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Fine job! Great bait! They sure stink..maybe part of their effectiveness 🤷‍♂️

In tournaments it should be band . Then we will see just how good these young men really are

I’ve never caught anything on a drop shot. Admittedly I haven’t used it a lot but I have a bait very similar to that I’m going to try. Hopefully my luck will change.

Weird. Randy said FFS was going to impact lure sales and he was laughed at. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Z man gobius for me I've got both but the zman gobius has caught more small mouth for me plus it's more durable 👍🐟🎣

Fishing the back waters of Lake Erie I also look for current. When I find shade and current, I find bass.

I had the magnet fall off after my first fish. I started buying cull shad because they are cheaper

I am wondering do Bass lake to stay under bridge cover weather in spring train trestle

You have trees that are closer to their Bank met there is hanging over plus you good push you got really pads that they can hire to you got really bad that they can hide under two

Gonna throw this around St Clair this Sunday

I have to totally agree with at least 2 points regarding this topic; I can say AS A FACT that FFS is indeed killing the the sales of other forms of bass fishing baits. one local tackle shop tells me that overall sales have dropped by over 60% and all that they are selling is the FFS style baits. in fact I was PERSONALLY told that this shop will b closing its local location and will keep an online presence as long as they can, but they aren't holding out much hope. second point, nearly every event I have fished in the heat of the summer has killed numbers of fish. I normally go back to the lake that was used for the event and too a TOURNAMENT, there are ALWAYS dead fish floating at, or near, the release points. I cant understand why so many fishermen don't realize that u cant catch a fish in 30-40 or even 60 feet deep and expect them to survive live wells and releases into shallow, sometimes in the upper 90 degree range here in central Texas, that a MAJORITY of those will more than likely die. really sad to c. and one last thing, there was a pro angler that wrote an article in BASSMASTER a yr or so back discussing his witnessing numbers of dead fish all over the lake, Toledo Bend to b exact, after a BASS major event. So PLEADE don't give me the excuse that because BASS release fish from a boat in different parts of each lake that that CLEARLY MAKES NO DIFFERENCE as to delayed mortality rates of tournament fish.

Not bad if it wrer $50,000

Ffs is the dumbest crap anyone who thinks its hard to use is a complete sh@tter

Well if FFS was banned in Major Tournament Leagues, why couldn't the electronics companies still sponsor and advertise their FFS technology? I would imagine that 99.9% of their target market are NOT Pro Fisherman.

At this point , no one is taking professional bass fishing that seriously anymore . We have much more important things to worry about …

Nice tip Mark. Have a great weekend!

Exactly fish spawn here on Santee Cooper from February to past May. They just spawn a little deeper later in the year!

Great video Mark. Sorry to hear about your AirBnB issue. I went up to a tournament on Lake Champlain last year and had a problem with my AirBnb. The one you rented didn't happen to be outside of town along the river with a nice scenic view. Just curious if it was the same one.

Awesome video!!! Been wanting to learn how to use the "Spy Bait" for a while now. Bought them but wasn't sure how to use them. Thanks for the advice & techniques on what to do. Will be doing some river fishing so I'll give it a whirl!!! Stay Safe &God Bless!!! 🤠👍

You don't use a weight for a wacky rig, that defeats the purpose!! And that screw in keeper is going to rip most soft plastic baits right in half. I know, because I bought that thing and that's exactly what it did. You can't use that thing on a lot of soft plastics especially Yamamoto and googan plastics are too soft to have a screw lock type set up going right into the middle of the bait. You're soft plastic is not going to last long rigged like that, especially if it gets snagged. There's a reason for the o ring, and things like the vmc set up. I threw one of those things out and the thing ripped my plastic clean in half. You can't just keep creating stuff just for the heck of it. Just for the sake of continually creating profit. Not every idea is a good idea, and this is not a good idea.

Ban FFS !

I agree with the FFS I enjoyed the last MLF tournament on Jamer River. Watching Skeet fish “Fish” was enjoyable again for the first time in a long time. Way to go Skeet!!

What's funny to me is that all these people think they deserve any kind of channel. Folks your just not that interesting

Explain how tackle companies are losing big time money can afford to up their ante to tournament organizations? Also tired of hearing that using FFS you are unskilled. Catching suspended fish in deep water is not easy.

I’m against it but mostly just cause I don’t want to have to spend thousands of $ on it just to be competitive in local tournaments 🤷🏻‍♂️

In my opinion, it's the meat hunters that we need to be most concerned with as far as FFS goes. Crappie populations in Kentucky and Tennessee are being wiped out extremely rapidly. Bass populations as well. This is where fish and wildlife needs to step in. We're already seeing adjustments made to daily and creel limits, but the problem there still lies in enforcement. There aren't enough officers to monitor.

So much crying 😢😢😢😢 from those that cant use it or dont understand it. And I can't take anything from anyone who's wearing a MLF fishing hat. #FBD

Instead of banning it couldn't the bigger trails like BASS, MLF etc just limit the number of live transducers and the number of screens or inches of screens, I mean some of these guys are running 3 /4 black boxes with transducers on front and back of their boats!

Well, if they do it on a voting basis, nobody in bass is going to vote to get rid of Ford facing sonar. I mean, that’s their Cashcow people like Jacob Wheeler, and that bunch that that’s all they fish is for facing sonar that’s their cash cow what needs to be said is we’re getting rid of FFS and if you don’t like it go somewhere else and if the fans don’t like y’all can go somewhere else

Man I hope so!

I could t agree more! They banned the umbrellas rig or Alabama rig whatever it’s called for what reason? Because it caught too many fish or what? Not sure why a bait can be banned but FFS is ok?

When will BASS / MLF ban toxic Lead use in tournaments? National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is scheduled to occur the week of October 20th, 2024. As a youth mentor, how are you preventing kids from handling Lead, an insidious toxic substance with no safe minimum exposure limit? Is the continuation of Lead use in fishing lures one of your core beliefs, or are you an opponent of this practice? Are you making headway into reducing the 4,400 tons of Lead mined and then dumped into our waterways, or are you assisting in this ongoing unsustainable and environmentally naive practice? Can you share your honest thoughts with us?

High hopes we will see the end of ffs in Professional competition. Using the scope demonstrates technical acumen...it does not represent honing one's craft.

Rumors? You got my click and view. But what source did this video come from? "There is a rumor that sponsorship money may come from another organization." You said nothing.

If that happens all of the ffs guys will have to find another way to get in touch with their feminine side. So sad.

So far nobody has proven that FFS is hurting the bass population. It’s hurting the crappie for obvious reasons. Seems to me that people complaining are all bass guys. So let’s ban something because people don’t want to stay up with technology, feelings are hurt because they can’t compete without it, or companies are losing money. All because the advancement of technology. Think of where technology was in the 70’s and where it is now. Anyone that reads this is up on most technology. Instant access to EVERYTHING on cell, laptop or desktop. If FFS is hurting bass populations then I understand, but until then ……

Iam 68 and have bass fished for the last 50 plus years here in middle Tennessee 🍊 and all of our beautiful clear water lakes. Iam a finesse guy and have used 1/16 and 1/8 ounce hair flies and curly tail grubs for all that time as well as traditional bass baits. And I can certainly see where the tackle companies are concerned because you can pour your own jig heads in bulk for a fraction of the cost of buying them. I am beginning to see traditional baits being sold in clearance which is kinda sad. I bet you could ask some of these one hit wonder boys with FFS what a Countdown Rapla is and they wouldn't have a clue 😂 I hope both Tournament organizations return to what Randy calls the Magic of Bassin.🎣

FFS should be Outlawed Nation Wide... Period 🧐

I don't see a 100% ban happening. Probably just limit the amount of graphs and transducers. Hope they do ban it but I would be shocked if they do.

The most controversial angler a fish ever caught

As MLF/BPT continues to push for more television, FFS will have to go to make it more entertaining for the viewers and bring more people over to the sport.

It should be banned everywhere period! It's no different than spotlighting deer! Ban it, save our lakes! Thomas, Mississippi!!

Marvelous presentation

Competitors can get carried away with anything and hopefully BASS is mindful of that.

I think it's just someone jerking your chain but I posted on Randy's channel awhile back one should ban the other not then see results of it in a few years. Guess we will find out. Good video.

Well hate to bust your bubble folks! My long time connection with Kathy Fennel after getting sick of hearing Randy making false statements about FFS was as far as MLF goes it's not gonna be banned it probably it going to be limited! Say one transducer. You heard it from your Ordinary Angler!

FFS is a cool tool to have if you have the money for it BUT it definitely should be BANNED for tournament use!!

Where can you find those special lures spray paint

I am all for banning FFS and their is a lot of people out their that dont say anything.

People should also be upset with the states for not doing something. They're quick to limit the equipment you can hunt with but want to play dumb with this.