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I'm 60 years old now and I remember better times. How about we go back to the standardization of the boat and electronics for each competitor like Bassmaster used to do? In the good old days, each angler was assigned a boat that was equal to every other angler, so it was a competition between anglers on the basis of skill with a very level playing field. May the best angler win. Now, it's who has the most sponsors with the best equipment based on monetary resources. Money over skill. I'm a lifetime member of Bassmaster, but I don't recognize this organization anymore. It's all about the money and nothing about the skill or the chase between man and fish. It makes me sad and I'm tired of being told I'm behind the times. Maybe the old ways truly are better. We will see a consequence for this change and it's not for the better.
Well said
They already have the skill.
How about a og tourney where all can use is a flasher,the ole green box and suction cup transducer mount.yea yea i know wish in one hand crap in the other, what hand fills up? 1st.
Perfectly said!!!
I keep getting ads from Bassmaster telling me watch the upcoming events, and asking me to take a survey on how they can improve the events.. I said get rid of the forward facing sonar ! ! !
lol- I do the same thing!!!
Get rid of all sonars, if you're getting rid of one!!!
@hunterb1215 No. Not a sound argument, and you know it.
We as humans have lost our way in just about everything we do in our lives.
Amen
End of times.
Good job Randy. I've seen a lake close to my house turned into a neighborhood for millionaires. The trees were removed all the down to the shoreline. Wildlife has pretty much been removed. As for boat pricing, until people stop buying 30, 40, 50+ thousand dollar boats they'll keep selling them at that price. When I retired I bought an aluminum Tracker 175 txw 60 hp. I was afraid I wouldn't adjust to not being able to fly across the lake. After two months, I sold my fiberglass boat and after 4 years I have no complaints. I can fish four or five trips b4 having to fill up again.
If the prey cant hide...its over
FF sonar does not work in heavy vegetation or thick pads to target bass, even when you put transducer in perspective mode, so yes, they still can hide.
Randy not only have U taught me(and teaching me) how to hunt the big bass but U have made me realize how fortunate I am to live in Southern Indiana and have a beautiful lake like Patoka Lake to fish in. Almost zero private development and a few commercial marinas is all that there is...wow! I spent the eclipse day out on the water and the solitude and serenity is wonderful! May U still have places to go and be alone with Mother Nature. Thank U Sir!
I live in southern Indiana also and although I don’t think Patoka is a good bass fishery, it’s a beautiful lake and I ran my Skeeter up there for a dozen years and loved every minute of it, bass fishing be damned 🤣😂🤣
@@alonerankin2 hello fellow Hoosier! Patoka seems so spread out that the bass could be any where...so many areas I won't take my deep v fishing boat because of all the standing timber(bass hiding forests), I have 0 heard it called " the dead sea" through out the years...but I'm finding fish from place to place, had a fisherman tell me not long ago Patoka lost its weeds, and doing so lost a lot of fish cover, big Toyota bass tourney coming up in june...I would imagine the live scopers will find plenty...fish on Southern Indiana neighbor :)
@@laffilmfest3759 hello my friend, nice to see a few fishermen familiar with Patoka lake. My biggest Indiana Bass came from the walls lake area. Nearly 7 pounds and at a 90* bend in the river, 19 feet on a berkley power bait, Black in color. The weed beds were crucial and I had luck with tubes and shad imitators. Big crappie and big bluegills too! Lots of fun catching gills, sunfish etc. easily boating 150 a day. It’s been a decade since I’ve fished it, I do miss it though. When I first fished it with dad, (1981) there were no shad in it. How they got in there is a mystery to me but I’ve heard rumors lol. Best of luck fishing and be safe! Cheers!!
@@alonerankin2 all great info and congrats on that big bass, I have to share my time at Patoka with Celina and Indian lakes, I call Celina my bass academy :) putting to good use my lessons learned by Randy Blaukat....enjoy this chilly day :)
Tournament angling is not a sport. Sports are interesting to spectators. Watching a bunch of people look at a monitor is what goes on at the office.
I agree it’s more like gambling…and that’s why cheaters keep trying to find ways to cheat
I abhor all tournament fishing for many reasons.
Another point that needs to be made is that catching a 10 lb bass means nothing anymore.
I totally agree. In my opinion ffs caught fish should count only half weight because it’s such a cheating thing
It does to those of us who don't cheat
I have never caught a 10 Lb bass but a 7 Ib bass.
@@MrRGiller Lol me neither
Another classic intuitive cryfest with big Randall.
You talking about me again Randy..I got the 14ft flat bottom Jon boat with an old school 5hp Sea King; the setup is older than me. I catch something everytime..A little peace of mind.Catching fish is a bonus.
If you have a problem with forward facing sonar why is it not a problem with any sonar or even polarized glasses everything is a disadvantage to the fish even down to the baits and rod and reels
What part of LIVEscope don't you understand??? Where does skill come into the equation? So easy a silverspooned caveman can do it. Follow the money.
@jimmurphy834 What part of cheating don't you understand everything thing you do fishing is cheating so why don't we stop everything and fish from the bank with a cane pole now please tell me why you won't do that
All I'm saying is I don't think cheating is the correct word when everything you use to catch fish is considered cheating
Randy, you’re on the right side of the FFS debate and I support you.
It's going to take an organization to establish a tournament series with limits.
Exactly! I like the idea of going old school with limits on bass boat lengths and HP along with some electronics limits. I know the bass boat costs is out of control as well as the trucks, baits and even tackle in general. The last time I talked with a bass boat dealer about who actually pays for these 70-100k boats he said it was usually older retired men. I disagree… maybe 10 years ago but these days I see plenty of middle aged men who have gone $150k in debt to go and catch bass in local tournaments and try to win $500 or less. It’s nuts and even aluminum boats are 45k or higher if you get one rigged up. I checked out years ago on bass tournaments and I enjoy bass fishing for fun now. I did the tournament thing for 25 years and it was fun but I wouldn’t do it these days. I’m not going to spend the money required to get rigged up. I’m 60 and do pretty good for myself but the changes in professional bass tournaments turned me off years ago. Plus now I play more golf and it’s hard to believe but golf is waaaaay cheaper 😂 I guess that happens with generations of sports changing hands but technology has made this entire industry less desirable to me. I do love the newer trolling motors and talons/power poles but FFS is bad for the sport imo. In the end it’s going to take a new tournament organization or major (costly) changes with all the corporations involved now to change this. I’m not worried because I can fish anytime I want and I choose to not watch the tournaments on tv anymore because of FFS. I think the loss in viewership and sales will take a toll eventually. Maybe they are making more with the younger crowds tuning in? I wont put that much research effort into my opinion on them losing money over time because most people I talk to or I listen to agree with Randy on this.
That's what money does to ever sport.
YES IT DOES !!! just look at what it did to Drag racing and Nascar
I’ve fished everywhere and nothing will equal the memories of putting on a cold, wet life jacket as a small kid, just before daylight to go check trot lines in an old jon boat with a Montgomery Wards pull start outboard. Metal hook bolted on a wooded paddle to pull up them trot lines. Metal baskets in the water back at camp. 1 with little blue gills for bait and the other to keep our flatheads going until we put them in wet guinea sacks for the ride home. Didn’t need video games.
I've made comments on your page in the past that were not tasteful. I unsubscribed. Over a year I wasn't on your side. But after time went on I agree. Nothing more theaurapeudic than being on the water at 6 AM. After watching your debate with Ben Milliken, it left a bad taste in my mouth. The way he didn't acknowledge your best wishes and just clicked offline really bothered me. I still watch your videos, obviously. I just got sick of hearing about ffs
Ben is just a jerk. Mu opinion. He respects no one. You can see it in the way he talks and how he acts.
@bigfish8473 But Mercer says he's "The next big thing " Pro bass fishing has gone to $hit.
@bigfish8473 I always liked Ben and still do. I was disappointed on his non professional demeanor. He's still the man, I just figured he would have taken the higher road
@@Carolinaboi313 Ben NEVER takes the high road. He's one of the biggest little girls in the sport 😂
Ben is intelligent. Knows what he's talking about. And is a good teacher. But that's where it ends. He acts like a condescending prick. I saw on video where that he posted of him and his friend making fun of another angler near him. He was an older guy mostly just looking for conversation. Ben and his buddy spent the entire time making fun of him. I unfollowed him on any platform that I knew him to be on. Ben forgets one simple thing. He's just a bass fisherman. That's it. Nothing more. He's of literally zero importance to society. If he disappeared right now everyone would forget him before tomorrow and follow someone else. It's only fishing.
Randy…. YOU need to start your own tournament org. You have over 122 thousand followers now. It’s time for you to give an alternative path to folks and beat them at a different game. Go raise money and LETS GOoooooooooo🙌
In Australia the holy grail used to be catching a one metre Murray Cod which was considered a once in a lifetime opportunity, but now the spot lighters aren't happy even when they catch two or three every time they go fishing. Too many of these big fish are getting interfered with now for the sake of peoples egos.
I was just explaining this to my wife yesterday about how being out on the water within nature fishing, is like church to me i feel most at peace and comfort with the world, then a bass hits my bait and i get a massive dopamine rush, its the best feeling in the world, well 2nd best 😅
I told my family it's where I'm closest to God
When everyone gets tired of watching people looking down at a screen all day the problem will take care of itself.
Randy you are one hundred percent correct! I'm a weekend warrior who has fished some local tournaments. I don't fish them anymore because some of these guys come with their decked-out boats with all the electronic (FORWRD FACING SONAR) how do you compete with that!
Cmon man. Go find em and catch em. Pre fish hard. Ffs can be beat. I've done it.
You are right. Recently, I was floating a section of a mountain river in m my kayak. I see another kayak appear with double stacks of forward facing sonar equipment, multiple transducer setups.
Lol that's crazy
My son got almost a full college scholarship to a very good private school that we would have never been able to afford. It's a new world it's a new day. Stay positive my friends!!
Hi Randy, I paid 20K for my 1st Ranger bass boat in 1985, I had a 10 year loan and a $200 a month payment. I thought 10 years was crazy but I managed it very easily and maintained that boat well. Now my 17 year-old grandson owns it. i was a roofer working for wages at the time. I bought my 2nd Ranger bass boat last year for 110K, I have a 20 year loan and pay around $770 a month. I'm 67 years old, retired from the roofing industry and can afford to own what ever boat I want. Thank God, I am certainly blessed and feel very fortunate. Its a tuff world but hard work will do you wonders.
This reminds me a lot of the deer hunters here in Ohio. We have created a generation of deer hunters who solely depend on corn piles and feeders. The woodsmen are dying breed and sounds like the anglers are to. I just found your channel and appreciate your content.
only thing that keeps me from the big money- tournaments. Money. Guys in my club ask why I dont fish the tourneys' that are a few hundred to enter- not only can I not afford to lose- if i won anything that got me qualifying for some regional- not only could I not afford to travel+ fish it- my 17&a half foot 50 h.p. w a 12 v trolling motor& 7 inch downview screen might have been enough to beat the guys in my club one year-but it wont hang in any large event even if I did have deep enough pockets to even show up.
Your the man Randy. Spot on every time and thank you for your tips. Take care.
I’ve been calling bass fishing “water therapy “ for 50 years. It was true 50 years ago and it’s still true today.
Randy you r right on the money😊😊
I agree with much of what you say but I will give the youth more credit than you do, in and out of fishing. p.s. this excludes the ones walking around with their jeans below the ass.
I totally agree with everything you're saying
I bought 4.5 acres of lakefront 431' of shoreline. People ask when I'm going to build. I'm not. I am having a driveway built, but that's it. I love this lake because three of the four shorelines are marsh, so only one shoreline can be built and all the lots are 4.5 to 6 acres with 100' setbacks. So, you can't see the homes and none of them have grass. Just woods. And I go out and catch 35 bass in a morning because the water quality is high.
You don't have to have a 100k boat it's a choice bro
I agree, and if you are lazy, have bad spending habits, only work 40 hours a week, don't be jealous of somebody who works 2 jobs, 80 hours a week and has saved up enough money to buy a nice truck and boat. You still can get a decent used boat and fix it up if you want also.
Primary greed Randy. You are absolutely right on so many fronts though.. see ya soon..
How about not having 150 tournaments a year on these major lakes That's the biggest issue. Forward facing sonor has nothing to do with
Actually it does, because in all those tournaments 3-4x as many fish are being caught with FF cheating
Competitive angling has always been about selling the latest and greatest boats, lures, rod/reels and SONAR. Sponsors pay to put on these tournaments. No sponsors, no money, no sport!
I was thinking this very thing! All competitions within any sport are all about sales/ads, how many customers can be generated for all the products being used in those competitions. Whether it's what a favorite competitor is doing or only about what the winner is doing, it all generates customers and money.
Hi Randy, I love when you dig into an issue. Some of us get to remember, reflect, and wonder about fishing. For me all of that is priceless. Especially if I get to fish with my son. Yes, pro bass fishing is an elitist sport. Please keep giving us things to think about in bass fishing ! Thanks Randy !
'M 71 years old and my daughter told me once that a man can't worry and fish at the same time but it looks like FFS may change that!
No. It won't change. You still have to be all in on fishing. Ffs or not.
Great message. Thank you. I'm doing my part for future fisherman by not catching many fish in the present .
Average wage in the US is 60k. People choosing to go into significant debt to play a game seems a bit crazy. The recreational angler wants so badly to seem better than they are they have to have FFS and tricked out boats to beat their neighbors for a $1000 check in a club tournament. At the end of the day is their money and it’s their choice but the keeping up with the joneses attitude in this sport is killing lakes and the sport
How is keeping up with the joneses attitude killing lakes? People not practicing conservation yes. I am not rich by any means but have FF sonar, (and no, it did not put me into debt.) I am very careful how I handle fish and all are caught and released. Rather than complain about what someone uses to fish, how about putting that effort into closed seasons during the spawn, catch and release, limits on creel and slot limits etc?
@@CAN43725lmao dude. FFS will help destroy fishing for future generations period. Fish have no place to hide literally. Let me ask you this can you go fish and catch fish without it ? Also, do you practice not fishing for fish while on their beds ? I bet you don’t. Randy isn’t wrong fishing has been going down for some time now. I have lakes I’ve been fishing for years that are just simply crap now due to over fishing and tournament fishing, now you have FFS is just going to make it worse for our kids and their kids.
@@dannyb78 Yes, I do not fish for bass until after memorial day. In my state, the bass season does not start until then and most of the bass have stopped spawning. Pops had one of the first green boxes when I was a kid. All of a sudden the land marks started to make sense. People said we were not fishing traditionally. I have FF sonar and now people are saying the same thing about fishing traditionally. But it really has been an eye opener on how fish react to baits among other things. I could catch fish without it, but right now, I am having fun with it. I practice catch and release and try to get them into the water as quickly as possible. Also try to give back more than I take by cleaning up lakes etc. I understand some people do not like it, and that is your choice.
@@CAN43725 I hear you. I honestly don’t care about the part of fishing traditionally, my thing is fish literally have no place to hide now with ffs. This tech now is way beyond anything from back in the day. I care about our kids and their kids future in bass fishing. I live in Fla and everything over here is pressured so much it’s unreal. To many tournaments to many folks keeping to much. Even fish that are released don’t recover or make it. In my opinion ffs is just another thing that’s going to help destroy our fishing for the future generations. Some fish don’t need to be seen or caught.
@@dannyb78 Yes, Florida has some issues with their resource. Lot of snowbirds' fish there during winter months and the lakes get hammered year-round. I do not think it is going to make much of a difference in your state if they ban FF sonar as the fishing has been on the decline for years. Fishing is still great here, so far. The DNR has catch and release lakes, creel limits on different bodies of water, closed seasons, slot limits etc. to protect the resource. How we handle and take care of the fish after the catch will go farther than what we use to catch them
No Randy. These youngns have spent decades perfecting their craft to. Big hell yeah for the young guys that people dont know. Put a stop to the good ol boy club. Where the select make an hour phone call and already know where they are fishing on a lake they have never been on. Because Bubba decided they were ok to give the juice to. These young guys are good and you should never underestimate anyone. If ffs was gone tomorrow these guys would still be around. It has definitely leveled the playing field.
Simply put we need something similar to the USGA and the R&A to protect our sport.
Sir Randall always have believed in you and always will you are a true patriot in your conservation thoughts and belief in the current and the future of the Bass fishing world ,you need to be well respected for your voice
Yes exactly right
Everything is over priced now. I used to love going saltwater fishing. But it got so expensive I rarely go now.😞
Randy you make great sence.👍
I couldn't agree more on all you said. Boat prices are insane. Ikon unveiled one that was priced at $185,000.00.
Your 100 percent right
All true, Randy. Thanks for saying it.
I agree and thats why i dont watch professional fishing anymore. I stick with youtube.
Right on Randy
I have a 2008 trailblazer!! Pulling a 2008 nitro z-8 * I Have line older than most of the youger plow jockey kids?? 😮😮😅😅! Peace Randy Boy !
Randy Randy Randy you right once again keep it up I behine you😊
Sir Randall it is true you could be a great tournament director or a great voice to the conservation departments you have been there and done that over time , always wishing the best for you
We were at Lake of The Ozarks last year. On either side of us were new developments, clear cut, bare dirt washing downhill ... no telling where the sewage will go.
I also agree with some comments below. There should be a standard for boats, motors, and electronics. Professional fishing should be Fisherman against Fisherman's. How could it be anything else? Boxing with fishing poles. Keep it even keep it simple.
Yes fishing etiquette
Take sonar out of the tournaments or make there own tournaments!!
RHANKS FOR STICKING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT
Love my bass fishin'. Try to get out somewhere at least 1 day every weekend . Not fishing should be a misdemeanor ! The more I miss-da-meaner I get !!!
I am changing my name to FRB! (Fish Road Beds) LMFAO! Should make a great brand right there with FBD! Already filed branding so be careful to anyone trying to steal shamelessly...BAHAHA!
I'm 68 years old and Randy I agree with the things that you are talking about, I was raised and live in lexington Tennessee and we have 7 brwda lakes and now 2 of those 7 lakes are now surrounded by houses that have totally ruined the serenity of the very reason I began bass fishing back 50 years ago,I personally use forward facing sonar when I fish, but I can totally understand how it is ruining the fishing for future of professional bass fishing, older angler's don't need it to start with and younger angler's couldn't catch a limit of bass without it, and that is my 2 cents worth!
I fish water where bass boats with FFS can't launch. They don't even have ramps. It's just the bass, my canoe, and me.
We can talk and acknowledge bass fishings challenges. For things to happen, the various pro tours need to actually acknowledge their challenges.
Randy my man. As a current board member of the local Chamber of Commerce - we have nothing to do with developments. That is the planning commission (I used to serve on that as well) and with the City Counsel (yes- ima former CC President) Those last two have everything to do with development - not the Chamber. Now if you want to talk bass tournaments - that’s more appropriate
One positive is that this is the most exciting season of Bassmaster we’ve had in a long time. Love seeing all the new competition.
Been subscribed for a few years now. Have only been taking bass fishing serious during that time and kept with you and a few others on KZhead. Everyone has there opinions on everything because everyone has different experiences. I'm on both sides of the fence on FFS, but the one thing that got me was the bass pro tour that came to Cayuga lake last year before our season officially opened. I live less than hour and fish it a lot now and was more upset and disappointed about the concept of professionals and mlf promoting conservation of the species and then to watch that statement crumble live was pretty eye opening. I'm glad no professional tournaments are being held this year and want to think that was part of it but not enough stink became of it. Locally nothing was even said about what actually happened on the news or articles. Conservation should be front and center and not killing what they say they are promoting. We won't see the impacts from last year until 3-5 years or more with the larger breeders and will be interesting to follow
I agree with you Randy. Fishing is not what it used to be. It’s all about social media and technology unfortunately.
Totally get what your saying. It did get me thinking though. Was Table Rock Lake a natural lake back in the day? Or, was it a creek that had a dam put in place? I wonder what the folks back then who were at your current age thinking? I totally get what you’re saying though. I want to be able to keep up but couldn’t even come close for what it cost.
Hi Randy :)
There are still tournaments being won and top 5 finishes without ffs!
You are of course correct. But Randy.. I am only gonna watch the fishing tips videos. I am crosseyed from the FFsonar debate videos. I will be buying a new boat next year and FFS wont be on it. nor will it have stationary poles. I am getting a ghost trolling motor with spot lock, and a 4 stroke. I do not TX fish anymore. Fishing for enjoyment!
I am 70 years old and have a old boat and i can go out and catch any fish for i have a fish finder for depth and temperature and can catch all the fish me and my family and friends can eat so why do you need to spend 100,000 on a boat don't under stand but I have love of fishing
If a bass is caught with FFS, that should be noted. If FFS users aren't ashamed of using FFS , they should be loud and proud in letting folks know that their bass are FFS bass.
Forward facing sonar the issue in a sport where catch and release could be mandatory? Sure I like the tournaments to be on a level playing field and would support baselining the equipment to include no detail sonar, BUT when fishing time on the water per year is less than a week outside of a camping trip I have no issue discounting large amounts of unproductive water. Go camping and want to pack light, eating fish…yep nice to set aside the mre’s. I have always caught and released fish. Forward facing sonar seems to bring in an aspect of sight fishing below 10’ of water that is appealing. Slot limits, numbers, trophy waters are all part of conservation. I don’t hate on lake front property just make a greenspace requirement. Hope to have a big house on the hill amount trees with a lake view, who doesn’t?
Tournament fishing jumped the shark in 1999 when BASS upped the hp from 150 to 250. The economy was hot at the time and the decision was based on greed. At this point I think revisiting other bans from the past would put a better prospective to the call for a ffs ban. Fight for Jets, Tunnels, Fly Rods and Live Bait!
It has been said MANY times. If you don't agree with what tournament series are doing. Start your own. It's that simple
It was tried on Lake Lanier earlier this month. It didn't go well. Only 47 out of 200 showed up for the non FF sonar tournament.
Well, Dang. You gonna catch heat for sure . However, your efforts are getting noticed all across the board. Keep the pressure on, cracks are forming and new alliances are coming forth everyday. Many of those Anglers I looked up too and can't stomach anymore. Trust me, big names but are sellouts..I'm sure there are many more like me who have dropped viewership and basically don't even pay attention to the standings in tournaments any longer. Stay safe ol dog.
4:23 Cool that he cares ab TRL so much b/c it was never the Everglades for Largemouth bass, but still a treasure. P.S. If that runoff kills the Smallmouth in TRL I'm going down there swinging
Is side view and traditional down and clear view down sonar considered cheating
adapt and overcome.
Bass Anglers Unsportsmanlike Society... I'm fairly new to fishing and I'm appalled by the lack for respect for bass too many anglers display. I'm blown away by the trash everywhere I fish. I'm shocked by the desire to just "catch big ones" at all costs. It's anything but sportsmanlike. I'll sit in my cheap kayak and enjoy nature. I'll never fish a tournament for sure.
I like the bottom 3 at st jhons river, shows you they need ffs to catch fish
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Since when does blowing a no sale equal a 90 min delay the next day? I thought it was a d.q for the day
I am listening and agreeing with a sense of nostalgia as I glance across the room at my 1954 South Bend Smoothcast direct drive reel on its 4’ metal rod with original Crazy Crawler still tied to its braided line. I have a newspaper clipping from winning my first tournament with an 11 1/2 pound bass when I was 14 (1960). The local downtown hardware store sponsored a weekly “tournament” with bream, bass, and shellcracker categories. If you caught a nice fish, you took it in to be weighed and at week’s end the store owner announced the winners and awarded each $5.00 in merchandise. Actually, you could get a nice little bag of stuff for five bucks then. I appreciate you taking a public stance on the matter, but as with so many other changes in the evolution of sports, I doubt anything can be done to reverse the trends. As for waterfront development, until recently I owned property in middle Georgia and someone asked why I did not fish the large reservoirs nearby, I explained that I grew up paddling while fishing in serenity, casting a weedless Hawaiian Wigler into grass beds or skipping a rubber worm up under overhanging willow trees while watching birds, snakes, raccoons, and an occasional deer. Tossing lures under peoples docks in front of their 4000+ square-foot waterfront homes just isn’t my cup o’ tea.
Bass fishing is owned by corporations now. There is no turning back. My suggestion would be start your own league but that comes with smaller payouts and only allow sponsors in that actually have something to do with bass fishing. I don’t like ffs but nothing is going to stop technology you used a high tech computer to record this video and you probably use a smartphone and GoPro and any other technology advancement. Braided line, better lures, faster reels. Until you and others refuse to fish the tournaments they will continue to have them. Nothing is going to stop it.
Most of the me me me people will not understand until the damage is done. Just like the back pages of the book that few seem to know about now a days. Its a sad sad situation!
As awesome as competition can be to watch, when stuff goes pro as making stuff profitable makes production so important it breaks what makes things special. It typically changes the sport to the point of degrading it. As a fly angler (who loves bass fishing, it's not all trout :D), there are techniques in competitve fly fishing that really make the sport pointless. Competive fly fishing is almost entirely euro-nymphing(Explained below), and while I won't say it's a skill-less, it's barely fly fishing, and the sport is more about who finds the hot spot on the river first. 85% luck and 15% technical skill. Euro-nymphing is a great technique, it catches tons of fish, but I'm not on the water to catch 10-20+ fish. It's cool when it happens, but I like exploring new areas, and figuring out what the fish in that water want to take a fly is 70% of the fun. Euronymphing: Is fishing a heavily weighted nymph, typically a large heavy bead on a hook, basically a small weighted jig head, near the bottom of the stream/river and instead of a bobber (indicator) you use a gradiated leader to tell when a fish bites. Most euronymphers will use 20-25 feet of leader, and it's pretty rare the actual fly line leaves the tiptop of your rod. Most serious euro nymphers will use specific reals designed just for euro nymphing, and an extra long rod designed specifically for it. A lot fly anglers will dabble with it and/or use it, sometimes just bringing a euronymphing leaders, with them and a standard rod/real. It certainly works,
Ban "land clearing!!!!"
all i ever hear on lakes with houses is leaf blowers and dogs barking all the damn time. lol
If it's cheating how come everyone using ffs isn't in the money? Go fish TAA since they don't use ffs and show us what you can do 😊
Is this technology hurting the sport? That’s the question it does take skill to operate the technology but just because you’re skilled at it is it make the sport better or worse?
not just an elitist sport for professionals, i have seen the tricked out F-250s and $80+K boats at local weekend tournaments….smh wondering wth?
It's not only happening in the fishing industry, it's happening in hunting as well, cheaper to go hunt in South Africa than an elk hunt hear in the good old a USA. I really feel sorry for our future generations as most of them will never experience the great outdoors as it is to pricy$$$$$
Agreed and all for that Trophy buck.
Developers are ruining Dale Hollow too. Stripping all the trees off hilltops to build. Looks awful.
Go randy
My forward facing sonar chooses to sexually identify as a Striker 4.
What goes around comes around. Right now we live in a time of greed when bullies have their way all to often. We are about due for a new Ray Scott to come along and pick us up by the seat of our pants and point us in a new direction with new structures and ideas. How about a composite video of our top 5 bass to show at the way in each day. Each lake has a one month period where there is no fishing for bass to destress the spawn, There are plenty of lakes south to north to do this effectively. these are BS ideas just for grins. The right promoter that believes in Bass Fishing will come along one day. 🤞
First thought after reading the video title- how old are you??
Keep up the fight MrRandy , we are with you , and agree with you it is very sad whats going on to our sport , to our lakes , and it’s only getting worse and it needs to Stop , it is cheating
Are you the same spooky that got kicked off Castledine’s channel??
@@spencersmith6754 I did not get kicked off TC channel , I left they called me Louisiana trash and I unsubed
@@spencersmith6754 TC , Ish Monroe , and the lil leprechaun were on an all 3 called me that for voicing my opinion , and I’ve never been back
@@SpookyRedz 🤔
@@spencersmith6754 He is. He claims he unsubscribed
Instead of calling it a fishing tournament call it a sonar calibration tournament.