississippi up here in Minnesota for top water smallmouth. Our technique is simple? Throw the bait along the shoreline and often times a fish will blow up on it. Very exciting. I recently got a Garmin Livescope exclusively for icefishing. I will not use it on open water for the reasons you give. Being 70 years old, if this will help me drill a few less holes and catch (and release most) crappies, I'll be satisfied with that.
Alcohol and tobacco is legal because...freedom. Sugar is by far the most egregious offender in terms of Healthcare costs.
Randy, I post almost 100% informational videos on tips and techniques on my channel. I actually had a comment that said I was wasting my time doing them. It is very sad. But, it actually makes me go harder than ever explaining how to (actually) know how to fish. Good job on your channel!
youre not wasting your time. there is still an audience out there that loves it. However, we have had a generation of people that have killed everything that they touch because they want the benefits of everything without the work. They want technology that gives them instant rewards instead of taking the time to develop. there are many people that may use FFS but they still want to know how to fish. Gotta have a foundadation
@@LeonStjames thank you.
FORWARD FACING SONAR JOKE
My neighbor Clem had been hinting for weeks he wanted to go bass fishing out of a real bass boat begging me to take him . I finally relented and took him out last weekend and set him up with some easy to fish lures out of the back of the boat . He got bored with that pretty quick and asked if he could fish up front and catch fish off the big TV sets up front like I was doing . I said "OK come on up "and I handed him the rod I was using with a strolling rig tied on . I gave him a quick lesson explaining it was called "Forward Facing Sonar" and showed him how to cast to the fish's location and retrieve the lure up to the bass watching the fish's behavior to entice a strike . He caught on right away and had a limit in no time . Clem was very impressed and said he was getting one of those newfangled FFS boxes for his dented up John boat .
I ran into Clem a couple of weeks later and asked him if he got a new FFS unit for his boat yet . He said after pricing them he said he couldn't afford one but assured me he had found something that was way cheaper and just as easy to catch bass , "He said come on over I'll show you what I found ."
I was a little confused as we approached what turned out to be a 55 gallon blue plastic barrel filled with water on the side of his garage that contained a couple of 5 lb bass .
Clem said "OK now watch this careful ." "I just drop this lure in like this and since I can see the bass perfectly clear I swim the lure up to the fish and just move it around in his face and when I see him bite it I got em ." Laughing I said to Clem "that ain't fishing that's as easy as fishin in a Barr.....".(Clem interrupted me before I could finish my sentence) " I KNOW , I KNOW ! " he gleefully said "It's as easy as Forward Facing Sonar"
My brother calls them Game Boy fisherman 😂
Keep fighting the good fight Randy
Wow, give it a rest. This issue is settled, unfortunately, but it is what it is.
The issue is far from settled.
Let's hope not@@randyblaukatintuitive
So right Randy, job well done. Looking for more comments. Good Luck!!!
U r right I hate that shit it takes all the sport out of it
It's not Fair Chase. Plain and simple.
Exactly
Is fishing in clear enough water to see the bass and the lure fair chase?
@christopher9076 Clear water is something nature creates. It's not man made technology. Live Scope and FFS are essentially commercial fishing great now being used by supposed sportfishermen. It's just not sporting.
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Is providing artificial light and harvesting a deer fair chase?
Are DI SI power poles, giant outboards, live bait, etc fair chase? Let the rationalization begin.
Ok randy ive been fishing tournaments since i was 13 by myself or with my 16 year old friend. Im 38.
Just got 4 screens on my fxr 21 with scope.
About 5% of my fish come when i see the bite happen so far. If i only scope i have very limited success.
I think the best fisherman in the future will need to find a balance between traditional skills and utilizing tech.
Bet chiropractors will have a pretty good clientele of the ffs fishermen from staring down at the screens all the time . The saying of shooting fish in a barrel was an old saying but now it’s a pretty good analogy of ffs units and should not be in tournaments .
Last week on Rayburn I saw a guy with FFS on his kayak. I can afford to use FFS but I refuse to do so. I’m 65 and have fished for more than 50 years.
I'm a big swimbait angler. I throw giant swimbaits exclusively. I'm searching for a memory. I'm a trophy hunter so to speak. But if I knew before I cast that there was a dd out there on the point,structure,etc and I caught it, its tainted.
I’m with you on this, î crappie fish a lot and usually I usually hear that someone caught there limit and hearing they had livescope. I like the challenge trying to find them and seeing how they will bite a jig. I usually catch them and sometimes I catch my limit. But people that know how to use that livescope will catch there limit most of the time.
Look how many Guides there is now!
I’ll be getting FFS soon. I’m 52 years old and have tournament fished for 30years. I have no interest in trolling around in open water looking for single fish and throwing a bait down their throat. I can’t wait to use it to find shallow and medium depth cover, however. I know how to fish brushpiles and laydowns, but I should be able to find them in hours or days…..not years. I’m sure I will eventually use it to throw at an individual fish, but I’m really mostly excited to be able to use it to find structure and cover, as well as learn some about fish behavior.
I really do see your point, but I plan on using it as a tool to make me a better fisherman, not watch a bunch of fish eat my bait on a screen.
I just started fishing last year and now I feel like I came in too late to the game of traditional fishing
I'm not against FFS but I will say if it gets any better I may have to get on board with you. At the end of the day some people don't care all they want is to catch more fish.
I hope they start to put an * next to any state or world records from people with FFS equipped on their boats
Why won't elite series, etc regulate it? It will take time for localities to regulate.