I have been watching the old Bassmaster Classics from the 1980s. That real. Bass fishing. Young guns don't know what they are missing. Old hand written score board, good times back then.
Randy, most of us who started bass fishing 40+ years ago agree with you. We learned all of those skills, techniques, time of year, temperature, water clarity, etc., etc, etc, from thousands of hours on the water. We can't stop technology from advancing the sport of bass fishing. The tournament organizations will have to determine the technology that can be used in competition. It's time for us to stop talking about it and let it run its course. Hopefully, the right decisions will be made soon.
The sport is already ruined. The fact is that the popularity of FFS is growing and you already can't compete in tournaments without it. The technology continues to progress. Bottom line is that if you choose to resist it, you will be nothing more than a recreational angler. I gave up on my tournament angler dreams about a year ago because I refuse to give in to this garbage. Now I just tie on a big swimbait and go trophy hunting. I'm sickened by the amount of people on youtube making bass fishing videos that can barely even cast properly. But they have their fancy electronics and they're catching fish and making money doing it. It's sad.
Nobody really mentions bed fishing lol. What's worse seeing bass on a screen and maybe getting it to bite or seeing a big female trying to make babies and getting jerked off her bed and hauled 75 miles to weigh in.
@@MSL-dv6nx popularity is growing, which shows just how many people out there have poor fishing skills & will resort to cheating to "catch" fish...very disturbing & an eye opener at what small % of anglers out there are real fishermen
Just watched a guy using FFS having to use a fizzing tool because he was catching them in 80 feet of water. All fish were over 5 pounds and I bet they all died. It’s a shame.
For non FFS’ers… Derby has to be one day with a 3 fish limit and the Angler better pick up a frog or a glide bait and go to town if he wants to have a chance!
They all died , there is no doubt about it ! And it is terrible , every fish they catch deep dies and then people ask me how is it harming fishing , those 5 pounders will not lay anymore eggs cause of some idiot wants to catch all Giants in very deep water cause he can see em with his cheater box ; Now is this doing anything for our fisheries ? The answer is Hell No
Seen a video yesterday of a guy who had caught 1 10 pound bass his entire life. After using FFS for a few years, he has caught over 100 10 pounders and dozens of fish in the teens. And he was bragging about it! Made me sick, and guarantee at least half of those fish probably died due to being caught in deep water.
I’ll say this I’ve been in the Gulf of Mexico fishing for one species that was Open season to keep like a red snapper and hooked amberjacks that were not in season and had to throw em back I’ve Fizzed in my lifetime a ton and they all died , if I hooked one I would move to a different spot trying not to catch the wrong fish that the season was closed , Fizzing does not work and idc if you try spearing em head first back into the water or not they end up popping up behind the boat floating
The next thing will be underwater drone lures - not connected by wire( fishing line) - but operated by remote controller like Playstation using wireless Blutooth- The lure will send out a sonar signal that will alert the lure if there is a fish nearby- the lure will move towards the fish and generate action that will piss the Bass off enough that he will grab it- the Control box on your boat will Ping and show FishOn! - then just retrieve lure back towards the boat and grab it with your net-
I will never get FFS but the funny thing is when your on the lake and find the pattern with the great teachings of Randy these so called bass anglers leave the lake
The Devision of Marine Fisheries or local DNR will likely step in eventually. They could say “Dumb down the electronics within the bass fishing rule book and create competition standards across the board for all tourneys, or drop the limit to 2-fish per day. If the creel limit was dropped to two fish per day then the bass orgs might enforce real competitive bass rules again. I fish the ocean, however I see everyone’s point.
Heck they might as well just have tournaments at bass pro shops in their fish tanks, it just doesn’t seem like real fishing with this technology not fun to watch at all…
They said drag racing would live forever too in the 60' s and 70's after being warned that factory big money, and freak cars like funny cars replaced grass roots, small time drag racers. I was there and saw it. I went to see my buddies race and not see big money freak cars. RIP small town drag racing. Professional fishing is heading that way.
I consider forward facing sonar similar to digital effects of movies. Before digital effects, movies along with actors were amazing and more nostalgic. After DE movies changed entirely and a good actor creating a mind blowing character is a thing of the past. I don’t think you will be able to stop the effects of FFS so, good bye Al Pacino and hello to whomever plays those characters in the Avatar movies! 😂
I got an idea, do some old school fishing against live scopers under different conditions. (non lives scope) fishing is under represented on the Internet, and constitutes the majority of fisherman. It could shine a light on the advantages of becoming a well rounded fisherman.
Every time i see a video of someone using FFS it literally makes me sick to my stomach. These fake fisherman have no morals, no integrity, no concern or care for fish or fisheries. It's just me,me,me and what they can do to make things easier for themselves and land big fish they otherwise would never catch. Watched a video yesterday of a guy who said he caught 1 10 pound bass his entire life before using FFS, after using it for almost 3 years he had caught over a 100 10 pounders, and dozens of fish in the teens. And this guy is promoting FFS like its the best thing on earth. Its disgraceful and i dont understand how he can even be proud of those numbers, and i wonder how many of those huge old fish died after being caught by him.
Randy do a video about Todd’s castledines video him claiming that live scope has zero effect on lakes because guntersville produced such big bags lately but he failed to mention that those fish were caught WITH LIVESCOPE. Go and give it a watch
Jackson ur as bad as Randy. He's such a hypocrite. He's out here making money by using advanced technologies and clearly can't compete anymore on using the methods of fishing he would prefer so He's trashing FFs technologies. And clearly u didn't get what Todd was saying
No Randy. I been told you. Boycott, boycott, boycott. Make it be known- Use ffs and you fail. No clicks, no views, no likes, no share, no sales. Open your ears or kiss it goodbye.
Randy, you used the word integrity. Resisting the temptation to use (and sell for profit)Toxic Lead fishing lures also speaks to one’s integrity. Would you agree?
Why choose a side? It spreads the field out and takes some of the pressure off the shallow bass. Trying to live in the past has never really been beneficial throughout the history of mankind. I prefer fishing without it because I love shallow cranking and skipping docks but I have used it to win tournaments. Time on the water is what really seperates the field. Unless ofcourse we're talking about smaller stuff where people buy and trade inflation.
Well R.B. in terms of free enterpirse & capitalism, FFS has been great for your financial bottom line. So good job at siezing the moment for monetary gain. Of course you'll dismiss this view point and spin your narrative. Regardless.... the money spends the same.
you're missing the key element that the fish still have to bite which is out of our control!!! Deer being led to food plot, while youre hiding in a blind and then shoot at them is not the same! #nicetry
It's got to be frustrating spreading fake news day in and day out while knowing that no one is listening...yet...you can't stop because the followers may go out and explore on their own and find out what they've been told isn't the whole truth.
Unfortunately scopeadoping is here to stay! I will never agree with it in a tournament setting. Do I have scopeadoping tech at this point? No. Will I ever get scoping tech in the future? Maybe… As most of us lazy anglers we want the easy way out! Scopeadoping is the easy way out!
Its already too late randy. I know you dont want to. You just have to. Just like they will have to choose their side. Youre taking too long. We are loosing.
Next generation is gonna have AI that finds and follows the fish, then lures that move themselves like baitfish. Fishing for them is gonna be reeling in fish and nothing else.
I started fishing in September when I realized I am retired for now. I have watched thousand of hours of youtube and have only caught 1 fish. Yes I am a pathetic fisherman but I would love to be able to have a boat with ffs for 1 week just to feel what it is like to catch fish
You'd be bored, trust me. I cannot explain how unexciting and unsatisfying it is to see a fish on a screen, put a lure in front it, and watch it eat it. I went out. Our boater followed a small mouth for 45 minutes until it was literally exhausted and gave up. He pulled up that half dead fish without a fight and was excited it was 4lbs. Pathetic, and extremely unfun. You're lucky to be working for the fish you get. Believe me when I say all joy is taken from the catch with FFS. It's shooting fish in a barrel.
Also stop watching YT and spend thousands of hours on the water, you'll have better luck. Randy is pretty smart, but at least 70% of RUclipsrs are talking out of their a$$
@mikeandrade586 I do spend all the time I can on the banks of a couple of rivers around here. I am learning a lot by trial and error. I don't want to fish ffs on a regular basis I just want to know what it feels like to catch a fish. I have only caught 1 sense September. Like I said I just want to know what a real strike feels like.
@@ronaldaldridge801 You got a real strike in Sept. Any strike you'd get on FFS wouldn't be real. I spent my first year fishing skunking every day. Years later I catch every time I go out. It's worth the trial and error. Those strikes you're getting are FAR more real than anything there "pros" are pulling up.
You wouldn't catch them with FFS. Don't be fooled by the nonsense coming out of Randy's mouth and others in this comment section. This idea of "drop the transducer in the water and you're catching em!" is complete BS. Time on the water means everything in becoming a good bass angler. Get out as much as you can, and keep your head up and you'll get there brother 👍
Randy, what is the “higher purpose” that you seek & demonstrate by selling toxic lead fishing tackle? Did you mean higher income? Is that your higher purpose? We all think you can reach higher.
I'm just happy that the people against FFS are refusing to fish in FFS tournaments. Shows they are not going to participate in the tourneys who allow it. Are least you guys are not putting money in their pockets
Randy, could you repost this video and replace each instance of you saying “FFS” with the words “Toxic Lead” instead? Fight the good fight, take a stand, do the right thing and stop selling toxic lead.
Views are low and you complain about it in a video, time to whip out the FFS talk to get some views. Why not acknowledge that there are guys that are better than you at fishing that also happen to use it in occasion? It’s getting ridiculous that simply having one on your boat would make someone so bold as to assume you do t have any skill at all when in fact you could have half a dozen world records to your name and over a hundred double digit sized bass before FFS came out.
Was it cheating Randy when you used a flasher, a fish finder, a graph mapper or a thermometer, all to know where the bass were hanging out? Was it cheating to develop techniques that elicited bites or develop baits that mimic livebait to trigger more bites? What about lines that were made so bass couldn't see them, or stretched less to have a better chance of actually boating one such as braided lines? Just because you can see them doesn't mean you can catch them, does it? You sound like the people that complained about cars replacing the horse, electric lights replacing gas lamps etc, etc. Instead of complaining and moaning, why not teach us how to actually use ffs so those that want to enter the profession have a better understanding of its usage, so they too can one day hawk the electronics wares that helped you put fish in your boat and make a living as you did? Honestly if you did that you'd serve your viewers 1000% better than you do complaining about the technology that has passed you by and won't be going anywhere soon. The weekend warriors dont want to see millions of cast just to see a1-3lber. They can do that all day long themselves on any day on any body of water they fish. Remember the old adage, the customer is always right and if you continue to bemoan the usage of modern electronics, you'll find yourself out of business like the horse and gas lights.
He just wants to cry like a woman for the views. Says he hates the technology so much but uses technology to post his cry fest and ask people to buy tackle using his link.
@@andybales7318I’ve come to the conclusion that you are actually Randy running a ghost account. No one could be so devoted to another person they actually don’t even know.
I don’t like FFS. I refuse to use it. I can afford it but it’s truly cheating. These younger guys on tour don’t know how to fish without it. Put them on a lake with only a depth finder and they are lost. They have no natural fishing skills. It’s sad what this sport has become. If a RUclips fishing video is about FFS I will not watch it. Same with a bass tournament on tv where that’s the way they are catching them. I never give up hope it gets stopped from being used.
I have been watching the old Bassmaster Classics from the 1980s. That real. Bass fishing. Young guns don't know what they are missing. Old hand written score board, good times back then.
Randy, most of us who started bass fishing 40+ years ago agree with you. We learned all of those skills, techniques, time of year, temperature, water clarity, etc., etc, etc, from thousands of hours on the water. We can't stop technology from advancing the sport of bass fishing.
The tournament organizations will have to determine the technology that can be used in competition. It's time for us to stop talking about it and let it run its course. Hopefully, the right decisions will be made soon.
The sport is already ruined. The fact is that the popularity of FFS is growing and you already can't compete in tournaments without it. The technology continues to progress. Bottom line is that if you choose to resist it, you will be nothing more than a recreational angler. I gave up on my tournament angler dreams about a year ago because I refuse to give in to this garbage. Now I just tie on a big swimbait and go trophy hunting. I'm sickened by the amount of people on youtube making bass fishing videos that can barely even cast properly. But they have their fancy electronics and they're catching fish and making money doing it. It's sad.
Nobody really mentions bed fishing lol. What's worse seeing bass on a screen and maybe getting it to bite or seeing a big female trying to make babies and getting jerked off her bed and hauled 75 miles to weigh in.
@@MSL-dv6nx popularity is growing, which shows just how many people out there have poor fishing skills & will resort to cheating to "catch" fish...very disturbing & an eye opener at what small % of anglers out there are real fishermen
Me too, swimbait, spinnerbait &Jig Lookin for biguns!
There are so many fishing tournaments nowadays it’s getting harder and harder to catch fish
Just watched a guy using FFS having to use a fizzing tool because he was catching them in 80 feet of water. All fish were over 5 pounds and I bet they all died. It’s a shame.
Link of the video please
For non FFS’ers…
Derby has to be one day with a 3 fish limit and the Angler better pick up a frog or a glide bait and go to town if he wants to have a chance!
They all died , there is no doubt about it ! And it is terrible , every fish they catch deep dies and then people ask me how is it harming fishing , those 5 pounders will not lay anymore eggs cause of some idiot wants to catch all Giants in very deep water cause he can see em with his cheater box ; Now is this doing anything for our fisheries ? The answer is Hell No
Seen a video yesterday of a guy who had caught 1 10 pound bass his entire life. After using FFS for a few years, he has caught over 100 10 pounders and dozens of fish in the teens. And he was bragging about it! Made me sick, and guarantee at least half of those fish probably died due to being caught in deep water.
I’ll say this I’ve been in the Gulf of Mexico fishing for one species that was Open season to keep like a red snapper and hooked amberjacks that were not in season and had to throw em back I’ve Fizzed in my lifetime a ton and they all died , if I hooked one I would move to a different spot trying not to catch the wrong fish that the season was closed , Fizzing does not work and idc if you try spearing em head first back into the water or not they end up popping up behind the boat floating
Its sad so many people know your right but won't admit it keep up the good work.
The next thing will be underwater drone lures - not connected by wire( fishing line) - but operated by remote controller like Playstation using wireless Blutooth- The lure will send out a sonar signal that will alert the lure if there is a fish nearby- the lure will move towards the fish and generate action that will piss the Bass off enough that he will grab it- the Control box on your boat will Ping and show
FishOn! - then just retrieve lure back towards the boat and grab it with your net-
I will never get FFS but the funny thing is when your on the lake and find the pattern with the great teachings of Randy these so called bass anglers leave the lake
The Devision of Marine Fisheries or local DNR will likely step in eventually. They could say “Dumb down the electronics within the bass fishing rule book and create competition standards across the board for all tourneys, or drop the limit to 2-fish per day. If the creel limit was dropped to two fish per day then the bass orgs might enforce real competitive bass rules again.
I fish the ocean, however I see everyone’s point.
Heck they might as well just have tournaments at bass pro shops in their fish tanks, it just doesn’t seem like real fishing with this technology not fun to watch at all…
They said drag racing would live forever too in the 60' s and 70's after being warned that factory big money, and freak cars like funny cars replaced grass roots, small time drag racers. I was there and saw it. I went to see my buddies race and not see big money freak cars. RIP small town drag racing. Professional fishing is heading that way.
It comes down to who is the best livscoper.
I consider forward facing sonar similar to digital effects of movies. Before digital effects, movies along with actors were amazing and more nostalgic. After DE movies changed entirely and a good actor creating a mind blowing character is a thing of the past. I don’t think you will be able to stop the effects of FFS so, good bye Al Pacino and hello to whomever plays those characters in the Avatar movies! 😂
I got an idea, do some old school fishing against live scopers under different conditions. (non lives scope) fishing is under represented on the Internet, and constitutes the majority of fisherman. It could shine a light on the advantages of becoming a well rounded fisherman.
Every time i see a video of someone using FFS it literally makes me sick to my stomach. These fake fisherman have no morals, no integrity, no concern or care for fish or fisheries. It's just me,me,me and what they can do to make things easier for themselves and land big fish they otherwise would never catch. Watched a video yesterday of a guy who said he caught 1 10 pound bass his entire life before using FFS, after using it for almost 3 years he had caught over a 100 10 pounders, and dozens of fish in the teens. And this guy is promoting FFS like its the best thing on earth. Its disgraceful and i dont understand how he can even be proud of those numbers, and i wonder how many of those huge old fish died after being caught by him.
Randy do a video about Todd’s castledines video him claiming that live scope has zero effect on lakes because guntersville produced such big bags lately but he failed to mention that those fish were caught WITH LIVESCOPE. Go and give it a watch
You clearly missed the point of Todd's video then.
@ how
Jackson ur as bad as Randy. He's such a hypocrite. He's out here making money by using advanced technologies and clearly can't compete anymore on using the methods of fishing he would prefer so He's trashing FFs technologies. And clearly u didn't get what Todd was saying
No Randy. I been told you. Boycott, boycott, boycott. Make it be known- Use ffs and you fail. No clicks, no views, no likes, no share, no sales. Open your ears or kiss it goodbye.
One more question, so if one has FFS, are they automatically forbidden to help fisheries environmentally??
Randy, you used the word integrity. Resisting the temptation to use (and sell for profit)Toxic Lead fishing lures also speaks to one’s integrity. Would you agree?
Why choose a side? It spreads the field out and takes some of the pressure off the shallow bass. Trying to live in the past has never really been beneficial throughout the history of mankind. I prefer fishing without it because I love shallow cranking and skipping docks but I have used it to win tournaments. Time on the water is what really seperates the field. Unless ofcourse we're talking about smaller stuff where people buy and trade inflation.
Well R.B. in terms of free enterpirse & capitalism, FFS has been great for your financial bottom line. So good job at siezing the moment for monetary gain. Of course you'll dismiss this view point and spin your narrative. Regardless.... the money spends the same.
Oh well. At least the country will be MUCH better off after the election.
What’s funny is that it’s highly illegal to hunt deer with a drone and for good reason, this ffs is doing the same thing.
you're missing the key element that the fish still have to bite which is out of our control!!! Deer being led to food plot, while youre hiding in a blind and then shoot at them is not the same! #nicetry
@ you can get a bass to bite a twig if it’s in front of his face , and I didn’t say bait the deer in I said fly a drone to find them…
My strategy for surviving it is to put all the entry fee money into oil, uranium, and metals miners that pay good dividends and just fun fish.
It's got to be frustrating spreading fake news day in and day out while knowing that no one is listening...yet...you can't stop because the followers may go out and explore on their own and find out what they've been told isn't the whole truth.
Randy, can you define “a real bass fisherman??”
I’m working on AI fish to place in schools to fool the FFS users.
Why is your jig so expensive?
I'm looking for the assisted living bass! Those that are old fat and half way out to pasture yall think they the city bass?
Unfortunately scopeadoping is here to stay! I will never agree with it in a tournament setting. Do I have scopeadoping tech at this point? No. Will I ever get scoping tech in the future? Maybe… As most of us lazy anglers we want the easy way out! Scopeadoping is the easy way out!
Its already too late randy. I know you dont want to. You just have to. Just like they will have to choose their side. Youre taking too long. We are loosing.
Next generation is gonna have AI that finds and follows the fish, then lures that move themselves like baitfish. Fishing for them is gonna be reeling in fish and nothing else.
I started fishing in September when I realized I am retired for now. I have watched thousand of hours of youtube and have only caught 1 fish. Yes I am a pathetic fisherman but I would love to be able to have a boat with ffs for 1 week just to feel what it is like to catch fish
You'd be bored, trust me. I cannot explain how unexciting and unsatisfying it is to see a fish on a screen, put a lure in front it, and watch it eat it. I went out. Our boater followed a small mouth for 45 minutes until it was literally exhausted and gave up. He pulled up that half dead fish without a fight and was excited it was 4lbs. Pathetic, and extremely unfun. You're lucky to be working for the fish you get. Believe me when I say all joy is taken from the catch with FFS. It's shooting fish in a barrel.
Also stop watching YT and spend thousands of hours on the water, you'll have better luck. Randy is pretty smart, but at least 70% of RUclipsrs are talking out of their a$$
@mikeandrade586 I do spend all the time I can on the banks of a couple of rivers around here. I am learning a lot by trial and error. I don't want to fish ffs on a regular basis I just want to know what it feels like to catch a fish. I have only caught 1 sense September. Like I said I just want to know what a real strike feels like.
@@ronaldaldridge801 You got a real strike in Sept. Any strike you'd get on FFS wouldn't be real. I spent my first year fishing skunking every day. Years later I catch every time I go out. It's worth the trial and error. Those strikes you're getting are FAR more real than anything there "pros" are pulling up.
You wouldn't catch them with FFS. Don't be fooled by the nonsense coming out of Randy's mouth and others in this comment section. This idea of "drop the transducer in the water and you're catching em!" is complete BS. Time on the water means everything in becoming a good bass angler. Get out as much as you can, and keep your head up and you'll get there brother 👍
Randy, what is the “higher purpose” that you seek & demonstrate by selling toxic lead fishing tackle? Did you mean higher income? Is that your higher purpose? We all think you can reach higher.
I'm just happy that the people against FFS are refusing to fish in FFS tournaments. Shows they are not going to participate in the tourneys who allow it. Are least you guys are not putting money in their pockets
Randy, could you repost this video and replace each instance of you saying “FFS” with the words “Toxic Lead” instead? Fight the good fight, take a stand, do the right thing and stop selling toxic lead.
Views are low and you complain about it in a video, time to whip out the FFS talk to get some views. Why not acknowledge that there are guys that are better than you at fishing that also happen to use it in occasion? It’s getting ridiculous that simply having one on your boat would make someone so bold as to assume you do t have any skill at all when in fact you could have half a dozen world records to your name and over a hundred double digit sized bass before FFS came out.
I am sick of talking about it. Randy, I support you, but Im Fast Fwd Cheat box videos.
This. Non stop negativity eventually alienates most people.
Pay to win mechanics in real life.
Was it cheating Randy when you used a flasher, a fish finder, a graph mapper or a thermometer, all to know where the bass were hanging out? Was it cheating to develop techniques that elicited bites or develop baits that mimic livebait to trigger more bites? What about lines that were made so bass couldn't see them, or stretched less to have a better chance of actually boating one such as braided lines?
Just because you can see them doesn't mean you can catch them, does it?
You sound like the people that complained about cars replacing the horse, electric lights replacing gas lamps etc, etc.
Instead of complaining and moaning, why not teach us how to actually use ffs so those that want to enter the profession have a better understanding of its usage, so they too can one day hawk the electronics wares that helped you put fish in your boat and make a living as you did? Honestly if you did that you'd serve your viewers 1000% better than you do complaining about the technology that has passed you by and won't be going anywhere soon.
The weekend warriors dont want to see millions of cast just to see a1-3lber. They can do that all day long themselves on any day on any body of water they fish.
Remember the old adage, the customer is always right and if you continue to bemoan the usage of modern electronics, you'll find yourself out of business like the horse and gas lights.
“You kids get off my lawn!”
He just wants to cry like a woman for the views. Says he hates the technology so much but uses technology to post his cry fest and ask people to buy tackle using his link.
Thx for confirming to everyone your low fishing skill level. 👍
@@Bobbysheresomewhere ffs is fake fishing
@@andybales7318I’ve come to the conclusion that you are actually Randy running a ghost account. No one could be so devoted to another person they actually don’t even know.
I don’t like FFS. I refuse to use it. I can afford it but it’s truly cheating. These younger guys on tour don’t know how to fish without it. Put them on a lake with only a depth finder and they are lost. They have no natural fishing skills. It’s sad what this sport has become. If a RUclips fishing video is about FFS I will not watch it. Same with a bass tournament on tv where that’s the way they are catching
them. I never give up hope it gets stopped from being used.