I respect those that win tournaments period. They are good at what they do, but I do put those that win tournaments with livescope in a different bucket than those that win without it. Sad reality but I think a lot of people would agree with me.
We need to restore the buffer zones surrounding all of our lakes and rivers. Lakefront homeowners (like myself) should be doing more to restore these riparian zones. Stop fertilizing and mowing lawns down to the water line, stop cutting down every tree for a better view, stop removing the vegetation in the water because it looks messy, etc. Farmers need to back off from our rivers and allow a 200 ft buffer to grow, instead of planting row crops right up the the river bank or allowing cattle to destroy the banks and defecate in the rivers.
As I've said before, it won't be long before fishermen will be wearing a small headset where you can look into the water and see the fish in complete 3D with 4k clarity. Everywhere you look, you will be able to see a fish as if it were suspended in mid air. You will clearly see what species it is. You will see your lure with the same clarity, as if the water wasn't even there.
Randy, I feel the same way about the bass tournaments on every lake,every weekend all summer long. The working man is left with small trolling motor lakes only.
I'm disappointed in these lakes who allow tournaments on their lake to drag bass off their beds and drag them all over the lakes, killing 1/3 of the Bass caught during the tournament. All lakes need to force these tournament leaders to go to catch weigh release. This will help the bass population more than banning FFS.
@@slayerstacker2074 the Kayak tournaments score with a CPR (catch, photo release) system and an App. It’s pretty effective and doesn’t require a co angler or marshal.
Ngl after I watched that biologist talk about us needing to cull more fish out of the lakes, then I didn’t think it was that big of a deal. I don’t like killing them and I hate when a big one dies.
@@AsianAmerican113 I have never heard this about any reservoirs.. farm ponds full of 8" fish yes, not reservoirs where you catch sub legal fish because of day and night tournaments..
There are never going to be happy until the whole world is covered in concrete. I have noticed exactly what you are saying. You are so right. Glad I came up when I did. It is so sad that the future generations are not going to be able to enjoy what we have. People need to wake up. All resources are being depleted at a rapid pace.
I grew up in Traverse City Michigan in what arguably is Smallmouth Mecca with 14 lakes within 25 miles of my house that have 5lb+ Smallies in them, growing up there were tons of bank fishing options that would produce big fish but not anymore all of the lakes have mega houses stacked like cord wood and not an extra foot of frontage without a building and 90% of these are not even locals and even the massive Grand Traverse Bays are becoming just as overcrowded. It was only maybe 15 years ago Hank Parker filmed a show catching several hundred big tank Smallies in a few days of filming well fast forward and today you would be hard pressed to catch 20lbs in a bag whereas not long ago 25 was common and 30's were happening. We as people are our own worst enemies and greed and selfishness has paved the way to a bleak future as far as Bass fishing goes between the crazy expensive boats and electronics that do all but make the cast for us we will ruin all of these fisheries and it won't be too long before it's too late if it's not already. These lakes cannot take these endless tourneys "releasing" thousands of fish in a weekend choked on NED rigs and dropshots and leaving a large percentage of the fish dead and floating. Randy is right we need to stop the direction we are going and at least try to be better stewards
The people 100 years ago could have never imagined that fishing as a sport would have grown so much and become so advanced. I think it will be the same looking 100 years in the future, except this time we will be surprised at just how sustainable our fisheries are to endure a high level of fishing pressure season after season. I agree that there will be challenges along the way and we will need to adapt rules intelligently and use technology to our advantage, but otherwise call me optimistic.
Like John Dutton said, "I am the opposite of progress." Your comments about development are right on the money. I live in Texas and the natural beauty our state was known for has been totally decimated by so-called progress. If paving over every last stand of pines, grading down the hills, and blighting the landscape with windmills is progress, I am the opposite of progress. It doesn't even seem to matter who's in office, the pernicious stranglehold these developers have goes unchecked. The days of Republicans being the party of conversation like it was under Teddy Roosevelt are long gone. What in the world do "conservatives" stand for anymore other than low taxes and hoarding as much money as humanly possible at the expense of everything else? Conservatives don't conserve a damn thing anymore.
You mentioned New Mexico and your right. All the empty high desert land you could want. But since I got stationed here a few years ago I’ve had some of the best fishing in my life and that’s after living in AL and FL. Very little pressure on the lakes and they’re on state park land so no development. Plenty of big fish to be caught. One of my main lakes had a small tournament last weekend and it took 20lbs to win it.
Randy , one big change that would protect future generations of Bass is not allowing bed fishing. Ontario Canada invested into Scientific studies of when the high percentage of beding bass are active on beds and also studied What happens when fish are taken off their beds !! they did not base any decisions on people saying this or that, just their actual scientific studies and they found that most small mouth bass were Done with their bedding by the 1st of July and therefore extended the off-season from June 15th to July 1st. In the Saint Lawrence river and lake Ontario, this is a huge step forward. To protect future bass based on science, Not peoples hear say .
Spot on again man, I’ve watched the shoreline on my home lake here in Texas change dramatically in the last 30 years the problem is they Collett growth because of all the people moving here I don’t know how to help stop it or not really stop it just slow it down
Where are the real investments in creating more and better habitat for our fish? It takes decades, but if we establish new and better reservoirs we might keep up with the growing demand over time. And not all reservoirs need to be huge lakes. We don't need to just assume our natural resources are fixed and can't be scaled up in collaboration with development.
Need to limit the size of boats on the lakes. Million dollar center console boats on Lake of The Ozarks, not needed. Especially when they run a couple of miles & park all day.
Randy,you're on the right track about technology, in a hundred years there will be no gas powered boats,there's more issues,in three years eleven million migrants have been using water,this growth is too fast,we can't make water,what we have is what we have, so more dams will be built for storage, not fishing, we will lose more rivers,their building a new damn in Northern Colorado,for holding more run off water,fresh water fishing won't exist in a 100 years,more people will be living closer together as you know in your own back yard, I think we won't recognize this country in a hundred years.
The 3 major pro sports are still vibrant because over the years skill levels grow as knowledge of mental & physical experiences is passed on to the next generation. No short cuts to success. If anything the opposite where year round training becomes the norm. Both NFL QB's in last night's NBC Sunday Night Football attended many youth camps by future NFL HOF QBs. Live Scope & FFS does the exact opposite by using technology to trump dedication & love & respect of the art & science of human's carrying on the tradition of competing for physical perfection.
The only constant is change. Standing opposed to innovation and progress will leave you discontent and depressed. We choose to see either the negative or positive and things. The problem with the negative is that you get caught up in it and it affects your quality of life. Randy seriously this is not healthy brother
The way things are going. In a hundred years public access to water will be gone for the most part. It will be like alot of Europe is now. Think about how good fishing was a hundred years ago.
A new luxury home development in my city is around a 400 area of lake and ponds. The average home is $800,000-$1MIL. This gem lake was hidden in foreston an old wealthy families land. While they're still building I plan to fish cause once it's completed it will be privatize to millionaire out of towners more than it already was. They claim they're preserving the outdoors. At least they're keeping the lake I guess. If you can afford it.
Randy- Keep talking about forward-facing sonar, but the next area to consider is bed fishing with perspective mode. Fishermen are going to dominate bed fishing today and in the future with this technology. Tournament organizations should disallow anglers from fishing directly on or targeting the beds. While they may allow fishing through a bed, the focus should be on moving past them. Having more sophisticated anglers locking onto bass on the beds is not productive and feels unsportsmanlike to me. Your thoughts?
Guess we should be like China and limit family to one child and 40 years ago you had one fisherman per 50 acres and now it's 10 boats per acre Live scope has nothing too do with it
Cool. Let's start with banning any and all competitive fishing on all public waters. That would surely slow technological advancements enough so your great grandkids can afford to catch a fish 50 years from now. Shrink The Sport!!
how will it look in 100 years? assuming we are all here....just like Europe is now. you will have to own land, have a ton of money or fishing and hunting will not be for you. Our reservoirs have a shelf life of 70-100 years in many cases. prob not feasible to dredge them. pressure has doubled in 10 years don't see that changing ever. Glad i enjoyed 50 years of the good life, its not going to be here for my grand kids.
If there isn't a SERIOUS effort to shutdown tournament fishing nationwide it won't take 100 years for the recreational activity known as 'fishing' to be just something people reminisce about and see in museums .. in fact it won't take anywhere near 100 years. On our current trajectory with no serious intervention I'd give it 20 years at best 👽🦖. Guess. Never should have left th3 world of offshore , blue water fishing ...
@@horbie5039 and bass fishing is a shadow of its former self from 30 years ago by any metric you can to use. Thanks for confirming what every angler who has an open mind has known for years ...
@@jaym8257 the usual answer is that they are frustrated athletes who were not able to make it as collegiate athletes for whatever reason and this is there chance to now be a 'competitive athlete" ....
I’m 65 and can afford ffs but I won’t ever buy one it just ain’t something I need. I fish during the week if I fish at all and even middle of the week still lots of people at lakes I fish.
I don't think FFS is going to be the end of professional fishing. The whole format of the pay to play system is unsustainable. What other true professional sport is like this? I wish this wasn't true but with the cost of everything increasing guys are not going to be able to take a chance and fish the tours.
Look at world population in 1900 vs 2000 , gota put them some where !! Technology has advanced since the beginning of time. I don't see how You are ever going to stop a natural progression.
I've been complaining about the damage being done by the amount of tournaments for many years bass fishing will never die unless the tournaments stop, the father taking his son fishing will always be there so please practice what you preach cause you have been part of the problem. Don't be a hypocrite randy.
Fishing needs a national orginazation like the NRA that has lobbest who lobby for the future of fishing and conservation. Also, neither political parties have a focus on conservation.
I sat on my deck this weekend with my binoculars and watched boat after boat enter my cove and leave without catching a fish. That's never happened until last year. There's a tournament on this lake every week, clearly, overfishing is taking it's toll. Bass will soon be like buffalo, only present in protected areas.
There is good news! The big sport of competitive fishing will be dominated by CARP. Carp are far more difficult to see let alone identify than bass. So get out your cans of corn and doughballs, CARP are going to be the big sportfish!!! Just imagine a 5 fish limit might weigh over 100 pounds! And landing a big one from a boat without a landing net is VERY difficult! And they won't hit a sonar minnow. We will all belong to CARP... Carp Anglers Registered Professionals!
I think you went out too far with 100 years. Look at what the small lakes like small reservoirs are gonna look like in 10 years. I’ve already seen a decline in our lake. It’s only 1740 acres. The big lakes are going to be practically gone in 20 years. As long as FFS is allied to be used, every fun fisherman even uses them. I don’t think there will be much left in 20 years. Just my opinion. When a fishing you tube channel has to use FFS to get content on the lake, what does that tell you? He can catch it not the 3-4 lb fish everyone thinks they need to have. In Bassmaster & MLF are just abusing these electronics in my opinion. Add all the fun fisherman to that. Look at your big bass in different tournaments. I’ve done that on our lake, before FFS, this small lake was bringing in 7-8 lb as a big bass. Now you’ve got 1 or 2 5 lb and a few 3-4 lbs. this is just 20 boats with 40 anglers. SAD!!!!!
All you got do is look at the Texas game and fish study 30 % kill rate we a kids can catch 30 fish in a hour of small bass then multiply that by 25 and you get it bad
Is your behavior of selling toxic lead fishing tackle one of those “me, me, me” or “ I’m only interested in the here and now” behaviors that you rail against in this lecture?
With deep thought, population increase and the advancements in technology that those with $ are privileged to buy, is not conducive to maintain the 1970s-2010s availability of national resources to do this. If we went back to just fishing for fun the technology would slow down and we would be able to find fish. We do NOT need bass tournament fishing. It always has ruined fishing since it started. It ruins all our lakes and the wannabe anglers that want to look like pros makes it worse. Put a fork in it Randy. U preaching to us 60+ year old anglers isn’t doing chit other than giving u money from our clicks. Truth.
Any chance you could stop the clap trap about everyone else harming the environment and stop selling Toxic Lead jigs, the same Toxic Lead associated with all the Superfund sites in your home state?
It's not comparable to baseball, football, just like running marathons is not comparable to baseball or football, if you put all the pro guys in bass boats and stick them in a pedal or paddle powered kayak it would make it much more of a physical challenge but both ways are still considered sport fishing. The word sport means different things to different people but casting a lure all day, even in a fancy bass boat is a physical activity.
It would be a game of skill, not anything physical but a mental challenge. Bass fishing is a physical and mental challenge, if you analyze all the variables, it makes lure selection a mental workout
So, you anti growth, anti technology and anti development. With millions of new people coming into this country every year, they all need a place to live. What’s your stance on that?
For a start, let’s begin rebuilding the inner cities. Perfect places for multi family housing units. Stop allowing the developers to go buy up the cheaper areas outside of the city limits that are home to the last refugees of wild places.
@@randyblaukatintuitiveI’m 100% for rebuilding the inner city, but would you live there? I sure wouldn’t. The people purchasing the homes in the new developments won’t live there either.
I know you do discuss Bass tournament hurting fishing, but put you money here your mouth is and quit Pro Bass fishing. You are a hypocrite flapping your mouth if you don't.
Look on the bright side: We will still have Bass Pro Shops so we can go to look at their aquarium to see what a Bass used to be like!
I respect those that win tournaments period. They are good at what they do, but I do put those that win tournaments with livescope in a different bucket than those that win without it. Sad reality but I think a lot of people would agree with me.
Tournament fishing in 100 years? Randy we may not even have a COUNTRY in a short 4 years
Exactly. There's bigger issues to fix
We need to restore the buffer zones surrounding all of our lakes and rivers. Lakefront homeowners (like myself) should be doing more to restore these riparian zones. Stop fertilizing and mowing lawns down to the water line, stop cutting down every tree for a better view, stop removing the vegetation in the water because it looks messy, etc. Farmers need to back off from our rivers and allow a 200 ft buffer to grow, instead of planting row crops right up the the river bank or allowing cattle to destroy the banks and defecate in the rivers.
I agree with Randy we need a severely limit the number of tournaments we have on our lakes that's just a starter
@@TimEdwards-sx2pq With NO Electronics.... Period 🧐 If you think your Good . Prove it !!!
Hell yeah no electronics nada
@@TimEdwards-sx2pq CT and PA have required permits for some time and NY will starting in 2025.
As I've said before, it won't be long before fishermen will be wearing a small headset where you can look into the water and see the fish in complete 3D with 4k clarity. Everywhere you look, you will be able to see a fish as if it were suspended in mid air. You will clearly see what species it is. You will see your lure with the same clarity, as if the water wasn't even there.
Randy, I feel the same way about the bass tournaments on every lake,every weekend all summer long. The working man is left with small trolling motor lakes only.
I'm disappointed in these lakes who allow tournaments on their lake to drag bass off their beds and drag them all over the lakes, killing 1/3 of the Bass caught during the tournament. All lakes need to force these tournament leaders to go to catch weigh release. This will help the bass population more than banning FFS.
@@slayerstacker2074 the Kayak tournaments score with a CPR (catch, photo release) system and an App.
It’s pretty effective and doesn’t require a co angler or marshal.
Ngl after I watched that biologist talk about us needing to cull more fish out of the lakes, then I didn’t think it was that big of a deal. I don’t like killing them and I hate when a big one dies.
@@AsianAmerican113 I have never heard this about any reservoirs.. farm ponds full of 8" fish yes, not reservoirs where you catch sub legal fish because of day and night tournaments..
Been going on since the beginning of the tournaments
@@leonardb7699, really, I didn't know that. I thought each lake had like a director or someone in charge of each lake. Thanks for the info.
There are never going to be happy until the whole world is covered in concrete. I have noticed exactly what you are saying. You are so right. Glad I came up when I did. It is so sad that the future generations are not going to be able to enjoy what we have. People need to wake up. All resources are being depleted at a rapid pace.
I grew up in Traverse City Michigan in what arguably is Smallmouth Mecca with 14 lakes within 25 miles of my house that have 5lb+ Smallies in them, growing up there were tons of bank fishing options that would produce big fish but not anymore all of the lakes have mega houses stacked like cord wood and not an extra foot of frontage without a building and 90% of these are not even locals and even the massive Grand Traverse Bays are becoming just as overcrowded. It was only maybe 15 years ago Hank Parker filmed a show catching several hundred big tank Smallies in a few days of filming well fast forward and today you would be hard pressed to catch 20lbs in a bag whereas not long ago 25 was common and 30's were happening. We as people are our own worst enemies and greed and selfishness has paved the way to a bleak future as far as Bass fishing goes between the crazy expensive boats and electronics that do all but make the cast for us we will ruin all of these fisheries and it won't be too long before it's too late if it's not already. These lakes cannot take these endless tourneys "releasing" thousands of fish in a weekend choked on NED rigs and dropshots and leaving a large percentage of the fish dead and floating. Randy is right we need to stop the direction we are going and at least try to be better stewards
I think bass fishing will be okay.More catch any release than ever.100 years ago was almost keeping everything.
The people 100 years ago could have never imagined that fishing as a sport would have grown so much and become so advanced. I think it will be the same looking 100 years in the future, except this time we will be surprised at just how sustainable our fisheries are to endure a high level of fishing pressure season after season. I agree that there will be challenges along the way and we will need to adapt rules intelligently and use technology to our advantage, but otherwise call me optimistic.
Non of us will be around in 100 years!
Agreed 100%
Like John Dutton said, "I am the opposite of progress." Your comments about development are right on the money. I live in Texas and the natural beauty our state was known for has been totally decimated by so-called progress. If paving over every last stand of pines, grading down the hills, and blighting the landscape with windmills is progress, I am the opposite of progress. It doesn't even seem to matter who's in office, the pernicious stranglehold these developers have goes unchecked. The days of Republicans being the party of conversation like it was under Teddy Roosevelt are long gone. What in the world do "conservatives" stand for anymore other than low taxes and hoarding as much money as humanly possible at the expense of everything else? Conservatives don't conserve a damn thing anymore.
Populists
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You mentioned New Mexico and your right. All the empty high desert land you could want. But since I got stationed here a few years ago I’ve had some of the best fishing in my life and that’s after living in AL and FL. Very little pressure on the lakes and they’re on state park land so no development. Plenty of big fish to be caught. One of my main lakes had a small tournament last weekend and it took 20lbs to win it.
Jesus coming back first
Sounds like the conservation dept is only hope left! There isnt that many people think that far ahead or even comprehend what your message
Randy , one big change that would protect future generations of Bass is not allowing bed fishing. Ontario Canada invested into Scientific studies of when the high percentage of beding bass are active on beds and also
studied What happens when fish are taken off their beds !!
they did not base any decisions on people saying this or that, just their actual scientific studies and they found
that most small mouth bass were Done with their bedding by the 1st of July and therefore extended the off-season from June 15th to July 1st.
In the Saint Lawrence river and lake Ontario, this is a huge step forward. To protect future bass based on science, Not peoples hear say .
You hit it right on the nose. Soilent Green. It’s made of people!!!
Remember there is hotels and cabins built for the fisherman and recreation boaters around these lakes
Forget a century how about a decade?
Sad but true 😢
Bass fishing definitely wont see another hundred years if things dont change in the way of equipment and peoples minds.
Spot on again man, I’ve watched the shoreline on my home lake here in Texas change dramatically in the last 30 years the problem is they Collett growth because of all the people moving here I don’t know how to help stop it or not really stop it just slow it down
That's right,we'll just make more!Like the government prints money, there is no new water,but there are new consumers,
Where are the real investments in creating more and better habitat for our fish? It takes decades, but if we establish new and better reservoirs we might keep up with the growing demand over time. And not all reservoirs need to be huge lakes. We don't need to just assume our natural resources are fixed and can't be scaled up in collaboration with development.
IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE...... Fact 🥺
I tend to agree with you from the direction we are going
@@CRGtx325 all you have to do is open your eyes and look around you
Need to limit the size of boats on the lakes. Million dollar center console boats on Lake of The Ozarks, not needed. Especially when they run a couple of miles & park all day.
Randy,you're on the right track about technology, in a hundred years there will be no gas powered boats,there's more issues,in three years eleven million migrants have been using water,this growth is too fast,we can't make water,what we have is what we have, so more dams will be built for storage, not fishing, we will lose more rivers,their building a new damn in Northern Colorado,for holding more run off water,fresh water fishing won't exist in a 100 years,more people will be living closer together as you know in your own back yard, I think we won't recognize this country in a hundred years.
Pls don't blame bass/water mismanagement on migrants. The primary cause is the greed of the industry.
The 3 major pro sports are still vibrant because over the years skill levels grow as knowledge of mental & physical experiences is passed on to the next generation. No short cuts to success. If anything the opposite where year round training becomes the norm. Both NFL QB's in last night's NBC Sunday Night Football attended many youth camps by future NFL HOF QBs. Live Scope & FFS does the exact opposite by using technology to trump dedication & love & respect of the art & science of human's carrying on the tradition of competing for physical perfection.
The only constant is change. Standing opposed to innovation and progress will leave you discontent and depressed. We choose to see either the negative or positive and things. The problem with the negative is that you get caught up in it and it affects your quality of life. Randy seriously this is not healthy brother
The way things are going. In a hundred years public access to water will be gone for the most part. It will be like alot of Europe is now. Think about how good fishing was a hundred years ago.
I did a little googling based on this comment. Seriously bummed me out reading some of the rules and how fishing is there depending on the country.
A new luxury home development in my city is around a 400 area of lake and ponds. The average home is $800,000-$1MIL.
This gem lake was hidden in foreston an old wealthy families land.
While they're still building I plan to fish cause once it's completed it will be privatize to millionaire out of towners more than it already was.
They claim they're preserving the outdoors. At least they're keeping the lake I guess. If you can afford it.
Randy-
Keep talking about forward-facing sonar, but the next area to consider is bed fishing with perspective mode. Fishermen are going to dominate bed fishing today and in the future with this technology. Tournament organizations should disallow anglers from fishing directly on or targeting the beds. While they may allow fishing through a bed, the focus should be on moving past them. Having more sophisticated anglers locking onto bass on the beds is not productive and feels unsportsmanlike to me.
Your thoughts?
Guess we should be like China and limit family to one child and 40 years ago you had one fisherman per 50 acres and now it's 10 boats per acre
Live scope has nothing too do with it
Cool. Let's start with banning any and all competitive fishing on all public waters. That would surely slow technological advancements enough so your great grandkids can afford to catch a fish 50 years from now.
Shrink The Sport!!
I’m waiting for a 4K HD display for livescope, that will happen
sad but true.
The Trisolarians will fix it.
how will it look in 100 years? assuming we are all here....just like Europe is now. you will have to own land, have a ton of money or fishing and hunting will not be for you. Our reservoirs have a shelf life of 70-100 years in many cases. prob not feasible to dredge them. pressure has doubled in 10 years don't see that changing ever. Glad i enjoyed 50 years of the good life, its not going to be here for my grand kids.
If there isn't a SERIOUS effort to shutdown tournament fishing nationwide it won't take 100 years for the recreational activity known as 'fishing' to be just something people reminisce about and see in museums .. in fact it won't take anywhere near 100 years. On our current trajectory with no serious intervention I'd give it 20 years at best 👽🦖. Guess. Never should have left th3 world of offshore , blue water fishing ...
BS! I’ve been tournament bass fishing for 30 years and they’ve been saying that for thirty years.
@@horbie5039 and bass fishing is a shadow of its former self from 30 years ago by any metric you can to use. Thanks for confirming what every angler who has an open mind has known for years ...
Why do so many adult fishermen have to fish tournaments? Maybe they should start participating in pickle ball or darts tournaments.
@@jaym8257 the usual answer is that they are frustrated athletes who were not able to make it as collegiate athletes for whatever reason and this is there chance to now be a 'competitive athlete" ....
“We can’t continue to rip off every hillside” … to mine Lead for Toxic Lead jigs that you manufacture. Or can we, as long as it’s pro growth for you?
I just can't afford the cost anymore!
I’m 65 and can afford ffs but I won’t ever buy one it just ain’t something I need. I fish during the week if I fish at all and even middle of the week still lots of people at lakes I fish.
Development will take care of the electronics. You won't be able to get on a lake.
I think it's also important to point out that reservoirs arent built to last forever. Many dams are at or approaching the end of their liefspan.
I don't think FFS is going to be the end of professional fishing. The whole format of the pay to play system is unsustainable. What other true professional sport is like this? I wish this wasn't true but with the cost of everything increasing guys are not going to be able to take a chance and fish the tours.
Look at world population in 1900 vs 2000 , gota put them some where !! Technology has advanced since the beginning of time.
I don't see how You are ever going to stop a natural progression.
The NY TBF Trail just banned ffs!
really 2025 may go back and make a comeback. Come on ED get back in the game.
I've been complaining about the damage being done by the amount of tournaments for many years bass fishing will never die unless the tournaments stop, the father taking his son fishing will always be there so please practice what you preach cause you have been part of the problem. Don't be a hypocrite randy.
Fishing needs a national orginazation like the NRA that has lobbest who lobby for the future of fishing and conservation. Also, neither political parties have a focus on conservation.
I sat on my deck this weekend with my binoculars and watched boat after boat enter my cove and leave without catching a fish. That's never happened until last year. There's a tournament on this lake every week, clearly, overfishing is taking it's toll. Bass will soon be like buffalo, only present in protected areas.
Randy if you feel so strongly about all of this why are you only voicing your opinion on RUclips and not fighting for any of this in DC?
There is good news! The big sport of competitive fishing will be dominated by CARP. Carp are far more difficult to see let alone identify than bass. So get out your cans of corn and doughballs, CARP are going to be the big sportfish!!! Just imagine a 5 fish limit might weigh over 100 pounds! And landing a big one from a boat without a landing net is VERY difficult! And they won't hit a sonar minnow. We will all belong to CARP... Carp Anglers Registered Professionals!
I think you went out too far with 100 years. Look at what the small lakes like small reservoirs are gonna look like in 10 years. I’ve already seen a decline in our lake. It’s only 1740 acres. The big lakes are going to be practically gone in 20 years. As long as FFS is allied to be used, every fun fisherman even uses them. I don’t think there will be much left in 20 years. Just my opinion. When a fishing you tube channel has to use FFS to get content on the lake, what does that tell you? He can catch it not the 3-4 lb fish everyone thinks they need to have. In Bassmaster & MLF are just abusing these electronics in my opinion. Add all the fun fisherman to that. Look at your big bass in different tournaments. I’ve done that on our lake, before FFS, this small lake was bringing in 7-8 lb as a big bass. Now you’ve got 1 or 2 5 lb and a few 3-4 lbs. this is just 20 boats with 40 anglers. SAD!!!!!
All you got do is look at the Texas game and fish study 30 % kill rate we a kids can catch 30 fish in a hour of small bass then multiply that by 25 and you get it bad
Is your behavior of selling toxic lead fishing tackle one of those “me, me, me” or “ I’m only interested in the here and now” behaviors that you rail against in this lecture?
With deep thought, population increase and the advancements in technology that those with $ are privileged to buy, is not conducive to maintain the 1970s-2010s availability of national resources to do this. If we went back to just fishing for fun the technology would slow down and we would be able to find fish. We do NOT need bass tournament fishing. It always has ruined fishing since it started. It ruins all our lakes and the wannabe anglers that want to look like pros makes it worse. Put a fork in it Randy. U preaching to us 60+ year old anglers isn’t doing chit other than giving u money from our clicks. Truth.
100 years from now????? Thats ridiculous.. civilization will be long gone. What an absurd subject for a video.
How many fish have you killed pro bass fishing. Or your fish didn’t die because you didn’t use ffs.
One way is to stop tournament fishing.
Any chance you could stop the clap trap about everyone else harming the environment and stop selling Toxic Lead jigs, the same Toxic Lead associated with all the Superfund sites in your home state?
They aren’t going to be happy until we are a treeless continent.
True
Bass fishing is not a sport
It's not comparable to baseball, football, just like running marathons is not comparable to baseball or football, if you put all the pro guys in bass boats and stick them in a pedal or paddle powered kayak it would make it much more of a physical challenge but both ways are still considered sport fishing. The word sport means different things to different people but casting a lure all day, even in a fancy bass boat is a physical activity.
But it can be competitive. One man wants to catch a bigger stringer than the other guy. That's what underlies the whole thing.
@@jaym8257 checkers is competitive. Is checkers a sport?
It would be a game of skill, not anything physical but a mental challenge. Bass fishing is a physical and mental challenge, if you analyze all the variables, it makes lure selection a mental workout
So, you anti growth, anti technology and anti development. With millions of new people coming into this country every year, they all need a place to live. What’s your stance on that?
For a start, let’s begin rebuilding the inner cities. Perfect places for multi family housing units. Stop allowing the developers to go buy up the cheaper areas outside of the city limits that are home to the last refugees of wild places.
@@randyblaukatintuitiveI’m 100% for rebuilding the inner city, but would you live there? I sure wouldn’t. The people purchasing the homes in the new developments won’t live there either.
@@horbie5039 Build the inner cities anyway.
@jaym8257 the market determines that.
I know you do discuss Bass tournament hurting fishing, but put you money here your mouth is and quit Pro Bass fishing. You are a hypocrite flapping your mouth if you don't.
The intellectual dishonesty is really astounding. Reminds me of climate change deniers
Well the ppl watching this video won't be around in 100yrs. There's bigger problems ahead for this country over the next century