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FFS has ruined Bass fishing .
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:41 am
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:41 am
Hard to watch these cringy dudes, horrible TV.
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Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:53 am to BIG Texan
quote:
FFS has ruined professional bass fishing.
FIFY
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:21 am to geauxbrown
Yeah I can't watch it when they pan to a guy staring at a screen. I enjoy it for catching crappie, but not for bass.
Posted on 5/11/25 at 11:12 am to BIG Texan
Said it before, allowing it upholds a longstanding tradition of being shortsighted by tournament organizations. They’ll get paid by the companies that sell the things, who will sell some units, but the majority of viewers find this as compelling as watching paint dry so the organization and professional sport will continue to tread water.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 9:09 am to BIG Texan
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FFS has ruined Bass casting but fixed bass catching
Posted on 5/12/25 at 10:13 am to Wtodd
All the Randy Blaukat's of the world weighing in of FFS 
I agree the TV isn't as good, but like it or not, they are playing within the rules and catching the heck out of them.
I don't use it, but I don't blame a guy making a living trying to catch 'em for using it. You'd be dumb not to if its within the rules.
I agree the TV isn't as good, but like it or not, they are playing within the rules and catching the heck out of them.
I don't use it, but I don't blame a guy making a living trying to catch 'em for using it. You'd be dumb not to if its within the rules.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 10:14 am to ElDawgHawg
quote:Dude is the worst.
Randy Blaukat
Posted on 5/12/25 at 11:08 am to BIG Texan
I don't blame the guys using for using an extremely effective piece of tech within the rules.
I don't hate on guys for using it personally.
But it is not for me and it makes horrible TV.
I don't hate on guys for using it personally.
But it is not for me and it makes horrible TV.
Posted on 5/13/25 at 8:34 am to ElDawgHawg
quote:
Randy Blaukat
Wish he'd choke on a crankbait.
Posted on 5/13/25 at 8:32 pm to BIG Texan
Hasn't affected my bass fishing at all.
Posted on 5/13/25 at 11:30 pm to BIG Texan
So it has 'ruined' televised bass fishing for some. Ok, but that's not actually fishing. Every single piece of innovative technology has produced the same debate. Some love it and some hate it but eventually it becomes a normal part of the equipment. GPS, umbrella rigs, side imaging, spot lock, have all 'ruined' fishing, but we keep fishing, and bitching.
Fishermen are the bitchiest group of people that I have ever seen.
Fishermen are the bitchiest group of people that I have ever seen.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 5:26 am to Purple Spoon
quote:
I don't blame the guys using for using an extremely effective piece of tech within the rules.
I don't hate on guys for using it personally.
But it is not for me and it makes horrible TV.
All of this is true and the reason it will be eliminated at BASS in the near future
Business decision.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 6:26 am to Beessnax
quote:
Fishermen are the bitchiest group of people that I have ever seen.
stop being a bunch of Karens
Out of the posters that hate watching professional fishing because FFS has ruined it. How many of you watched the MLF Red Crest tournament?
Posted on 5/14/25 at 6:42 am to BIG Texan
I've about had enough of watching it. I live on a lake with a brushed dock. And the local semi-pro fishermen come and LiveScope my dock to look for fish in brush that I put out there to attract bass and crappie. And consider I also have underwater dock light that attract fish more. On a 5000 acre lake with perhaps 20 docks with lights, they LiveScope these docks to decide to fish around the lights that were put there to attract fish.
I have LiveScope. But I don't use it to find fish around my dock.
I have LiveScope. But I don't use it to find fish around my dock.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 6:50 am to civiltiger07
Deer hunters are worse
Posted on 5/14/25 at 7:03 am to lsuson
quote:
Yeah I can't watch it when they pan to a guy staring at a screen. I enjoy it for catching crappie, but not for bass.
Do you catch and release for crappie? Since they are sitting ducks, I catch and release over 90% of what I catch.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:26 am to BIG Texan
I don’t get the intense hatred some of you have against FFS. From a TV viewership perspective, the only thing different with FFS is where the angler’s eyes are looking. Does this really bother y’all that much?
Look, I have no dog in this fight. I do not use FFS. I don’t even own a boat. If I did and I had the money to buy FFS, it would be a no brainer. Why would you not buy something that is going to make your time out on the water more productive and enjoyable?
I personally know a lot of people that have it and they all absolutely love it, mainly because of what they’ve learned from it about fish behavior.
This is going to piss people off, but why not just be honest about why you don’t like it. Correct me if i’m wrong, but it seems there are only two logical reasons: you either a) can’t afford it or b) don’t want to put it in the time and effort to learn it.
If you already have a standard sonar unit on your boat, why don’t you view that as “cheating”?
Look, I have no dog in this fight. I do not use FFS. I don’t even own a boat. If I did and I had the money to buy FFS, it would be a no brainer. Why would you not buy something that is going to make your time out on the water more productive and enjoyable?
I personally know a lot of people that have it and they all absolutely love it, mainly because of what they’ve learned from it about fish behavior.
This is going to piss people off, but why not just be honest about why you don’t like it. Correct me if i’m wrong, but it seems there are only two logical reasons: you either a) can’t afford it or b) don’t want to put it in the time and effort to learn it.
If you already have a standard sonar unit on your boat, why don’t you view that as “cheating”?
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:59 am to BIG Texan
Wait till they go woke.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 9:37 am to aTmTexas Dillo
quote:
LiveScope my dock to look for fish in brush
the same thing can be accomplished with side scan. people have probably been side scanning your dock for years with the same purpose.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 9:46 am to aTmTexas Dillo
quote:I went to a local lake for the first time this year yesterday afternoon. a couple piles were loaded. Released about ten then went home due to a combo of wind and severe tennis elbow in the right arm. I might actually have to hold the rod in my left hand for a bit.
Do you catch and release for crappie?
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