Epic Rant…Perspective Mode Forward Facing Sonar…An Insult To Bass Fishing And The Bass…

Randy voices his frustration with perspective mode forward facing sonar…#bass #fishingtrip #catchandrelease #bassfishing #fish #fishinglife #angler #fishing #fishingdaily #livescope #fishingdaily
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[@walleyechannel]

I like when a bass hits my spinner bait and he’s just as surprised as I am. Most the times we both come to that realization at the same time.

[@freddyj5845]

Lol same

[@kennethpalmerii1747]

I had thought one time about buying a forward looking sonar but I ran into a couple guys that had one, one of ‘em loved it, the other said he found himself constantly looking at the scope and not really fishing. I realized if I had one, I’d be the latter. I’d rather not take the challenge and mystique out of it.

[@Yakkinoutdoors]

I always fall back to this. When i explain FFS to other sports fans that dont follow bass fishing, no matter what age,races or gender the thing i always hear" isn't that cheating " that sums it up for me.

[@Bp-dy9vl]

Nailed it. “Removing the element of the unknown”. I appreciate your ability to verbalize this.

[@tonik342]

You're a good man, Randy! I wish there were more people like you speaking out. These tournament directors are compromised. We need a new professional league run by some of the greats in the sport. All of the OGs need to get together and save the sport before it's too late.

[@UncleMillyRaps]

I made a song about the FFS debate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2emlWyaoaelrqcsi=9c3Hp36QlzmjC08z

[@lightning2849]

Way to go Randy ! Keep banging that drum ! I’m with you and so many of us are with you !

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

Man, you don’t know how much I appreciate that!

[@UncleMillyRaps]

I made a song about the FFS debate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2emlWyaoaelrqcsi=9c3Hp36QlzmjC08z

[@tonystange8603]

I’m 55 years old and I still remember the day s when I was young of going to bull shoals lake and fishing any cove I could walk to. I slung plastic worms and top water all year long not knowing any better and the simplicity of bass fishing is what I fell in love with. Everything we know about the nuances of bass fishing or fishing in general have been exploited in the form of greed. It’s such a shame that these so called fishermen will never understand the importance and value in just being on the water and never knowing what was going to bite.

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

Truth

[@elonever.2.071]

The problem is that tournament fishing changed a hobby into a profession. I remember an interview a few decades ago where professional fishermen were asked if they enjoyed fishing as a hobby now that they are professionals and every one of them said the pressure of being a professional fisherman destroyed the hobby of fishing for them. Some of these anglers have Ego's the size of the lake they fish and winning at all costs and by any means is their mantra so if ffs gives them the advantage they are going to use it. I love fishing but dont tournament fish because I have seen what a tournament does to a lake. Pulling 50 or more fish from all over the lake and releasing them all at the weigh in spot at the same time puts the whole lake in shock. It takes a long time for the fish to get back to and settle in their territory. I am a decent fisherman and catch the fish I target. One example of what I am talking about is maybe ten years ago I went to Wanita Lake by the Finger lakes in NYS that I fished several times a year and did well catching 4 lb bass consistently. But this time it was two weeks after a major tournament and the whole lake was in shock. Nothing was biting not even the bluegill which were suspended in small groups out in the middle of the lake. Another problem with ffs is that people who keep the fish to eat are going to zero in on the fish and clean out lakes. No one is going to care until there are consistently no fish being caught during a tournament for several years in a row and by then it will be too late. I I have experienced these things and this technology is only going to make it worse. This is my opinion determined by what I have experienced over the years.

[@chrismatthews8690]

Randy speaking the truth! Hold tight Randy, lot of us are with you 💯%

[@Fishing_with_Fincher]

It’s not going to change anything. Technology continually evolves and improves.

[@shawnmcdonald7765]

💯OLD SCHOOL ROCKS💯

[@jjh31]

I’ve decided to implement the crank up telephone method. That way I get a good look at em’ 😅

[@Betweenlostandfound1]

Probably allow it now in the tournaments if it has Lowrence ,Garmin, Hummingbird , Etc on it .

[@pondbossbaits4579]

So we should get rid of 250 horse motors and go back to 12 foot row boats? Cane poles with 10lb mono? I don’t have forward facing sonar and most likely never will. That being said you make it sound like no fish stands a chance at survival and that every lake will be fished out. Perspective mode may show fish up shallow, it does it show you what type of fish it is? It sounds like you’re more angry about the efficiency of it than anything else. The technology seems to be allowing anglers to work smarter and not harder. No one is being forced to use it. Do they use it because they feel they can’t compete without it, probably so. That being said, if you don’t adapt, you get left behind. There will always be innovation and advances in the sport. You don’t fish with it and that’s your prerogative. But, hating on those that do is pretty silly. Especially when you’re so condescending about it. Claiming that the people who are against it are the adults in the room is fairly childish.

[@deanbheffelfinger2829]

I want to figure out how to use it from shore.

[@bassmanmatt]

What's next... Tony Stark glasses telling the wearer exactly where & how to catch them!?

[@keithmason8322]

I heard clunn say in an interview that with this technology, an angler can make 200 cast a day and achieve what it took him 2000 cast a day to achieve, and he was all for it,that broke my heart I just don't under stand why these guys don't understand what they are doing to the sport it's a real shame!

[@andywilliamson7846]

I heard that too, on Mercer or Stray Casts with Pat Renwick. He's had cataract surgery and has a 22" screen now. I'm going to wait a year and see if his thoughts will have changed after this season.

[@fisherman7275]

Because he knows it's a tool, nothing more. Not the "end of fishing, the exponential terrorist threat to bass fishing. So I respect Rick Clunn to understand the fact it's a tool. Not like the tool that Randy has become.

[@guyfoscone3193]

The urge to name call is a sign of low IQ...just sayin.@@fisherman7275

[@a-gamecustomlures]

My 15 yr old daughter said she won't fish if I get and use FFS. I've been resisting getting it anyway. Like you said, the excitement comes from getting a bite from a spot that you don't know if a fish is there or not.

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

👍

[@justbfrank1]

Yes, I agree. We destroy everything we touch.

[@stevencrane9949]

Sir Randall i understand you on all your views you are one honest individual trying to protect the sport and the environment keep on keeping on with your voice thank you for fighting the good fight

[@michaellarkins6983]

Best comment. Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right.

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

👍💪

[@gillgetter3004]

With ya all the way Randy👍I’m a 65 year old and know many anglers at different ages who feel the same way!!

[@joeperales7293]

My buddy and I have a bass boat with 0 technology on it. And we still go out there and kick ASS! I don't know how to explain this but when you become one with nature, she seems to guide you were there at. At the end of the day, it's a hell a lot more satisfying feeling !

[@farmfanatic8824]

As a weekend fisherman, multi-species, with a 10 year old son that loves fishing- I much appreciate the danger proposition here. I will use very cautiously to not ruin the suspense of fishing that I love. I have always said that fishing is just like gambling, every cast is like pulling the lever on a slot machine. I don't want to lose that suspense factor.

[@warrenbarnes5862]

100 % agree.

[@jebwilkerson9828]

Best "rant" by randy! Loved to hear you lay it out how it's getting to be. It's like hunting with a thermographic camera on a drone. Just unhealthy and not fair to the sport of fishing in general!

[@jeffwillard9621]

Love this Randy. I will never ever use livescope. When I go fishing Its about being in the outdoors and watching nature. Keep pushing this

[@jasonrol5208]

YES! AMEN!

[@jackieparker1847]

Every bit of technology will be improved upon. I can’t imagine how much farther it will go. It’s just sad to an old bass fisherman like me.

[@keithtimmons378]

You are correct. Please keep up the good fight. Forward facing sonar is not fishing. It is a video game.

[@roymorgan5498]

Thanks Randy. Here is a little money to help you keep taking on how livescope is bad for trounments. 😁👍

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

Thank you very much, Roy! That’s very generous of you!

[@robertkruppenbach4791]

Really?

[@markmills5036]

Spot on video.

[@ScottCooperOutdoors]

Had live scope on my boat. Sold it. Now I fish with guys without it, and I can tell you, fishing has become fun again. Almost forgot how much fun it is. With live scope it's like your always stressed to get the fish you see to bite. Jmo.

[@fishinwithjj6642]

I completely agree it should never be allowed to be used in a tournament. Personally like you I enjoy the unknown and enjoy the part of fishing of finding the fish because of my own skills or in my case luck…lol. So I would never buy Livescope, however I do understand why weekend warriors who might only get to fish once or twice a month would want to buy one.

[@WolfSpiritOutdoorz]

Us old fellers don't need it. And that's what bothers them. Apparently if you have a different opinion people get butthurt and think you're an asshole. They don't like you because your honest. Keep grinding brother ❤ my Ole Stratos still runs Gen 1s. Gives me depth temperature and the occasional arch. You can still find fish offshore without livescope. We done it for years. I've been fishing tournaments since the mid 80s blasting mid summer mamas on deep cranks.

[@formerIWUcoachDDD]

You're 100% correct, in that tournament organizers are going to have to be the ones to stop this. I feel sorry for some of the tournament participants who are opposed to this technology, but are forced to use it to compete.....

[@michaelbroussard7404]

if they are opposed to it they wouldnt use it. no one is forcing you to put it on the boat. if you dont need ffs to fish then you can catch them just like the ones with it

[@codyrivenburgh6007]

​@@michaelbroussard7404 exactly no one is forcing anyone to bolt it to there boat .....of u don't want it don't buy it.....

[@deanmentjes7774]

I agree 100%. Great video, Randy. Thanks!

[@cchrisfish773]

I'm 63, and while I somewhat agree with you, I'll say this...Technology will continue to improve as it always has. In my day I've seen it go from a anchor rope with knots every foot to flashers, paper graphs, LCR's, mapping, poles, spotlock. It's just the evolution of things. What does it do to the fishing long term? It remains to be seen. Nature's creatures are pretty resilient. May or may not be as bad as some think.

[@KI4ZDF-Steve]

100% agree. These kids now have no clue how to fish without it

[@robertmay4103]

Randy how many bass anglers would you estimate use this technology? 98% of the world's bass anglers cannot afford these electronics. Do not paint bass angler with the same brush as tournament anglers. Most of us cannot afford the $100K pickup truck, never mind the $100K bass boat. You are ranting about the tournament anglers. That is an absolute tiny minority. Some anglers use worms to the disdain of fly fisherman. Some use live bait to the disdain of artificial lurer users. I love the mystery, and challenge so I use artificials. I hate fishing clear water. I do not want to know there are no fish down there. Each (non tournament) angler will fish his way and enjoy it. To each his own.

[@catchofthedave8681]

Well i will tell you this. Kayak tourneys used to be all about finding the skinny water boats cant get to, and who could find these little creeks or sand flats that go way up into spawn areas or beaver ponds….stuff that doesnt boat pressure. The guys that won were the guys that push poled their yaks back over logs and crazy areas. But last couple years as bassmaster and hobie kayak tourneys got more popular and started seeing $10,000+ winnings for first few places and $50,000 at championships, we started seeing kayak guys installing livescope either on manual poles they could rotate by hand or front mount trolling motors, or poles that spun electrically. Livescope guys started winning about half the time, but you could still do well doing what kayaks do best and guys were still winning doing those things as well. Last year, id say in a field of 200 kayaks about half had livescope but as the year progressed more and more people started getting it, more and more people started winning with it. I told myself id never get it. This year I fished a national event on chickamauga first weekend of March (Big Bass Power Hour) that pays $1000 every hour for the biggest fish submitted. Like a $280 entry fee. And it pays like $6000 for tourney win most inches like the old mlf format, any fish over 14 inches counts. I didnt win anything and i went to awards. There were 2 fish that were 24 inches or over one was 9.75 lbs, and one was 10+. Every single 1000 dollar winner caught fish with livescope. I started asking around and almost everyone in the tourney had livescope. I then realized I was going to need to get livescope to be competitive in at least half of all tourneys, maybe more. So I ordered it, it will be here wednesday. Gotta figure in the world of kayaks to have a tourney caliber kayak, you are spending $3500-$5500 on the kayak itself. Then most guys have electric motors $600-$3000 for motor and battery, then most guys have a livescope and a regular sonar some guys run 2 screens, some guys run 1 and switch back and forth. Another $3000-$8000. So even to fish pro kayaks (which are opens the bassmaster and hobie bos) you are dropping over $10,000 on your boat setup alone. Its not cheap anymore. Gone are the days of dropping a stable $600 sit on top fishing kayak in the water and paddling around. You will get beat to your spots by motors, and you will be at an extreme disadvantage with live sonar and perspective mode. So I know if 75% of the tourney kayak guys have livescope……its even more with boat guys. Ive seen yuys in $1000 jon boats with more money in electronics than they have in their boat.

[@benboothe6758]

Mr. RANDY, I completely agree with your views. I'm relatively young(45) but it's taken me my whole life to learn what I know and to use a device to do what should take years to figure out just ain't right. It's like doing a crossword puzzle with the answers...what fun is that?

[@DanielJDevera]

Nothing like putting a lure in a brush pile and seeing the brush shake and just waiting to see the size of bass that you get what a great feeling

[@phillamoore157]

Now THAT's what I'm talking about. Or, seeing that boil near a top water when the sun is rising....

[@georgemebs]

Iam 65 an i get what your saying 👍👍👍

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

💪

[@patrickmahoney3479]

I don't have forward facing sonar. It doesn't seem to keep me from catching fish at all.

[@rogerglasco5941]

Keep it up Randy. You said it all. There is nothing I can add.

[@areddfishing7473]

So what’s different from Sight fishing? Please explain 🧐

[@EHELLC]

There is NO difference these anti FFS would rape a spawning flat and put 5 giant females in their livewells and transport them 2 miles, real ethical.

[@kevinharrigan2727]

Not to mention this could be extremely bad for our fisheries. Some people are assholes and now that this tech is available said assholes could 100% use this tech and end up killing a bunch of fish. I completely agree with you, for me fishing is about using my senses to detect where fish might be, intuition, and overall just be in tune with nature and “thinking like a fish”. Using a buttload of tech just ruins that. Part of fishing is to get into nature and away from the craziness of regular life. Adding screens just ruins it, in my opinion.

[@matthewcarneyfishing11]

Randy it makes me so happy to see you continually push to get ffs banned I’m a young tournament angler 16 years old and I want to go pro some day and I don’t want to have to use livescope to do it. Please keep fighting I’m with you man.

[@salwhitaker9218]

I have been using drones and ocean sized casting reels to reach backwater areas the scopers can’t access. Been crushing them !

[@deanbheffelfinger2829]

What drone do you recommend. I fish drinking water lakes no boats swimming or wading. I would welcome your help thank you.

[@robertmccorkle9656]

Isn’t using a drone cheating?

[@TimEdwards-sx2pq]

Why don't you just use dinomite

[@brandonv6661]

Its big boys playing video games. Takes the fun out of it. Every other sport has limitations on performance enhancing tools. Bass fishing should also. This is an unstopable tech.

[@marlowe61]

Ultimately, it is going to be up to the professional anglers to take a stance against ffs. The tournament organizations will not do it.

[@TimEdwards-sx2pq]

Randy you're going the right direction with your efforts I hope you can make a difference it would be a better situation than what we got your thoughts about no tournaments in the spawn of course no spotlighting would definitely be a first step and probably enough to keep everything at least good enough to perpetuate our support

[@angrybilly78]

It’s pretty simple. The people building the units are the industry. Without the sponsors there would be no tournaments.

[@TimEdwards-sx2pq]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we didn't have tournaments people could actually go out and enjoy the day enjoy the day take fish within reason

[@Nate_Higgins]

You're not nuts. I'm with you. I hadn't heard of perspective mode until last week. It kinda made my heart sink. I'm in a kayak, and I'm happy to have the bass boats out offshore, leaving me the hell alone. I didn't realize there was some shallow water setting. Not knowing that a bite is coming is one of the best things about getting a bite for me. Can't be great for baitcaster sales either. Like you always say, it's up to the tournament organizations.

[@UncleMillyRaps]

I made a song about the FFS debate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2emlWyaoaelrqcsi=9c3Hp36QlzmjC08z

[@brin66itm59]

If you want fair play, I feel you are incorrect on the Side and Down Scan. Take out Live Scopes, Side Scan and Fish Finders. They all locate where fish are, and where their cover is. Power Poles and Spot Lock too. That is also allowing you to cheat Weather Conditions. Most folks around the Ozarks (amateurs) use livescope for Crappie. I am not gonna feel sorry for the Tournament Anglers. You guys started this monster in the 90’s, and had to have the latest electronics to catch fish. Now you are paying the repercussions, ( and everyone else).

[@timb426]

Exactly. FFS is no different than any other imaging. I especially love landscape mode myself. But you are right, bass tournaments pushed all this advances but now this is too far? Wait until Apple Vision comes to the game! Literally being able to see through water? Heck yeah.

[@christopher9076]

Well said.

[@drummertroyg]

Every day that passes the more and more I am in this camp !!!

[@blindbasser]

I have ffs on my new boat and I can't figure forward facing out and have no clue how to put it into perspective mode .

[@michaelbroussard7404]

get with a guide and allow somoene to show you the ins and outs.

[@timmarkowicz779]

It's not Fair Chase. Plain and simple.

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

Exactly

[@christopher9076]

Is fishing in clear enough water to see the bass and the lure fair chase?

[@TomKirkman1]

@christopher9076 Clear water is something nature creates. It's not man made technology. Live Scope and FFS are essentially commercial fishing great now being used by supposed sportfishermen. It's just not sporting.

[@jjh31]

@@christopher9076 Is providing artificial light and harvesting a deer fair chase?

[@timb426]

Are DI SI power poles, giant outboards, live bait, etc fair chase? Let the rationalization begin.

[@chadboivin9116]

Very well said Randy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@canadianmeatpie8245]

Ever since FFS came out I always thought it was a bridge too far. The ability to see structure with side and down imaging was such an amazing innovation, but there was still the element of suprise with it. You could see structure and you could learn how to develop patterns based off the structure. That was great. The fact that now, all you need to do is aim a sonar around the boat and individually pick off fish, really takes the suprise and the special feeling out of fishing entirely. Ive heard both sides of the arguement, and i personally come down on NOT being for this technology. KVD has explained it very well. For tournament anglers especially, whether Kayak or boat, the buy in now isnt just a nice boat, its $30,000 in electronics. It will destroy small local derbies for people who just want to have some fun, because there will always be the one guy that shows up with all thr FFS gear and he has such an advantage over the everyday angler who cant afford such tools. To me, thats not good for the sport at all.

[@akaJackLugar]

Wow, give it a rest. This issue is settled, unfortunately, but it is what it is.

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

The issue is far from settled.

[@akaJackLugar]

Let's hope not@@randyblaukatintuitive

[@brucesmithoutdoors]

Randy, I post almost 100% informational videos on tips and techniques on my channel. I actually had a comment that said I was wasting my time doing them. It is very sad. But, it actually makes me go harder than ever explaining how to (actually) know how to fish. Good job on your channel!

[@LeonStjames]

youre not wasting your time. there is still an audience out there that loves it. However, we have had a generation of people that have killed everything that they touch because they want the benefits of everything without the work. They want technology that gives them instant rewards instead of taking the time to develop. there are many people that may use FFS but they still want to know how to fish. Gotta have a foundadation

[@brucesmithoutdoors]

@@LeonStjames thank you.

[@haphartmann3394]

I'm with you Randy.Please don't give up the good fight. Thank you for all you do for the true sport of fishing.I am 76 and bass fished my whole life.I see the decline in numbers and quality sport fish here in Missouri.especially over the last 3 or 4 years since ffs sonar

[@fishingwithhouse]

Randy , if I understand the pro rules ( MLF) If a local person starts giving the tournament angler tips, the angler is required to nicely tell the local that he can not take the locals advice because it is cheating. Same thing forward facing sonar does for the angler and one up by showing exactly where the fish are.. Big Money at work !

[@catchofthedave8681]

Theres a solid portion of anglers that dont want livescope to be legal in tourneys, but we have to have it to be able to compete with guys. I fall into that category. After get absolutely steamrolled in big bass power hour on chickamauga 2 weekends ago (a tourney that pays $1000 to biggest bass submitted every hour- and also has an overall winner with most inches overall every fish over 14 inches counts) After getting smacked around in that tourney where two 10lb class 24+ inch bass were sniped by livescope and every single hourly winner used livescope yo catch their bass, i finally caved in and bought it. That perspective mode changed the game where now even us shallow anglers are at an extreme disadvantage. Mine gets here wednesday. Spent about $3000 for livescope, new graph that runs it, and lithium battery for it.

[@jayreynolds7177]

100 % with you.Keep talking

[@danbasara4547]

This was the best video you've done on the subject Randy!!! Keep it up!

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

Thx Dan

[@phillamoore157]

@@randyblaukatintuitive Amen! I totally agree. That's the kind of passion we need. Randy's probably tired of hearing my rants on this. But, I keep saying that weather it's fishing (or politics), we're being WAYYYYY too nice to the generation causing these problems. The nicer, and more informative we are, the more emboldened they become.

[@chundle09]

I agree with you Randy! Everyday your argument gets less and less crazy and more apparent.

[@anklespanker]

Alcohol and tobacco is legal because...freedom. Sugar is by far the most egregious offender in terms of Healthcare costs.

[@craigbukowski5190]

Great points about using it in shallow water as well as in tournaments. I agree it should be limited in those aspects. However, for recreational fishing, we should feel free to use what we want and can afford. I learn a lot about fish behavior, certain lure presentations and actions that I would never understand without active target. Like I said, I agree with most of what you said. Good for you Randy, most pros won't say what you did. But just like your freedom to speak your mind, so should the freedom of the recreational angler.

[@caseysaunders2137]

Bass fished from an early age. Ponds. Now 56 from a boat. I love bass fishing and totally understand your point. The Bass Master Classic a whole new deal now.

[@dcrane4]

I’m so ready for the livescope sunglasses.

[@dannyb78]

Well said Randy. I fish to enjoy the outdoors and the surprise of the bite. I will not spend my money on something to just have my eyes locked on a screen all day. Where is the fun in that ? This will mess up bass fishing in the future. Lakes are already have so much pressure on them now you have this mess smh 🤦‍♂️. Good luck to our kids in the future.

[@christopher9076]

Do you have the same disdain for the tournament angler that goes down the bank in clear enough water to see if there's a bass under a lay down or not and cast to it?

[@ronniephelps1671]

great question,but he wont engage bcuz it doesnt fit his agenda.

[@christopher9076]

@@ronniephelps1671 He'd be hypocritical if he said no.

[@curburenthusiasm6457]

No. The bank angler still has to put in effort and time walking and looking. Checking every spot. Bigger point it’s free to walk and look. FFS cost a lot for the common person.

[@curburenthusiasm6457]

It effectively prices ppl out of fishing especially if you wanna try tournament fishing.

[@chrism2042]

@@ronniephelps1671 Where is the "agenda"? It's common sense, technology is making people dumb, lazy and incompetent.

[@tonyb-50]

I will stop calling them professionals

[@LeonStjames]

is that true though? i mean if the average person had FFS and competed against a pro, would they win?

[@tonyb-50]

@@LeonStjames 🤷‍♂️

[@waynecrowe9075]

Your exactly right FFS is destroying bass fishing well all fishing far as that goes thanks Randy keep the video's coming.

[@MikeMathews-h6i]

There's no need to apologize about presenting the truth brother

[@Tmann4437]

Great video man keep it up!

[@jodyvess8509]

You know I'm with you brother!

[@jcotton6687]

U r right I hate that shit it takes all the sport out of it

[@brkyq]

VR headsets could be a real thing in this. Blue tooth to an overlay is very possible.

[@kls2020]

FORWARD FACING SONAR JOKE My neighbor Clem had been hinting for weeks he wanted to go bass fishing out of a real bass boat begging me to take him . I finally relented and took him out last weekend and set him up with some easy to fish lures out of the back of the boat . He got bored with that pretty quick and asked if he could fish up front and catch fish off the big TV sets up front like I was doing . I said "OK come on up "and I handed him the rod I was using with a strolling rig tied on . I gave him a quick lesson explaining it was called "Forward Facing Sonar" and showed him how to cast to the fish's location and retrieve the lure up to the bass watching the fish's behavior to entice a strike . He caught on right away and had a limit in no time . Clem was very impressed and said he was getting one of those newfangled FFS boxes for his dented up John boat . I ran into Clem a couple of weeks later and asked him if he got a new FFS unit for his boat yet . He said after pricing them he said he couldn't afford one but assured me he had found something that was way cheaper and just as easy to catch bass , "He said come on over I'll show you what I found ." I was a little confused as we approached what turned out to be a 55 gallon blue plastic barrel filled with water on the side of his garage that contained a couple of 5 lb bass . Clem said "OK now watch this careful ." "I just drop this lure in like this and since I can see the bass perfectly clear I swim the lure up to the fish and just move it around in his face and when I see him bite it I got em ." Laughing I said to Clem "that ain't fishing that's as easy as fishin in a Barr.....".(Clem interrupted me before I could finish my sentence) " I KNOW , I KNOW ! " he gleefully said "It's as easy as Forward Facing Sonar"

[@ChrisMcClure-n5d]

Randy, I’m right with you brother I can’t believe that the sport that I loved and loved the watch has come to this Randy I got to say I don’t think they’ll ever do anything to get rid of Ford facing sonar if anybody does anything it’ll be the fishing game departments in the states especially when these big pounders start floating up dead but not that I think that bass fishing as we knew it is over but I’ve been telling people that KZbin has a great compilation of tournaments from the 70s 80s 90s and the early 2000s you know when you were out there banging and we’re able to watch those and watch real fisherman

[@flybassdotcom]

Well stated Randy. I agree with you 90%. I'm an all-around recreational angler and love the pursuit of the unknown. We float the Mississippi up here in Minnesota for top water smallmouth. Our technique is simple? Throw the bait along the shoreline and often times a fish will blow up on it. Very exciting. I recently got a Garmin Livescope exclusively for icefishing. I will not use it on open water for the reasons you give. Being 70 years old, if this will help me drill a few less holes and catch (and release most) crappies, I'll be satisfied with that.

[@MelGiesbrecht]

Hey Randy There’s a lot of things about bass fishing that I don’t understand, which is how it should be. I also understand that no mater what technology you employ not all fish in a school or singularly will be caught by it. Lure choices and presentations still play a part in one’s success. That said I wholeheartedly believe there needs to be limitations/rules in all sports. I’m sure football, car racing and virtually every other sport has lines that can’t be crossed without penalty . I remember when aquaview cameras first came out, the very first thing tournament organizers did was to make them illegal for use during a tournament. Practice use was fine and that’s where it stopped. I believe this is one of those no brainer types of decisions. FFS actually has much greater field of view and accuracy in determining fish attitudes than an underwater camera, and which one is illegal for use in a tournament. I totally understand the appeal to technology but I also appreciate the purist’s side of angling. Fishing a bass on a bed should be as close to this new found tool as should be acceptable.

[@lillieursua4614]

Keep fighting the good fight Randy

[@cameroncreamerfishing]

do you think hummingbird 360 should be banned? Because its the EXACT same as perspective mode with a few second delay. Hummingbird 360 came out in 2012, 12 years later I COULD NOT find a single video talking badly about 360. So why are we now saying perspective is dangerous when EVERYONE has been fine with 360 imagery for over a decade!

[@Anthony-Paul]

Randy keep up the good fight.

[@paparayfishing2000]

I watch everyday on your videos. I have defended your point to alot of people. I have sent many comments and questions. Not once have your responded to me. For that reason as a weekend angler, your voice has convinced me more than ever to buy it. I got it now and will use it. Your videos against it, actually made me want it more as a guy that works 70 hrs a week and goes fishing when he can. I still believe in basic fishing. I pay for the extra content on your site. Again , since you never responded to any of my questions, you actually have led me to want it as a tool. Works both ways. Respond to your daily viewers that love you . I am all in on learning my forward facing now. Will use it everyday when I learn it. Kinda surprised me that you never respond to anything I ask or post. No matter what I like you and respect your opinion. Friends either way. But I did buy all the new electronics and plan to use them to show my grandkids fish on the screen and catch. I’m a catch and release guy unless fish fry coming up. So I am not looking to strip a lake

[@christopher9076]

For what it's worth Randy is only on KZbin to make money, he's said it many times. I don't have any issue with that, but the fact that you are willing to pay him to be a member, and he hasn't answered any of your questions is sad and pretty lame IMO.

[@paparayfishing2000]

I agree. and again I like Randy. Not looking to bash him. I just wish I would get a response from time to time. I know he cannot read and respond to everyone. It is what it is, the technology is there. People are going to buy it. Like I mentioned , for me just a fun tool. I am going to release 90 percent of my catch. As long as the money is there, companies will continue to sell. It a futile battle to resist it in my opinion. I am good with going old school if everyone else does. But since that is not going to happen , I may as well use it. Kinda like I want the border closed, I cannot control that either. I wish I could pay ten percent flat tax. I wish no one else would move to Auburn Alabama and our traffic be horrible and roads congested . Wish a 180k house did not now cost 400k here. But I can bitch or I can just roll with it and enjoy my own life best I can. I choose enjoy and keep to myself. @@christopher9076

[@deanbheffelfinger2829]

Live Scope reminds me of Robo spinning wing duck decoys when they came out in the early 90's. Lots of duck hunters said it will ruin the sport. Guys that were bad callers and decoy setters were shooting most of the ducks. I learned my lesson and got a few. Now i know I need to get Live Scope.

[@BlobRob787]

In my view most people are lazy. They don't want to put in the work that is required to be successful. Destroy bass fisheries rather than put in the hard work is typical of most young people today. It is sad that no one will stand up to the big sonar companies. Fisheries are being destroyed as we speak. Keep fighting Randy! This fight will be your legacy!

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

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[@adammitchell3462]

Very well said brother

[@ronforeman5317]

The fishing industry is destroying the fishing industry. I didn't even take my boat out last year, I may sell it.

[@woodwired1]

Last week on Rayburn I saw a guy with FFS on his kayak. I can afford to use FFS but I refuse to do so. I’m 65 and have fished for more than 50 years.

[@garethdavies2992]

This way of fishing for bass using FFS reminds me a bit of what we call 'canned hunting' for lion in South Africa, where measures are taken to absolutely ensure that the target animal can and will be killed with ease. It takes away all the challenge and need for hunting skills; and eliminates the concept of a fair chase/hunt. But as with many good things in the world , once money gets involved, things are bound to become a circus....

[@romaloboda2280]

Thanks.

[@KingFiveOh]

Randy I’m running 3 livescopes off of my boat and I plan on running 2 more off the transom in both directions. I want to see absolutely everything I don’t want any fish hiding from me 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@mikegraham5563]

It's not fishing. I don't know how fisheries management goes along with this but spotlighting deer is not allowed.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

They allow framers with crap deprivation permits to do it, at least they do in Florida. They get to fill their tags year round, can shoot pregnant does or does with fawns, and have no requirement to salvage the meat. Makes me sick

[@darjnz4406]

@@Steve-ev6vx The deer depredation permit isn’t that easy to get. You first have to prove you have employed less lethal means of deterrence. There are specific dates for each permit and what age/sex of deer can be taken. Tags aren’t unlimited. It also requires proof that the deer was taken in the immediate area of crop damage. Everything can be processed except head and antlers which must stay on the property where it was taken.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

@@darjnz4406 I know people who get stacks of them and have huge spotlights on top of shooting houses. It's always the wealthiest farmers with the most land. It's definitely not uncommon. They shoot them in the field behind my house all the time.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

@@darjnz4406 It's common were I am. They do it in the field behind my house all the time and have runway spotlights mounted on their shooting houses over food plots, not even the crop field.

[@darjnz4406]

@@Steve-ev6vxWhere are you at? My family has a 250 acre farm in north fl. They have both bear and deer depredation permits. These permits are very specific as to times and locations. For example if there are no peanuts growing in a field you can’t shoot a deer in that field. You can’t say it was in another field and went into that field and you shot it there. They also want your harvesting and rotation timeline and will base your permit on that. If they are shooting deer over bait in non productive field that is illegal, and you should report it. Every year they do many undercover patrols on depredation permits. Especially on the ones where they received complaints.

[@C.Adams82]

I'm a big swimbait angler. I throw giant swimbaits exclusively. I'm searching for a memory. I'm a trophy hunter so to speak. But if I knew before I cast that there was a dd out there on the point,structure,etc and I caught it, its tainted.

[@GregDelR33]

It's getting beyond ridiculous. I care about the sport a lot, and I'm to the point of being really freaking pissed off about this bs technology now. AI is taking over everything completely, and so many people just let it happen. Stop blindly buying every new technology, and actually think about the effects.

[@GregDelR33]

@@Benwtradarchery the problem with that line of thinking is that I also want to COMPETE. I love bass fishing, but I also love the sport. And this bs advancement that I fundamentally disagree with because it goes against every fiber of my being and why I fell in love with fishing to begin with is DOMINATING just about every single event. So, to go against it places you at a distinct disadvantage on many fisheries. Fortunately, a lot of the fisheries I compete on locally don't have FFS play as much yet, but who knows if they'll expand to those places eventually, too, especially with perspective mode now being used more often up shallow. The word shallow describes FFS pretty well in fact in general, and describes what it's doing to the sport. It's making fishing in general a lot more shallow.

[@GregDelR33]

@@Benwtradarchery I never said the people who use it are lower than catfish lol. I blame the major tournament organizations for allowing it and not placing limitations on it in tournament settings.

[@bassdojo]

The new NBT 32" monitors on the front deck just show you how ridiculous it is becoming.

[@GregDelR33]

@@Benwtradarchery that would be great to see a good balance like that in BASS. I don't blame people at all for using it while it's allowed. I just think that a balance needs to be found as you also suggested, and that limitations should be placed on its use since it's become an insanely effective tool to the point of dominating the tournament scene. That's not right in my opinion that you need to be using this to win in BASS. Way too one-dimensional.

[@timb426]

@@Benwtradarcheryagree. Keep the drama in professional and tournament fishing. That’s where fishing gets the negative attention anyway. The way pros treat fish is disgusting.

[@joshuacoggin5665]

Bass talk live just put out a great video today with Drew Gill that explains it like i have never heard. I believe they should regulate it to one transducer. But the sport must evolve or it will die. I want to see pro's catching fish. Not struggling to put 5 in the boat.

[@freddawson2326]

I followed your career from the beginning, I totally agree w you on FFS. Bass fish like we grew upon. Not watching someone catch 30 1-2 lb fish.why doesn’t BASS have the balls to eliminate FFS in tournaments. Oh, there’s money involved …. Go back to our roots, instincts, the things that made us love bass fishing.

[@aarons6931]

The next step is side scan for the console just like perspective mode but better what a joke

[@joshjohnson3352]

I'm not against FFS but I will say if it gets any better I may have to get on board with you. At the end of the day some people don't care all they want is to catch more fish.