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Makes sense to me.
Yeah, FFS isn't going anywhere, Randy. I know you say some anglers don't like FFS, but most do like FFS. The anglers who don't like FFS are the ones who do not put the time into learning how to use it. When an angler has a style of fishing that he isn't very good at, he practices it all off-season. These old-timers don't want to put the work in to learn how to get better at FFS. They would rather spend their winters hunting. In my opinion, that's just a lack of dedication. Maybe it's just time for the old guys who refuse to dedicate their off-season to perfecting their fishing game to retire. Their is alot of young anglers who are hungry and willing to put the time into being great at their sport too take over.
SIR Randall keep pushing on, you are much appreciated
Grumpy old man
Randy, rather than go to a complete ban on spotlighting why not establish a parcel usage. Establish a certain percentage by vote of the board of electronic equipment per event. The users of the equipment could be granted use be a special drawing thereby not a total ban but a severe cut in usage. Another idea would be to establish a separate class for spotlighters only.
I had good success with the old Arkie jigs purple and blue jig with a blue #11 pork frog
To much money involved in it Randy !
Nobody is going to subsidize anything. However, Kansas will pay all the FFS companies not to grow wheat.
The skirt on your new jig looks fantastic
The thing that concerns me the most about the "cheater box" is that it is robbing so much experience and joy from young anglers. There is so much to be learned on the water that is so joyous. It's not always about a paycheck. And if that's your purpose,go get a job at McDonald's where you belong.
This Evil needs exorcised from the sport. Go buy Randy's jig!
If you could find a way to make it against the rules to have FFS on while casting, it would make people only use it to find fish but would prevent watching where the cast lands or how the fish are reacting.
If you need a good laugh, just click on one of Randy’s videos and listen to the old nag,nag lol
If you had one successful ffs free tournament series I would take the complaints a lot more seriously. Those that whine the most don't pony up any of their own money
I will not renew with BASS until they change. Ultimate match fishing shows skill. About the only one I watch. Good luck
I seriously doubt they will ban FFS, too much involved with that including losing a ton of sponsor money from Lowrance, Garmin, and Humminbird. It is unfortunate this whole thing has become such a cluster F***. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Once again have you ever been a boat with FFS. As I rember it you were one of the 1st to use a GPS
Hey, your old school jig had a ridiculous price on it. Just say it !
I like Smith lake no boats over 25 horsepower.
I don’t agree limiting the number of FFS transducers to just one won’t change anything. Many of these guys have multiple transducers for a reason, because of the added benefit of seeing so much at the same time. Limits is a fair compromise. I also don’t agree lure sales are down solely because of FFS. Only a fraction of consumers/fishermen have FFS. The state of the economy is the primary driver of reduced sales.
Myself along with many bass fishing friends will not join Bass or watch any Bass masters tournaments till FFS is banned in their tournaments.
Too many people came into tournament fishing thinking they could avoid a real job and gamble and it wrecked it and all our lakes. Pillaging a natural resource so men can gamble with the resource and drag their families into this is not good. Who gives a crap Randy.
https://youtu.be/nSVxLLpejyM?si=-9QgSWUhWnirf9a7
This is a long video but well worth watching. It shows a lot of the hypocrisy that is out there regarding FFS and the young anglers on the elite circuit. Randy and Kevin are in the video as up and coming anglers in his 20’s.
Can you show documentation that tackle sales are down? Thanks
Totally agree. Ban FFS in all fishing competitions.
Our favorite lake is being decimated by this crap. And they changed the limit so they keep more fish. Its all about money. More people go there now and keep everything. And catching all the big ones with live scope. Fish like a man old school style. And I canceled my b.a.s.s. subscription. Who cares what these livecscope guys use.
Happy for you that your new jig is for sale. However, I ordered all 6 yesterday and only 1 was in stock! So apparently you have supply issues with the new jig company! So disappointing!!!!!
Ffs won't be banned, nor should it be. Tackle companies struggling is probably better for the consumer, it might bring ripoff prices down. Jerkbaits and crankbaits absolutely should not be 25 dollars each. You buy 100 lures you can pay for ffs. No one is going to have their feelings hurt because Tackle companies might lose a few bucks…not a valid argument.
Wi you have the brown orange blue and the blue tinsel jigs
Young folks just don’t remember or pay heed to the misery that followed the collapse of the tackle industry when Senkos came out. These stupid cheap lures that actually caught fish for everyone nearly ruined the industry. We lost the shirts off our backs and I personally lived in a car for a year. These jig/minnow lures are also impacting the tax base, and now taxes will need to be raised to recover lost revenue. National debt is in jeopardy.
If FFS was unpopular people wouldn’t be buying them, that’s not the case. The newer even better technology is coming.I don’t think it will be at least limited until public bodies of water are stripped of fish. Then our license dollars etc. will pay to raise and replace them through our state DNR’s. Here in Michigan our state DNR spend millions raising and releasing salmon into our state waterways because it brings money into the state( lots of MONEY) but who pays for it? Local Joes like me that don’t fish for salmon unless you drop 500.00 or so to a charter captain or stand elbow to elbow on some river when they run.
Maybe if you made 10 more videos about it they would get the picture and start listening to you.
Since the Olympics are going on this is a good analogy. Tournament fishing with ffs is no different than athletes using steroids in the Olympics. You are taking a short cut to get to a level that you are aren't wiling to put the time in to achieve. And on top of that you may never be that good no matter how much time and effort you put in to that sport with out a little cheating. And as you said so well they are taking the mystery and mystic out of fishing, there is no challenge so what's the point. Like shooting fish in a barrel.
Unfortunately not much will change. But can always hope
Bassmasters is now run by a group of non bass fishing
(f¢£¥king) group of money grabbing mongrels. They have absolutely zero respect or love for bass but keep their eyes constantly on their bank accounts balance. As the new world order has changed it's goals so has Bassmaster. Just follow the money trail. I'll bet you the majority of them have never touched a fishing pole let alone a bass, sad times.
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“FFS isn’t changing our fisheries, it doesn’t really work that well and you should quit whining.”
So you’ll stop using it because it doesn’t really work that well?
“Don’t take my binky!”
My god I can’t even hear you! Night of the locust
Your arguments have no real proof. For all we know rhe lure companies like FFS. They can make simple lures, slap FFS on the package, and sell them like crazy. You have no data to prove lure sales are down.
Literally every video is the same…how do people watch these anymore? Had to come here to confirm and i was not disappointed. 😂
My prediction is that i win 500k, spend half on a boat then ill buy one if those battery lures that swim around for you and one of the deep sea reels that crank the fish in for you and at the end of the season ill be in debt so ill have to go back to real fishing which is actually fun
I’m saddened that bass fishing has morphed into a high tech/low life way of fishing.
I am a weekend duffer who fishes Lake Champlain. The tournaments on Lake Champlain were once relevant to me. It was so amazing to see the pros succeed using the same tools I use. No longer. Pro fishing with FFS is not relevant to my enjoyment of the sport. So it is no longer relevant to me.
Hi, I have been fishing for over 50 years and I don't know everything. I have been watching you for awhile and I like what you say and enjoy your tips. But you said that you like seaguar fishing line. So I bought some (seaguar 101 10lb) . That is the worst line I have ever used. It tangled while the line was in the air and came off the reel faster than I could flip the bail. I know that it was not the exact line you recommend, but it carried the seaguar name and some people cannot differentate from a name and product. You may want to be sure that you are very specific about the product you recommend and give a warning that it is the only one you recommend and not all seaguar products. Thank for your time and I enjoy your channel.
If you were still competitive in the sport I'd bet money you would be using the "Cheaterbox"