Woah Woah Woah! We have heard this comment for over 50 years and still thats all you have is stop tournaments all together? Sound facts there Angler! But Im here to say that Bass Tournments are the most looked at then anyother fishing tournaments, probably in the entire USA ! Tournament Fishermen are not the Culprit! Its the uneducated angler that seems to cause more effect then anyother! The State of Missouri Conservation Department was once the biggest Department this state had! We spend millions here putting fish back in are lakes every year! We and alot other states do a good job! Im not here for the man! Im just saying that because when "SOME" Anglers come back to the ramp with a zero they auto blame anyone but themselves!
Agreed. All these videos we keep seeing about how hard it is to make a living at Bass fishing. Well….. maybe Bass fishing wasn’t meant to have 500 plus pro bass fishermen. All these people wanting to be pro fisherman, maybe the industry just can’t handle this many tournaments and pro bass fishermen.
In Washington State. The government. Controls tournament permits and restricts tournament on lakes to only 2 weekends per month. The organization requesting the permit is only allowed 7 permits per year
It's interesting to watch the old BassMasters Elite Series Tournaments from the early 2000's to see how much this sport has changed. The sport and our fisheries were doing well.
I live near a small 700 acre lake and it is pounded to death by local and tournament anglers. It is full of big healthy largemouth cause nobody eats the bass anymore including myself but let me say it is hard to catch ‘em cause I’m sure they have all been caught at least one time lol
Good show on sustainability and electronics. I'm mostly disabled and get out only for 1-3 hours at time, I wish I had the money for better electronics FFS, 360, but I have never been to found of as you said $30,000- 50,000 of all the items available. I never get skunked regardless. But we've seen it for decades as you've said about the multiple tournaments on same lakes. The thing that hurts the fishing industry is the bagging and releasing after weight ins and seeing dozens of dead 3-8lbs bass in the water. Another Utube site I watch the person primarily fishes Guntersville and had video of over 2 dozen fish floating and 200 boats in the tournament. I live in Mn and I've seen this many times on Lake Minnetonka alone. Even our crappie limits have decreased to only 10 in position and most lakes are under 10" size where even 15 years ago you could catch 15pd and most were 13-17". Their there all species but people and tournaments are keeping and killing everything they catch. Ban FFS and 360 and go to C-R.
Tournaments guys/gals, personal watercraft and water skiers have completely sucked the fun out of being on a lake every weekend. At least when fishing backwoods creeks all you have to deal with is an occasional water moccasin.
Right on target, Randy. I would take a little deeper and myself and say it is a generational thing too. When I see the people out on the lakes in their 20's and even 30's they seem to have to respect for anything. When you don't take care of something you can lose it. That notion is lost with the younger crowd
@@clay7514 most of our lakes here in southern Wisconsin have greatly improved over the past twenty five years that I’ve been fishing tournaments. We have LOTS of vegetation.
Privatise the lakes and make them member only, and the private owners will compete for your business by stocking huge bass and baitfish. Government destroys whatever they control.
What do you think will happen when all this reckless government spending causes a sovereign debt crisis and a bad recession/ depression results? People who normally catch and release will catch and eat to feed their families. Google what happened to the wild game population during the Great Depression with less than half the people.
@@fredbarny7247 while we’re talking out of our butts, I think we should ban all fishing in public waters. Think about how many fish we would have. It’s also barbaric and Fish have feelings too.
@@horbie5039 That is ridiculous !!! If that were to happen tens of thousands of people would lose their jobs, alot of towns would dry up because they depend on the waters for their living. It would also be a huge, multi billion dollar hit to the economy.
Unfortunately today’s politicians do not know how to work together to solve problems. The two parties vote against each other out of pure spite. We need term limits.
Get rid of tournament weigh ins; weight the fish in the boat and release immediatly. Good change is more possible through incentive (tax breaks etc.)than govt. regulation. A carrot and a stick. I basically agree on the technology.
You are so right, the live weigh ins are terrible for the bass that we all love, it’s so stupid that these tournaments don’t get rid of it Catch, weigh and immediate release needs to happen everywhere
Get rid of putting fish in a livewell and bringing them to weigh in. I've always thought that was ridiculous. Can't believe it's a good thing. Somebody explain to me it's okay?Been bass fishing for 40 years.
I'm afraid voters are too dug in politically, to change their mind even if they did learn their favorite representative was the worst choice for water quality issues.
Clean air. Clean water. Clean soil. Natural habitat. All are imported for human survival. Should not be a political issue. But it most assuredly is. Sadly very few fishermen care anything about the environment.
You want to help the lakes and environment. Bass fishing tournaments need to go away. They have had their time, these guys have made their money. Time to get a real job!! I'm pretty sure all of those bass boats out there running through the lakes with exhaust and contaminated live wells aren't helping either. Or these tournaments need to have a time frame. Once every 5 years or something and give the lakes a rest and give the regular guy a chance to enjoy their hobby and passtime.
Its disingenuous to suggest that we can “roll back technology”. It’s never going to happen. However, we can definitely be proactive to limit it going foreword.
Look at the Harris Chain, including Lake Apopka. 30 years ago the Harris Chain was virtually dead. (Look at the last Megabucks held on the Harris Chain.) Nobody fished Lake Apopka. Now, Lake Apopka is flourishing and so is the Harris Chain. Protecting the lakes from chemicals from rainwater runoff made the difference. (No muck farms on Lake Apopka, e.g.) I'd love to see you do a video on how the Harris Chain was reborn.
KY and Barkley lake is the same way best it’s been in many many years. The ones that got better he won’t mention just like he didn’t mention how that Wheeler Lake Bass elite wasn’t won using Livescope. The 2nd place finisher didn’t as well but it doesn’t fit his narrative so he doesn’t mention a word of it. Gotta take the bad with the hood and not ignore it.
😢@@AsianAmerican113 you are dead on. Randy never tells us the good just what he can to support his stance. Just like he doesn't tell you that on most lakes if you run a tournament you have to register with the park you're going out of. Then again to be fair he may not know because he's never run a tournament. His contribution is to complain.
Randy, I enjoy your videos, but to suggest that people let their vote be affected by the future of Bass fishing in one of our most crucial elections ever is extremely irresponsible. There is not a politician on either political party that has said that they want our air and water to be dirty.. Also there is a difference between environmentalism and wildlife conservation. Wildlife conservation is protecting the environment for to sake of the wildlife. Environmentalism is protecting the environment for the sake of political gain. Please everyone remember this..
That is completely not true. Conservation and environmental safeguards are not the same thing environmental safeguards ensure the sustainability for this planet to support the creatures that are on it and make no doubt about it. There is an effort amongst the segment of the powerful politicians to undermine that to benefit corporate interest.
There are politicians who don’t care that air and water are polluted. They consistently vote to make life easier for polluters. Don’t listen to what they say. Watch what they do.
The transition does come with age and bass fisheries are very bad all over the country , why do u think more people are digging private ponds and lakes , they are sick of fishing with bad results , we need better laws , Trump and his family are outdoorsman , Trump 2024
“Bass fishing is worse than it’s ever been’? Really? By what metric? In TN we have lots of “precautionary advisories” on fish consumption. These are based upon a) fish surveys done in the 80’s and b) non-researched levels of pollutants. In other words, the “limit catfish consumption” signs on the TN River are in response to levels taken 40 years ago and are at a level that has never been shown to be detrimental to humans. A study done on a large number of heavy fish eaters in Watts Bar (with blanket precautionary advisories on every species) showed zero effect in mercury levels for the fish eaters. I’m with you on Livescope in tournaments, but you make “science claims” that seem to be more gut feelings as an experienced angler than reading actual research. There’s tons of actual research about all kinds of fisheries issues and it seems that few people are reading it.
Stop all the 'mytery' comments. You will not win over one person with that. OK, I'm exaggerating, you will convince three people. I'm as old or older than you. Find another tack please.
Wished you would have mentioned catch and release as a personal mandate to oneself. I really like the weigh on the spot and release system for tournaments . I know in reality that the system requires a Marshall and I suppose that requires money. I doubt a director could get volunteers. As for myself, I don’t ever fill my live wells with water, I put them all right back after the catch. I even do this when I trout fish for stocked trout, like I said, it’s a self imposed thing. Besides, like you said most lakes are or have been contaminated with mercury, or think about how many septic tanks seep sewage into the lake! My home lake is packed with homes and there is no public sewage system, it’s all septic tanks. No thanks on that meal. I recently watched a video of a local guy catching bass and he was not tournament fishing, putting them in his live well but releasing them later with the exception of one dead one. Hauled them all over the lake before releasing them!!!! Why?????????? Bragging rights, hold up more than one at a time??? With the technology we have of video and picture taking on our phone this makes absolutely no sense to me!!!!
Perhaps, they should designate zones on all bodies of water where fishing is not permitted year-round. Like they do with seed reefs. No boats allowed… period. They can go into those zones and build habitat. Then those zones can seed the rest of the lake and keep rejuvenating life.
People are control freaks . My day is made by catching a single 2 lb bass for a day . The mystery is what keeps you coming back . Wondering if you got it dialed in and anxious to go back and find out
Off subject but why doesn't any of the young fisherman that make videos use decent language, it's disgusting the language they use and also the NFL and some other pros fishing below the Elite series and a few of the Elites ,Bass and mLF should clean up the language or go out of business,kids watch the videos
Randy, the talking points you covered today are exactly where your advocacy is the most powerful! If I might suggest you stay on these topics instead of wandering into partisan politics and then your voice and thoughtful advocacy for these important environmental topics will have the maximum impact!
Randy you complain about people eating bass, go take a hike. What’s reducing bass populations is constant bass tournaments on lakes like Toledo and other impoundments. Dead fish at release sights, dead fish you dont see that swim off and die a day or two later or get eaten by turtles and alligators and birds. Now that every boat has to have a spotlight to be cool as per BASS you finish the death spiral of bass.
Local hoa on lakes hurt fish. Killing anything green by stocking grass crap. Yall keep on spotlighting those ponds though some of us will be on the river
when you go to table rock and have 10 tournaments, 2000 boats, its not fair to the recreational angle, or the big bass bash which draws so many boats you cant fall out of the boat and hit water. A per boat fee in tournaments could provide funds for habitat restoration.
It’s a social media issue that causes a lot of this. People have to feel validated by showing pic of them in their flat brim hat trying to impress people they don’t know. Look at me in my boat that cost more than my house. All about the thumbs up
The EPA has done some good, but has way over stepped its original mission and needs to be put back on task. CAFE should never be left up to appointed federal employees. The EPA is single handedly killing the internal combustion engine. You mention regulating bass tourneys. At what level to you regulate? What is the cut off point? The 10 boat local bass club all the way to the 250 boat BASS Open? Who is responsible for this? Is that infringing upon many personal freedoms. It's easy to point out problems. The harder part is offering some solutions.
The problem is that when you contact your local official, whether it be the governor, senator, alderman they do not care you can write as many letters, get as many people as you can to write letters or emails they just do not care.
I still have hope, but I'm really tired of these self serving politicians. Seems like these important issues fall on deaf ears. But I agree Randy voting is important. 👍👍👍
The spray is crazy and dock owners are the worst on certian lakes! But have you used any of this woke chemical lately? Ive used roundup, not on my dock, its crap! It wont even make a catepillar leave my front porch!
I live on Sam Rayburn. When woukd u suggest shutting it down for spawn? You say all lakes spawn during a 3 week period. On Rayburn we have spawn going from end of February through first on May. Dont think ur going to shut down lake for 3 to 4 months. Would put Rayburn up against any lake in country as for as # of tournaments per year. Still takes close to 30#s if not more to win most of the times. What works for northern lakes not necessarily the best for southern. I hate to say this watch all ur videos. But if u were still fishing the series and trying to just make a living fishing would u be for limiting tournaments u can fish? Sorry for long rant
Limit tournaments limit electronics stop tree removal 100 feet from the shoreline and do not allow property owners to block water access. Regulate and rotate which lakes are off limits for tournament fishing during the spawn.
You can talk till your blue in the face Randy, I don’t think anything will change until the bass population on these big tournament lakes crash. Unfortunately that’s the way it is. Lake Eire caught on fire!! Yes caught on fire until it was turned around years ago👍
Now it’s PHOS and PFAS it’s here in Michigan. Lakes that I have harvested and eaten panfish suddenly have signs DO NOT EAT THE FISH . It’s been there all along and they’re testing for it now. It’s also in our drinking water although the water works does filter for it now with new millions of dollars equipment that the public pays for. ( not the people that put it in the water)
They have sprayed my local lake wanting to make it more recreational to the college students in the area. Boy, the bass fishing has suffered. It is a shame Randy. The lily pads are gone. The pepper grass(we call it) is gone. Where are these bass going to go? It is a awful mess.
Selenium offsets Mercury in the body. I have never had a water contaminated fish killed me yet from eating it. Bass & other species of fish furnish in the lakes that I fish.
Crews said it best about randy at the beginning of Bass University. You only complain because you don't use it and you have always been like this. Every state needs to be like Texas and make lakes better. technology has nothing to do with problems on lakes. "OLD SCHOOL Bass Fishing vs NEW LiveScope Forward Facing Sonar Technology"
lol catching just as many now as I did in the 80s fish lakes all over Missouri,Oklahoma Arkansas,Texas you are not a biologist you are a bass fisherman you need to watch Tyler’s reel fishing 2 weeks ago you will learn something
Not only do we have the ability to do actual research, people are doing it. It’s like listening to pros talk about fishing line and then watching someone actually test the lines. Most pro fishermen are more shamans than scientists.
Stop fishing when bass are on the bed and once the male is off the bed the fry are open to predator's. Anyone putting any type of water craft in the water needs to be mindful of invasive species and by not doing this is disrespectful to what mother nature has given us.
You want to make bass fishing great again and only do one thing? That's easy - eliminate 99% of all tournaments and you see fisheries recover.
Amen
Facts
Yep, ditch tournament fishing and it will thrive. They it was in the 60’s
Woah Woah Woah! We have heard this comment for over 50 years and still thats all you have is stop tournaments all together? Sound facts there Angler! But Im here to say that Bass Tournments are the most looked at then anyother fishing tournaments, probably in the entire USA ! Tournament Fishermen are not the Culprit! Its the uneducated angler that seems to cause more effect then anyother! The State of Missouri Conservation Department was once the biggest Department this state had! We spend millions here putting fish back in are lakes every year! We and alot other states do a good job! Im not here for the man! Im just saying that because when "SOME" Anglers come back to the ramp with a zero they auto blame anyone but themselves!
Agreed. All these videos we keep seeing about how hard it is to make a living at Bass fishing. Well….. maybe Bass fishing wasn’t meant to have 500 plus pro bass fishermen. All these people wanting to be pro fisherman, maybe the industry just can’t handle this many tournaments and pro bass fishermen.
In Washington State. The
government. Controls tournament permits and restricts tournament on lakes to only 2 weekends per month. The organization requesting the permit is only allowed 7 permits per year
"The good old days of fishing - are right now"
- Al Lindner
Easy for Al to say...his lakes still have fish in them...
@@kennethbrautigam2119
And they're bigger and more numerous than ever before.
It's interesting to watch the old BassMasters Elite Series Tournaments from the early 2000's to see how much this sport has changed. The sport and our fisheries were doing well.
I live near a small 700 acre lake and it is pounded to death by local and tournament anglers. It is full of big healthy largemouth cause nobody eats the bass anymore including myself but let me say it is hard to catch ‘em cause I’m sure they have all been caught at least one time lol
Yall need to read this comment again.
They're smarter than they were 10 years ago. I know!
Good show on sustainability and electronics. I'm mostly disabled and get out only for 1-3 hours at time, I wish I had the money for better electronics FFS, 360, but I have never been to found of as you said $30,000- 50,000 of all the items available. I never get skunked regardless. But we've seen it for decades as you've said about the multiple tournaments on same lakes. The thing that hurts the fishing industry is the bagging and releasing after weight ins and seeing dozens of dead 3-8lbs bass in the water. Another Utube site I watch the person primarily fishes Guntersville and had video of over 2 dozen fish floating and 200 boats in the tournament. I live in Mn and I've seen this many times on Lake Minnetonka alone. Even our crappie limits have decreased to only 10 in position and most lakes are under 10" size where even 15 years ago you could catch 15pd and most were 13-17". Their there all species but people and tournaments are keeping and killing everything they catch. Ban FFS and 360 and go to C-R.
Tournaments guys/gals, personal watercraft and water skiers have completely sucked the fun out of being on a lake every weekend. At least when fishing backwoods creeks all you have to deal with is an occasional water moccasin.
Right on target, Randy. I would take a little deeper and myself and say it is a generational thing too. When I see the people out on the lakes in their 20's and even 30's they seem to have to respect for anything. When you don't take care of something you can lose it. That notion is lost with the younger crowd
Hey Randy,just tuned in lol
You hit it on the head again Randy.
Preach
Fishing has already been affected from just going fishing.
My lakes gettin better every year
Be glad you don’t live in Missouri
@@clay7514 most of our lakes here in southern Wisconsin have greatly improved over the past twenty five years that I’ve been fishing tournaments. We have LOTS of vegetation.
@@randyblaukatintuitiveI try to stay away from the lakes that get hammered 7 days a week tho.
Sure
supporting policy that is good for the gamefish population is way different than voting records on environmental policy, much of which is horrible.
Everybody needs to quit fishing during the spawn... We don't hunt during that season... We're not even allowed in the field
Did you just say vote Kennedy without saying vote Kennedy? lol
Privatise the lakes and make them member only, and the private owners will compete for your business by stocking huge bass and baitfish. Government destroys whatever they control.
Yeah let’s just turn bass fishing lakes into gated communities, that sounds like a real solution. 😂
What do you think will happen when all this reckless government spending causes a sovereign debt crisis and a bad recession/ depression results? People who normally catch and release will catch and eat to feed their families. Google what happened to the wild game population during the Great Depression with less than half the people.
The number 1 thing that needs to be done is Banning all bass tournaments on public water. Until that is done your just pissing in the wind.
Now that is a real solution - thank you. They also need to stop the bed/sight fishing.
Exactly!!
Using live animals as fodder for competitions is ethically wrong.
@@fredbarny7247 while we’re talking out of our butts, I think we should ban all fishing in public waters. Think about how many fish we would have. It’s also barbaric and Fish have feelings too.
@@horbie5039 That is ridiculous !!! If that were to happen tens of thousands of people would lose their jobs, alot of towns would dry up because they depend on the waters for their living. It would also be a huge, multi billion dollar hit to the economy.
Unfortunately today’s politicians do not know how to work together to solve problems. The two parties vote against each other out of pure spite. We need term limits.
Get rid of tournament weigh ins; weight the fish in the boat and release immediatly.
Good change is more possible through incentive (tax breaks etc.)than govt. regulation. A carrot and a stick.
I basically agree on the technology.
You are so right, the live weigh ins are terrible for the bass that we all love, it’s so stupid that these tournaments don’t get rid of it
Catch, weigh and immediate release needs to happen everywhere
Get rid of putting fish in a livewell and bringing them to weigh in. I've always thought that was ridiculous. Can't believe it's a good thing. Somebody explain to me it's okay?Been bass fishing for 40 years.
The spraying is ridiculous. It is harmful to not just the fish but other aquatic creatures. It’s not a good thing.
Probably us too
I'm afraid voters are too dug in politically, to change their mind even if they did learn their favorite representative was the worst choice for water quality issues.
Clean air. Clean water. Clean soil. Natural habitat. All are imported for human survival. Should not be a political issue. But it most assuredly is. Sadly very few fishermen care anything about the environment.
You want to help the lakes and environment. Bass fishing tournaments need to go away. They have had their time, these guys have made their money. Time to get a real job!! I'm pretty sure all of those bass boats out there running through the lakes with exhaust and contaminated live wells aren't helping either. Or these tournaments need to have a time frame. Once every 5 years or something and give the lakes a rest and give the regular guy a chance to enjoy their hobby and passtime.
Its disingenuous to suggest that we can “roll back technology”. It’s never going to happen. However, we can definitely be proactive to limit it going foreword.
Look at the Harris Chain, including Lake Apopka. 30 years ago the Harris Chain was virtually dead. (Look at the last Megabucks held on the Harris Chain.) Nobody fished Lake Apopka. Now, Lake Apopka is flourishing and so is the Harris Chain. Protecting the lakes from chemicals from rainwater runoff made the difference. (No muck farms on Lake Apopka, e.g.) I'd love to see you do a video on how the Harris Chain was reborn.
KY and Barkley lake is the same way best it’s been in many many years. The ones that got better he won’t mention just like he didn’t mention how that Wheeler Lake Bass elite wasn’t won using Livescope. The 2nd place finisher didn’t as well but it doesn’t fit his narrative so he doesn’t mention a word of it. Gotta take the bad with the hood and not ignore it.
😢@@AsianAmerican113 you are dead on. Randy never tells us the good just what he can to support his stance. Just like he doesn't tell you that on most lakes if you run a tournament you have to register with the park you're going out of. Then again to be fair he may not know because he's never run a tournament. His contribution is to complain.
Make Hydrilla great again !
The more aquatic vegetation in a lake, the less of a factor ffs usually is.
The lakes around me here in SoCal are not what they use to be 10 years ago, 20 years ago, even 30 years ago.
Randy, I enjoy your videos, but to suggest that people let their vote be affected by the future of Bass fishing in one of our most crucial elections ever is extremely irresponsible. There is not a politician on either political party that has said that they want our air and water to be dirty.. Also there is a difference between environmentalism and wildlife conservation. Wildlife conservation is protecting the environment for to sake of the wildlife. Environmentalism is protecting the environment for the sake of political gain. Please everyone remember this..
That is completely not true. Conservation and environmental safeguards are not the same thing environmental safeguards ensure the sustainability for this planet to support the creatures that are on it and make no doubt about it. There is an effort amongst the segment of the powerful politicians to undermine that to benefit corporate interest.
There are politicians who don’t care that air and water are polluted. They consistently vote to make life easier for polluters. Don’t listen to what they say. Watch what they do.
Not wanting to make this a political debate, I respect your opinion, but I disagree.
The transition does come with age and bass fisheries are very bad all over the country , why do u think more people are digging private ponds and lakes , they are sick of fishing with bad results , we need better laws , Trump and his family are outdoorsman , Trump 2024
“Bass fishing is worse than it’s ever been’? Really? By what metric?
In TN we have lots of “precautionary advisories” on fish consumption. These are based upon a) fish surveys done in the 80’s and b) non-researched levels of pollutants. In other words, the “limit catfish consumption” signs on the TN River are in response to levels taken 40 years ago and are at a level that has never been shown to be detrimental to humans. A study done on a large number of heavy fish eaters in Watts Bar (with blanket precautionary advisories on every species) showed zero effect in mercury levels for the fish eaters.
I’m with you on Livescope in tournaments, but you make “science claims” that seem to be more gut feelings as an experienced angler than reading actual research. There’s tons of actual research about all kinds of fisheries issues and it seems that few people are reading it.
Thank you Randy! Been bass fishing bass tournaments since the early 70's! I know what you're talking about! 😊
Stop all the 'mytery' comments. You will not win over one person with that. OK, I'm exaggerating, you will convince three people. I'm as old or older than you. Find another tack please.
Wished you would have mentioned catch and release as a personal mandate to oneself. I really like the weigh on the spot and release system for tournaments . I know in reality that the system requires a Marshall and I suppose that requires money. I doubt a director could get volunteers. As for myself, I don’t ever fill my live wells with water, I put them all right back after the catch. I even do this when I trout fish for stocked trout, like I said, it’s a self imposed thing. Besides, like you said most lakes are or have been contaminated with mercury, or think about how many septic tanks seep sewage into the lake! My home lake is packed with homes and there is no public sewage system, it’s all septic tanks. No thanks on that meal. I recently watched a video of a local guy catching bass and he was not tournament fishing, putting them in his live well but releasing them later with the exception of one dead one. Hauled them all over the lake before releasing them!!!! Why?????????? Bragging rights, hold up more than one at a time??? With the technology we have of video and picture taking on our phone this makes absolutely no sense to me!!!!
Perhaps, they should designate zones on all bodies of water where fishing is not permitted year-round. Like they do with seed reefs. No boats allowed… period.
They can go into those zones and build habitat. Then those zones can seed the rest of the lake and keep rejuvenating life.
People are control freaks . My day is made by catching a single 2 lb bass for a day . The mystery is what keeps you coming back . Wondering if you got it dialed in and anxious to go back and find out
Off subject but why doesn't any of the young fisherman that make videos use decent language, it's disgusting the language they use and also the NFL and some other pros fishing below the Elite series and a few of the Elites ,Bass and mLF should clean up the language or go out of business,kids watch the videos
Like I said on mental Monday, he just can't help himself.
Randy, the talking points you covered today are exactly where your advocacy is the most powerful! If I might suggest you stay on these topics instead of wandering into partisan politics and then your voice and thoughtful advocacy for these important environmental topics will have the maximum impact!
Randy you complain about people eating bass, go take a hike. What’s reducing bass populations is constant bass tournaments on lakes like Toledo and other impoundments. Dead fish at release sights, dead fish you dont see that swim off and die a day or two later or get eaten by turtles and alligators and birds. Now that every boat has to have a spotlight to be cool as per BASS you finish the death spiral of bass.
Local hoa on lakes hurt fish. Killing anything green by stocking grass crap. Yall keep on spotlighting those ponds though some of us will be on the river
when you go to table rock and have 10 tournaments, 2000 boats, its not fair to the recreational angle, or the big bass bash which draws so many boats you cant fall out of the boat and hit water. A per boat fee in tournaments could provide funds for habitat restoration.
It seems people like "Catching" much more than they do "Fishing."
Stock more bass. Read the Missouri conservation magazine, Missouri doesn’t even raise any of the black bass species in there fish hatcheries.
Stop the public water bass fishing tournaments
It’s a social media issue that causes a lot of this. People have to feel validated by showing pic of them in their flat brim hat trying to impress people they don’t know. Look at me in my boat that cost more than my house. All about the thumbs up
Ban all tournaments
The EPA has done some good, but has way over stepped its original mission and needs to be put back on task. CAFE should never be left up to appointed federal employees. The EPA is single handedly killing the internal combustion engine. You mention regulating bass tourneys. At what level to you regulate? What is the cut off point? The 10 boat local bass club all the way to the 250 boat BASS Open? Who is responsible for this? Is that infringing upon many personal freedoms. It's easy to point out problems. The harder part is offering some solutions.
The epa has been villainized by people who have a vested interest to deregulate to increase profits
The problem is that when you contact your local official, whether it be the governor, senator, alderman they do not care you can write as many letters, get as many people as you can to write letters or emails they just do not care.
YEAH! They don't fish.
What a boring Political Life.
I still have hope, but I'm really tired of these self serving politicians. Seems like these important issues fall on deaf ears. But I agree Randy voting is important. 👍👍👍
I'm 65 going on 66 and you all listen up , Randy is right !
The spray is crazy and dock owners are the worst on certian lakes! But have you used any of this woke chemical lately? Ive used roundup, not on my dock, its crap! It wont even make a catepillar leave my front porch!
I live on Sam Rayburn. When woukd u suggest shutting it down for spawn? You say all lakes spawn during a 3 week period. On Rayburn we have spawn going from end of February through first on May. Dont think ur going to shut down lake for 3 to 4 months. Would put Rayburn up against any lake in country as for as # of tournaments per year. Still takes close to 30#s if not more to win most of the times. What works for northern lakes not necessarily the best for southern. I hate to say this watch all ur videos. But if u were still fishing the series and trying to just make a living fishing would u be for limiting tournaments u can fish? Sorry for long rant
I feel like fishing impact is huge now. Because people do not know how to only keep 10 fish. They gotta get that limit for social media.
Limit tournaments limit electronics stop tree removal 100 feet from the shoreline and do not allow property owners to block water access. Regulate and rotate which lakes are off limits for tournament fishing during the spawn.
You can talk till your blue in the face Randy, I don’t think anything will change until the bass population on these big tournament lakes crash. Unfortunately that’s the way it is. Lake Eire caught on fire!! Yes caught on fire until it was turned around years ago👍
Now it’s PHOS and PFAS it’s here in Michigan. Lakes that I have harvested and eaten panfish suddenly have signs DO NOT EAT THE FISH . It’s been there all along and they’re testing for it now. It’s also in our drinking water although the water works does filter for it now with new millions of dollars equipment that the public pays for. ( not the people that put it in the water)
They have sprayed my local lake wanting to make it more recreational to the college students in the area. Boy, the bass fishing has suffered. It is a shame Randy. The lily pads are gone. The pepper grass(we call it) is gone. Where are these bass going to go? It is a awful mess.
Selenium offsets Mercury in the body.
I have never had a water contaminated fish killed me yet from eating it.
Bass & other species of fish furnish in the lakes that I fish.
Nooow your on to something with those dam factories!!
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Alot of states in the north country do not allow bass fishing during the spawning times and have established seasons for bass fishing,
Keep up the good fight brother
We are behind you 100%
Always well said keep fighting
Yup, bass fishing is on a decline. We need to fix it. Thanks Randy !
Yes your 100% Correct! But also remember people today are MORE DUMBED DOWN & They have an BAD ATTITUDE
You need to run for office, help us !
Stratospheric aerosol injection is also having a negative impact.
no, this us not true.
Crews said it best about randy at the beginning of Bass University. You only complain because you don't use it and you have always been like this. Every state needs to be like Texas and make lakes better. technology has nothing to do with problems on lakes. "OLD SCHOOL Bass Fishing vs NEW LiveScope Forward Facing Sonar Technology"
He doesn’t know what he is talking about
lol catching just as many now as I did in the 80s fish lakes all over Missouri,Oklahoma Arkansas,Texas you are not a biologist you are a bass fisherman you need to watch Tyler’s reel fishing 2 weeks ago you will learn something
It’s definitely not like it was in the 80s on any of the lakes around here.
Not only do we have the ability to do actual research, people are doing it. It’s like listening to pros talk about fishing line and then watching someone actually test the lines. Most pro fishermen are more shamans than scientists.
Thanks for your insight and recommendations.
MBFGA -Make Bass Fishing Great Again
It's not the fishing hurting the bass it's the chemicals they put in the water
Stop fishing when bass are on the bed and once the male is off the bed the fry are open to predator's. Anyone putting any type of water craft in the water needs to be mindful of invasive species and by not doing this is disrespectful to what mother nature has given us.