I don't understand the debate about the fish catching gadgets we use. Tech tends to get better as the world gets older. We are not going back so it's a moot point. I am in no fashion criticizing Arron's work at all, I'm a fan. I just think the fishing community should drop the ffs thing and move on. My opinion no one asked for.
@@EngineeringHooksets Im not sure what it means to be a scoper. I have one. I don’t use it that much but I intend to use it to find fish in deep water at some point. I think it’s a pretty sweet tool.
I know this comment will prob get buried amongst the 1000's of comments but I got more info and laughs out of this one video then I have of all last year combined on CZcams ha ha. Love to see the videos
"my allegiance is ultimately only toward expanding angling opportunities" -Aaron Wiebe -best dude at critiquing fishing as a whole and from damn near every point of view. outstanding video.
Just remember that quote next time u pull up to a spot and there's a bunch of guys fishing it already. The internet the best/worst thing to ever happen to fishing.
@@Upgraydez You're certainly not wrong there! The internet -the best/worst thing to happen to everything. IMO there's just more people in general -not just at your/my favorite spot. I look at it with the mind set that I just need to try to stay one step ahead and just keep fishing. Keep finding new spots and new tactics in the event the existing spot will inevitably get blown up. I've been in situations several times where I've told folks exactly what I'm doing and how Im doing it and they simply just struggle to replicate it -and don't catch fish.
For the love of God, please don't stop producing videos Aaron. They're just some of the best content in all of CZcamslandia. I know it's probably a royal pain to edit them but please, for all of us at work watching videos instead of doing what we should be doing, don't stop!
I don't know who that is but Dandy Flauket is a P O S and a half. Liberal af and hates free speech unless it agrees with him. He contradicts himself at times and hasn't been top in tournaments for a long time... he tried to get famous for hate. He is the original Hater...
Bro there is no such thing as a bad mood for us when you post a video. Buddy if you knew what you did for us anglers out here everytime you post a video…..and the dopamine it sends to our brain and how even the smallest videos you upload turn our days weeks and months around. If you knew the impact you had on anglers around the world that watch this …:. Tight lines man and per usual thanks for the upload
The work of a man who understands the progression of technology. You are the person these competitive spaces in the fishing inustry need. Adapt or fall behind. You nailed it once again Aaron.
Great video, exactly what the fishing industry needed right now! When Gussy said that none of the FFS haters showed up at that non FFS tourney down south, that said everything we needed to know about those people.
Can't show up to an event you don't know about..... Randy doesn't even have a boat at all right now.... Lots of guys were at other tournaments. Making a reason to be upset is childish. Try using logic and reasoning.
@@Sometimes7453 .... Are you mentally incompetent? This comment is about people.... These morons are talking about people and technology and tournaments, the species and customary purpose is irrelevant, like your comment.
been fishing walleyes since 8 years old...i am 46 years old now and i know walleye movements, different seasons and caught em all kinds of ways and i am now a scoper and that knowledge of walleye movements has only enhanced my ability to be a scoper and be successful doing it.
Man did the industry need this video, thank you. This sport needs more unity and non-endemic sponsorships to keep it alive on the tournament scene not infighting about tech that is paying to keep the sport alive. I still can't catch anything. Miss you.
Pretty sure this won't be noticed in the industry. The bigger the tournament scene, the harder it is to find water that hasn't been slammed. Who wants to fish a lake after a big tourney? Only pelicans to scoop up the floaters.
"this sport" wait until you realize 99% of the fishing world has no idea what goes on in the braindead cesspool that is professional American bass fishing, which absolutely should not be kept alive
Aaron, usually don’t comment on videos. Saw a lot of people curious on whether this was a forward facing sonar pro or against video. While it may be clear to you or others, I think we need to do a better job at making it obvious. Livescope is a tool, we can use it positively or negatively, if we use it to limit out every day on the water, we will probably see a decrease in fish quality and eventually quantity. If we use it to keep a few, and pair it with good handling and releasing fish well, the decrease would be minimal- if even measurable. On a separate note I am in agreement with one of the gentlemen on how tournaments are severely affecting fish populations. Everytime I have gone to a lake the day of or day after a tournament I find so many dead bass because their keeping them in a live well, and hauling them around all day and the fish can’t handle that level of stress. The catch photo and release tournaments should be the standard. Why have a weigh in 5 hours later when you can measure them and have a digital leader board. Cheers, a fly fishing, pond hopping, lake running , river running livescoper ❤
With all the new, careless anglers out there, how could this possibly go wrong? Wait until any clown can buy ffs glasses and show up at ur fishing spot? Nothing I luv in fishing more than a crowd of newbies pillaging fish.
Aaron, I gotta say man, the dedication and the editing in this video is outstanding! This looks like a thesis paper created in a video format. You have done an incredible job getting your message across about forward facing sonar. Once again man, well done! Love your channel
As someone who's never fished with a live scope, I can't speak from experience. However, I do believe that to an extent it is a bit cheap after watching so many videos on it. I think it definitely takes away from the fishing experience. I can see why someone would want to use it. For example: chasing suspended fish in bays during summer (namely large pike or muskies). Overall I think FFS is a bit game breaking. I haven't used it before though, so I can't say. I typically just use a standard 2000's sonar.
Most people will never learn about the environment and nature, they'll just learn how to target fish. Most people are naive to the effects of this in the future. But they care about other things, like Aaron, who just wants more people fishing which is a shame in itself.
Editing level 1000!! Man, you put that together perfectly all the way to the end. Those same clowns that hate ffs dont have a problem with the spot locking,autopilot robot on the front of their boat! They pick and choose what "technology" they like😂
Aaron I'm truly impressed by your journey navigating the ethics of recreational angling over the years. All of us get there, some faster than others. The edits of the bass guys realizing the impact and talking about it needs to be echoed across the internet because its the fuckin truth. Thank you for using your platform for good educational content. I speak from higher education in the field of fisheries management and environmental ethics: in the end its all animal cruelty for personal pleasure unless you are aiming to harvest and consume fish from a well managed fishery. The only ethical way to enjoy angling is to treat fisheries as a sustainable natural resource, just as our ancestors did. There is nothing wrong with FFS as long as it is used to that end and not to constantly target and harass trophy fish while they are spawning or hiding. Anything else is contrived anthropocentric mental gymnastics to justify cruel and disrespectful behavior. The modern industry driven push for recreational angling, the fake macho outdoorsman pop culture that comes with it, and the bullshit "science" that supports it as a conservation movement is just greenwashed profiteering. We all need to realize this and stop playing into the hand of the industry.
@@mikev4654 not comparable at all. Being able to pick and choose which fish you want to catch based off of size is not fair chase. Would be comparable to using a drone to find animals while hunting.
@joshwagner5414 anglers been doing that for years with regular 2D and DI sonar. If I'm sharp shooting big walleye I'm not dropping down unless I see bigger marks, I don't have FFS.
Aaron makes some great points about mortality not been taken seriously for tournaments and other events, thats why the catch, photo release seems like the way of the future. I understand the concern about the resistance to technologies like LiveScope. I'll be honest I have never used one, but ever since it came out I haven't been a big fan of how much it reveals and it's changes it is making to fishing. I do believe that LiveScope used on a large scale by a large percentage of anglers will have damaging effects on some fisheries, i could be wrong. But if you don't think so, you can go back a couple years to a Jay Siemens video were he did a demo of the LiveScope, after he used the LiveScope he concluded that regulations will have to be changed to adapt to the new reality, and that new reality is it will be easier to find fish and target them more precisely. Im not sure if Jay would say the same thing now that the controversy has blown up, but his 1st take if im remembering correclty was this is gonna require regulation changes so the fisheries are kept in good shape. Aaron's video this winter on picking through a Crappie school is a good demonstration on how you can really take advantage of the information LiveScope provides. So as long as we are having an honest convo about the possible negative side effects of LiveScope, I am here for both sides and what has to be said.
Guys on CZcams are more relatable then any tournament anglers to the average fisherman. Jay Siemens, Clayton Schick, The geek's, ext all very relatable. Ive never liked watching tournaments but i like watching people fish.
Bro this was a super creative video and I know it took a lot of work to put together but it came out awesome you have like 20 narratives going on at the same time which is so cool!
You did an amazing job on this video! I have been watching your content for years and also followed the struggles and fights that got highlighted with the Municipality. Keep up the good work Aaron, and I will keep praying and supporting any way I can!
This is undoubtedly the best video I've seen in a while, I didn't want to watch it right away just so I could have as much entertainment reading the comments. I'm the old dude in the room, and I haven't fished a tournament for 30 years just because of all the crap that is still going on, the infighting amongst ourselves. I'll put on everything that works on my boat. Who wouldn't? These young guys are the new up and comers, and the older dudes better embrace the fact that they are getting outfished by the younger and better anglers.
Love your stuff, Aaron. Killer day on the water by the way. Great work. I love how you focused your criticism on: (1) the hypocrisy of "the older guys" on technology and many other things, such as with Kevin VanDam and many others who profited greatly from pushing product that they all of the sudden have issues with, and (2) the subject of guys who think FFS makes you a better angler vs. guys who think it makes you more incompetent due to reliance on tech. You're a great fisherman, and so for you the use of FFS augments your abilities. However, there are also lots of guys out there using FFS to catch fish that are complete dunderheads without the tech (guides included). Although I think these two key points are great in your video, I also think that the focus of the FFS discussion should be about how the ever-increasing use of FFS technology will impact the fisheries. You touch on this a bit in the video, but it's anecdotal observations and opinions (either for or against). More FFS usage means more fish being caught, more handling of fish, more mishandling of fish, more delayed mortality of fish (especially hot water temp and/or deep-caught fish), more harvest of fish, more social media content creation showing its use (just like you're doing), bringing further attention to the fish, the list goes on and on. All of this brings increasing pressure onto the fish, which is not good. It's not rocket science. You're acting in your self interest creating this content, just like Kevin VanDam and the others did in the past when they were doing their things. I understand what some of the older guys are saying regarding how FFS (and other technologies) "shortcuts" anglers (especially younger ones) with regards to their knowledge and how it's developed. I'm not saying this is bad, but I understand where they're coming from. This in turn changes how the average FFS fisherman thinks. As an example, most content creators don't talk about taking care of the resource and protecting it. That includes you sometimes. For example, this video here was about showcasing your performance at a walleye tournament through the use of FFS. Not once did you talk about conservation in the video or your efforts to do so. I thought you did great releasing the walleye quickly, but you need to emphasize that and talk about it, especially since you have a large audience. Became a champion for that, too, not just for FFS discussion. We know you care about it, so do it in each video with at least a mention.
man I just telling my kids this morning about the guy with one of the biggest fishing youtube channels hasn't posted in forever glad i looked and you proved me wrong
I'm certain I'm in the minority here, but I found myself skipping a lot of the video. TLDR - I didn't click on an Uncut Angling video to watch other content creators voice their (hypocritical) opinions on FFS. Regardless, I appreciate your efforts and enjoyed watching you in the kayak tournament. Thanks for all you do.
Aaron you are exactly what the fishing industry needs! All these bassholes don’t care about the fish, they cared about making $$ in tournaments and killing fish with weigh ins. I love how you point out how two faced they all are. Are they worried about the future of fishing or the future of their bank accounts?
How does encouraging lots of new people to fish with very little skill or knowledge help the industry? I've seen more fish die by idiot anglers recently than ever before. Him sharing waters out in our parks and hidey holes has done more damage to those areas than any 100 other anglers. I've never seen Manitoba waters fished and treated with such disregard and people just wanna make videos of all these great spots and how to crush fish there. For the price of a few fishing licenses we sacrificed our environment. All good if ur there for the crowds and not the fish.
Beautiful masterpiece. All the fuss about FFS online really bugged me and you perfectly laid it all out. Everyone who is stressing one way or the other about FFS needs to watch this!
Great to see an upload from you !! We use to watch/follow fisherman channels here to learn more. The electronics that have arrived over the years have never impacted the learning content but that changed with the arrival of live technology. Slight exaggeration- Most creators have become “lazy” imho. Vids have become “Live technology centric”. Get on the water, tape myself casting/catching but make viewers stare at the Live Scope through the whole thing, post video, done. Many creators are still doing more than forcing us to stare at their Live Scope etc but they are the few.
This is all bullshit...Clayton Shick said it best in one of his videos. When they started mapping structure and all of the contours of each lake was WAY more detrimental then the livescope. and I agree
And another thing... who do you know personally that has a livescope in your town????I don't know of any because let's face it their like 5000$ and not many ppl gonna be able to afford that
Everyone in my my town northern ontario who buys a new boat has one. There spending 50 to 70g on a boat and to add that to the price to be able to find and catch fish in any new lake is a no brainer @Matthewfrey562
Heard about this and watched all; first, pretty amazing amount of effort - and very well done. Respect for putting out on an issue with very differing opinions. Regarding hypocrisy, nobody can do it like politicians, but we're all guilty and I don't like to catch myself in it either. When the mapping came out I was (selfishly) mad - immediately realizing the advantage from many hours learning structure had been erased; yet I've used it ever since and done tips. Can't logically look down on anyone for using FFS. For self it's just the removal of what seems the last bit of mystery and in order to excel must look at screen a lot and I simply don't want to. Beyond differing opinions seems most important is will fisheries be able to keep up with expansion of anglers armed with the cumulative effects of ever better tech and information without significant increase in artificial assistance? In the muskie community has seemed to me there is hypocrisy in that newbies will be screamed right off of social media for showing a photo hold of any esox vertically; yet the same newbies (with little to no handling experience) get the perception that laying the fish on a measuring device in boat (regardless of water temp) is a standard/necessary part of the experience.
So, outdoor recreation has come to this! Legitimate concerns from both sides of the argument. True question, how much technology will it take before we lose touch with the true spirit of the sport? Drones, trail cameras, gps, boat over $100,00, FFS. Respectfully, miss the days- family and friends, hook and line enjoying free time.
I don't eat bass. So when I inadvertently catch bass while crappie fishing, I don't keep them to eat. I keep them to give to my neighbor, he actually likes them.
Similar to one of the anglers who was interviewed in a clip you included, I learned to fish on a small river. I euro nymph, a tactic that is looked down upon by some but that allows me to catch my maximum number of fish. I asked my local fly shop if I was preventing myself from becoming better by focusing only on a technique that produces fish. They said the appropriate technique is the one that catches fish. If I had an electronic device that allowed me to catch more, I would use it. Interestingly enough, I foul hook a lot of fish because I’m able to set the hook when they bump the fly to investigate it, something that is bound to happen when tightline fishing even without livescope. The people who look down on livescope are the same people who refuse to share their most productive patterns at the dock, the same ones who lie about the quantity and size of their fish, and the same ones who keep their limit of fish that are just shy of the slot size because the warden will never check them. My favorite part about this video is that despite the advantage of livescope, you still fail to land several good fish, indicating that it does in fact require a well balanced skill set to be a champion fisherman.
I'm not out on the water to stare at screens all day. Most people will miss the world happening around them watching these damn screens for everything.
Amazing vid bud. I love Pelican and live in the area. Have a nice boat, would love to take you out next time you are around and learn from the legend 👍
Ban tournament fishing it's just a big ego trip for people anymore. "Look at me" is all it says to me. Tournament fishing need to be revamped. Do away with electronics used to find fish they are not needed in tournaments just learn to fish better. I have caught more and bigger fish, fishing from the shore without electronics. Even fishing in a boat I only use a depth finder to have an idea of depth. Get back to the roots.
Loving this new hell bent for making things right on a Kyack kicking your teeth in fish catching Aaron content!...also a Manny doing AL clip would have sent this over the top.
Fantastic per usual Aaron. Great work. Sad to see where the hypocrisy and negativity in the fishing industry today, when there's so many reasons to be excited and optimistic about how much we are learning, how many more fish we're catching, and how much better we can be at conservation.
This video was one of the greatest fishing videos I’ve ever seen. lol holy fuck credit to your editing hrs , hope the intoxicants were ample. Great job
With all due respect, I don't think you understand the pressure that gets put on some of the US fisheries from anglers. More fishing licenses are sold in just the state of Texas compared to the entirety of Canada. You don't see more than a thousand boats on the same body of water utilizing forward facing sonar in a day. We can all agree that Randy is polarizing but what some of these anglers are saying is the absolute truth. Forget about tournaments and try to look at it from a different perspective. A lot of fisheries are big enough and healthy enough to handle the extra pressure that the angling success of FFS brings and it is an incredible tool, but many of them in the south are not and are in decline. You have taken a lot of clips out of context and edited them together to fit your narrative. To create controversy, generate views, and financially benefit yourself. Are you any better than what you're criticizing? FFS will never be a problem in Canada because of the population and endless opportunities that exist, but it absolutely is becoming one in some US fisheries.
What a brilliant idea for a video. Im on the edge of my seat to see what follows and i’m inspired. Im So sick of the same old fishing videos everyone puts out ,
great vid for awareness. Im from southern ontario, we agree bass should be in season to fish atleast sportswise all year because we just release them.. dave mercer was here a while ago and was legit giving a presentation and he said 'i have no idea why bass isnt open all year'. I hope we can get anglers to release more and appreciate more to open up the season.
I'm not a fan of live sonar...but this was an absolutely tremendous video! Amazing job splicing all that footage. Definitely appreciate the "catch- pic- release" method of tournament fishing. Great job... Glad to see you're doing well!
That took so much time to put together. The vision you had to incorporate this into a walleye tournament vid is just incredible (trump voice). Love it man
I feel bad you had to watch so many Randy videos to put together this amazing video! The hypocrisy is real these days.
Thank you Aaron for all the pain endured and effort in editing . Overall it doesn't look like many people are agreeing with Randy
Hahaha so true!
Who is Randy?
lol yeah who is Randy? I guess I’m a scoper too!
Kid in the back seat at 38:25 making better points than Randy's nonsense
The amount of editing Aaron did to collaborate all of those clips was unreal! It would've taken me 3 years to put that together! Well done, sir!
I second that. That’s all I was thinking the whole time
Yeah and imagine having to listen to randy talk so much😒
I don't understand the debate about the fish catching gadgets we use.
Tech tends to get better as the world gets older. We are not going back so it's a moot point.
I am in no fashion criticizing Arron's work at all, I'm a fan.
I just think the fishing community should drop the ffs thing and move on.
My opinion no one asked for.
Imagine all the butthurt required to put this together all out of context and cherry picked.
Now we know what aaron does with all his time now lol
Really cool seeing the hypocrisy exposed. the amount of editing and clip compilation and sequencing on this is next level!
Hoho holland and Aaron should fish together. We would all appreciate that. I agree with the hypocrisy, it’s insane.
What is your context for hypocrisy?
The "hydrowave" segment at about 41:40 was brutal. That really drilled the hypocrisy home for me.
pure savage. i actually laughed out loud
Do you consider yourself a scoper? 🧐
@@EngineeringHooksets Im not sure what it means to be a scoper. I have one. I don’t use it that much but I intend to use it to find fish in deep water at some point. I think it’s a pretty sweet tool.
@BackroadsAngling I do too, and I plan to get one in a year or so. Was just trying to be funny. Didn't expect to see you in this comment section
@@EngineeringHooksets I heard there was a new Uncut video. Had to come check it out!
Randy sent me
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I was glad to see you made a cameo in this production :D
Nick you are the goat my friend
I know this comment will prob get buried amongst the 1000's of comments but I got more info and laughs out of this one video then I have of all last year combined on CZcams ha ha. Love to see the videos
Ohhh Mike. 😂😂😂
For real
I love how hard you ROCK THE BOAT! Don't ever change Aaron!
"my allegiance is ultimately only toward expanding angling opportunities" -Aaron Wiebe -best dude at critiquing fishing as a whole and from damn near every point of view. outstanding video.
Just remember that quote next time u pull up to a spot and there's a bunch of guys fishing it already. The internet the best/worst thing to ever happen to fishing.
@@Upgraydez You're certainly not wrong there! The internet -the best/worst thing to happen to everything. IMO there's just more people in general -not just at your/my favorite spot. I look at it with the mind set that I just need to try to stay one step ahead and just keep fishing. Keep finding new spots and new tactics in the event the existing spot will inevitably get blown up. I've been in situations several times where I've told folks exactly what I'm doing and how Im doing it and they simply just struggle to replicate it -and don't catch fish.
For the love of God, please don't stop producing videos Aaron. They're just some of the best content in all of CZcamslandia. I know it's probably a royal pain to edit them but please, for all of us at work watching videos instead of doing what we should be doing, don't stop!
Randy is the Joy Reid of the fishing industry
I don't know who that is but Dandy Flauket is a P O S and a half. Liberal af and hates free speech unless it agrees with him. He contradicts himself at times and hasn't been top in tournaments for a long time... he tried to get famous for hate. He is the original Hater...
@@patgingras5974 phenomenal analogy, loving the analogies 😂
This is the comment!!!!
I didn't even know that he was an active fisherman. I thought he was just a commentator.
@@SickBuckNaStY🤦🏼♂️ but does it make you blissful?
Bro there is no such thing as a bad mood for us when you post a video. Buddy if you knew what you did for us anglers out here everytime you post a video…..and the dopamine it sends to our brain and how even the smallest videos you upload turn our days weeks and months around. If you knew the impact you had on anglers around the world that watch this …:. Tight lines man and per usual thanks for the upload
Half documentary, half tourney vid…. Breaking new ground. Awesome 🔥
Half cherry picked smear piece, have self fellation.
The work of a man who understands the progression of technology. You are the person these competitive spaces in the fishing inustry need. Adapt or fall behind. You nailed it once again Aaron.
Where were these people when the Banjo Minnow was released!? 😂
Ive never missed a man i didnt know more in my life. welcome back
An Uncut Angling video??
my thoughts exactly, banger
Well that was a wildly entertaining edit😂
Your interview with Steven (biologist) was top shelf!
It's an honor to be in a Aaron video.
Great video, exactly what the fishing industry needed right now! When Gussy said that none of the FFS haters showed up at that non FFS tourney down south, that said everything we needed to know about those people.
Can't show up to an event you don't know about..... Randy doesn't even have a boat at all right now.... Lots of guys were at other tournaments. Making a reason to be upset is childish. Try using logic and reasoning.
@@jasondadudetoo4176 christ its just bass fishing .... who cares! It's like carp fishing! Rough fish!
@@Sometimes7453 .... Are you mentally incompetent? This comment is about people.... These morons are talking about people and technology and tournaments, the species and customary purpose is irrelevant, like your comment.
been fishing walleyes since 8 years old...i am 46 years old now and i know walleye movements, different seasons and caught em all kinds of ways and i am now a scoper and that knowledge of walleye movements has only enhanced my ability to be a scoper and be successful doing it.
Once again Aaron does the Best possible video on this subject, Amazing Job..
Man did the industry need this video, thank you. This sport needs more unity and non-endemic sponsorships to keep it alive on the tournament scene not infighting about tech that is paying to keep the sport alive. I still can't catch anything. Miss you.
Pretty sure this won't be noticed in the industry. The bigger the tournament scene, the harder it is to find water that hasn't been slammed. Who wants to fish a lake after a big tourney? Only pelicans to scoop up the floaters.
@@Upgraydez as someone in the industry I noticed.
"this sport" wait until you realize 99% of the fishing world has no idea what goes on in the braindead cesspool that is professional American bass fishing, which absolutely should not be kept alive
Wooooooo new uncut video dropped where’s the popcorn
Aaron, usually don’t comment on videos. Saw a lot of people curious on whether this was a forward facing sonar pro or against video. While it may be clear to you or others, I think we need to do a better job at making it obvious. Livescope is a tool, we can use it positively or negatively, if we use it to limit out every day on the water, we will probably see a decrease in fish quality and eventually quantity. If we use it to keep a few, and pair it with good handling and releasing fish well, the decrease would be minimal- if even measurable.
On a separate note I am in agreement with one of the gentlemen on how tournaments are severely affecting fish populations. Everytime I have gone to a lake the day of or day after a tournament I find so many dead bass because their keeping them in a live well, and hauling them around all day and the fish can’t handle that level of stress. The catch photo and release tournaments should be the standard. Why have a weigh in 5 hours later when you can measure them and have a digital leader board.
Cheers, a fly fishing, pond hopping, lake running , river running livescoper ❤
With all the new, careless anglers out there, how could this possibly go wrong? Wait until any clown can buy ffs glasses and show up at ur fishing spot? Nothing I luv in fishing more than a crowd of newbies pillaging fish.
@@Upgraydez they already are
@@Upgraydez The outdoors is for you only? What gives you more right to fish than anyone else? clown...
Aaron, I gotta say man, the dedication and the editing in this video is outstanding! This looks like a thesis paper created in a video format. You have done an incredible job getting your message across about forward facing sonar. Once again man, well done! Love your channel
As someone who's never fished with a live scope, I can't speak from experience. However, I do believe that to an extent it is a bit cheap after watching so many videos on it. I think it definitely takes away from the fishing experience. I can see why someone would want to use it. For example: chasing suspended fish in bays during summer (namely large pike or muskies). Overall I think FFS is a bit game breaking. I haven't used it before though, so I can't say. I typically just use a standard 2000's sonar.
Most people will never learn about the environment and nature, they'll just learn how to target fish. Most people are naive to the effects of this in the future. But they care about other things, like Aaron, who just wants more people fishing which is a shame in itself.
Its the exact opposite. Makes fishing better no question. I have it and theres still time and place for not using it
Jaron Clinch in an uncut video before gta 6
they cut off the best parts of his cameos tho... was waiting for the punchline parts and they didnt come...
We're all happy to see your videos man. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Editing level 1000!! Man, you put that together perfectly all the way to the end. Those same clowns that hate ffs dont have a problem with the spot locking,autopilot robot on the front of their boat! They pick and choose what "technology" they like😂
That video with the Jagr 68 jersey is just a absolute beauty.
Fish the foam
The man, the myth, the legend is back
Aaron I'm truly impressed by your journey navigating the ethics of recreational angling over the years. All of us get there, some faster than others. The edits of the bass guys realizing the impact and talking about it needs to be echoed across the internet because its the fuckin truth. Thank you for using your platform for good educational content. I speak from higher education in the field of fisheries management and environmental ethics: in the end its all animal cruelty for personal pleasure unless you are aiming to harvest and consume fish from a well managed fishery. The only ethical way to enjoy angling is to treat fisheries as a sustainable natural resource, just as our ancestors did. There is nothing wrong with FFS as long as it is used to that end and not to constantly target and harass trophy fish while they are spawning or hiding. Anything else is contrived anthropocentric mental gymnastics to justify cruel and disrespectful behavior. The modern industry driven push for recreational angling, the fake macho outdoorsman pop culture that comes with it, and the bullshit "science" that supports it as a conservation movement is just greenwashed profiteering. We all need to realize this and stop playing into the hand of the industry.
Well said!
Imo ffs takes away the fair chase aspect
@@joshwagner5414 just like the internal combustion engine, fish cant outswim you now
@@mikev4654 not comparable at all. Being able to pick and choose which fish you want to catch based off of size is not fair chase. Would be comparable to using a drone to find animals while hunting.
@joshwagner5414 anglers been doing that for years with regular 2D and DI sonar. If I'm sharp shooting big walleye I'm not dropping down unless I see bigger marks, I don't have FFS.
I see uncut angling I click.
Aaron makes some great points about mortality not been taken seriously for tournaments and other events, thats why the catch, photo release seems like the way of the future.
I understand the concern about the resistance to technologies like LiveScope. I'll be honest I have never used one, but ever since it came out I haven't been a big fan of how much it reveals and it's changes it is making to fishing. I do believe that LiveScope used on a large scale by a large percentage of anglers will have damaging effects on some fisheries, i could be wrong. But if you don't think so, you can go back a couple years to a Jay Siemens video were he did a demo of the LiveScope, after he used the LiveScope he concluded that regulations will have to be changed to adapt to the new reality, and that new reality is it will be easier to find fish and target them more precisely. Im not sure if Jay would say the same thing now that the controversy has blown up, but his 1st take if im remembering correclty was this is gonna require regulation changes so the fisheries are kept in good shape.
Aaron's video this winter on picking through a Crappie school is a good demonstration on how you can really take advantage of the information LiveScope provides.
So as long as we are having an honest convo about the possible negative side effects of LiveScope, I am here for both sides and what has to be said.
Guys on CZcams are more relatable then any tournament anglers to the average fisherman. Jay Siemens, Clayton Schick, The geek's, ext all very relatable. Ive never liked watching tournaments but i like watching people fish.
Randy... Living rent free in Aaron's head for real!😂
This ice season is gonna be FIRE!!
So happy to see you back
This one's an absolute beauty. See you on Shoal.
Bro this was a super creative video and I know it took a lot of work to put together but it came out awesome you have like 20 narratives going on at the same time which is so cool!
You did an amazing job on this video! I have been watching your content for years and also followed the struggles and fights that got highlighted with the Municipality. Keep up the good work Aaron, and I will keep praying and supporting any way I can!
I love the fishing gossip journalism. Keep crushing, bro. You're a real one.
Jay Siemens: Scoper
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This is undoubtedly the best video I've seen in a while, I didn't want to watch it right away just so I could have as much entertainment reading the comments. I'm the old dude in the room, and I haven't fished a tournament for 30 years just because of all the crap that is still going on, the infighting amongst ourselves. I'll put on everything that works on my boat. Who wouldn't? These young guys are the new up and comers, and the older dudes better embrace the fact that they are getting outfished by the younger and better anglers.
Ffs taught me that you still have to get the fish to bite and that they’ve always been there 😂 iykyk
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Love your stuff, Aaron. Killer day on the water by the way. Great work. I love how you focused your criticism on: (1) the hypocrisy of "the older guys" on technology and many other things, such as with Kevin VanDam and many others who profited greatly from pushing product that they all of the sudden have issues with, and (2) the subject of guys who think FFS makes you a better angler vs. guys who think it makes you more incompetent due to reliance on tech. You're a great fisherman, and so for you the use of FFS augments your abilities. However, there are also lots of guys out there using FFS to catch fish that are complete dunderheads without the tech (guides included).
Although I think these two key points are great in your video, I also think that the focus of the FFS discussion should be about how the ever-increasing use of FFS technology will impact the fisheries. You touch on this a bit in the video, but it's anecdotal observations and opinions (either for or against). More FFS usage means more fish being caught, more handling of fish, more mishandling of fish, more delayed mortality of fish (especially hot water temp and/or deep-caught fish), more harvest of fish, more social media content creation showing its use (just like you're doing), bringing further attention to the fish, the list goes on and on. All of this brings increasing pressure onto the fish, which is not good. It's not rocket science. You're acting in your self interest creating this content, just like Kevin VanDam and the others did in the past when they were doing their things.
I understand what some of the older guys are saying regarding how FFS (and other technologies) "shortcuts" anglers (especially younger ones) with regards to their knowledge and how it's developed. I'm not saying this is bad, but I understand where they're coming from. This in turn changes how the average FFS fisherman thinks. As an example, most content creators don't talk about taking care of the resource and protecting it. That includes you sometimes. For example, this video here was about showcasing your performance at a walleye tournament through the use of FFS. Not once did you talk about conservation in the video or your efforts to do so. I thought you did great releasing the walleye quickly, but you need to emphasize that and talk about it, especially since you have a large audience. Became a champion for that, too, not just for FFS discussion. We know you care about it, so do it in each video with at least a mention.
You slapped Randy in the mouth with the dragon slayer. Uncut style. Love it.
man I just telling my kids this morning about the guy with one of the biggest fishing youtube channels hasn't posted in forever glad i looked and you proved me wrong
I'm certain I'm in the minority here, but I found myself skipping a lot of the video.
TLDR - I didn't click on an Uncut Angling video to watch other content creators voice their (hypocritical) opinions on FFS.
Regardless, I appreciate your efforts and enjoyed watching you in the kayak tournament. Thanks for all you do.
You're not alone. A clip or two is fine, but watching 30minutes of other clips really made it hard to watch.
Aaron you are exactly what the fishing industry needs! All these bassholes don’t care about the fish, they cared about making $$ in tournaments and killing fish with weigh ins. I love how you point out how two faced they all are. Are they worried about the future of fishing or the future of their bank accounts?
How does encouraging lots of new people to fish with very little skill or knowledge help the industry? I've seen more fish die by idiot anglers recently than ever before. Him sharing waters out in our parks and hidey holes has done more damage to those areas than any 100 other anglers. I've never seen Manitoba waters fished and treated with such disregard and people just wanna make videos of all these great spots and how to crush fish there. For the price of a few fishing licenses we sacrificed our environment. All good if ur there for the crowds and not the fish.
When you hooked the shiner up all I could think was “a shiner ate my shiner” 😂😂😂😂
Honestly don’t know what to say dude. This is a masterpiece honestly
Beautiful masterpiece. All the fuss about FFS online really bugged me and you perfectly laid it all out. Everyone who is stressing one way or the other about FFS needs to watch this!
This guy😂 I love it!
Phoenix is the absolute best fishing dog ever.
No one competes with your vids uncut. Thank you for all the great content and greetings from southwest michigan
The editing on this video is "better than its ever been"
This pure gold! You are a true master!
Great to see an upload from you !!
We use to watch/follow fisherman channels here to learn more. The electronics that have arrived over the years have never impacted the learning content but that changed with the arrival of live technology. Slight exaggeration- Most creators have become “lazy” imho. Vids have become “Live technology centric”. Get on the water, tape myself casting/catching but make viewers stare at the Live Scope through the whole thing, post video, done.
Many creators are still doing more than forcing us to stare at their Live Scope etc but they are the few.
This is all bullshit...Clayton Shick said it best in one of his videos. When they started mapping structure and all of the contours of each lake was WAY more detrimental then the livescope. and I agree
And another thing... who do you know personally that has a livescope in your town????I don't know of any because let's face it their like 5000$ and not many ppl gonna be able to afford that
Yessir! Autochart live still gets utilized more than ffs in my kayak.
Everyone in my my town northern ontario who buys a new boat has one. There spending 50 to 70g on a boat and to add that to the price to be able to find and catch fish in any new lake is a no brainer @Matthewfrey562
Awwww yeaaaaa Uncut styles.
This Best Video of 2024!
This is the best compilation of FFS videos i've ever experienced. Just wow. wow.
Heard about this and watched all; first, pretty amazing amount of effort - and very well done. Respect for putting out on an issue with very differing opinions. Regarding hypocrisy, nobody can do it like politicians, but we're all guilty and I don't like to catch myself in it either. When the mapping came out I was (selfishly) mad - immediately realizing the advantage from many hours learning structure had been erased; yet I've used it ever since and done tips. Can't logically look down on anyone for using FFS. For self it's just the removal of what seems the last bit of mystery and in order to excel must look at screen a lot and I simply don't want to. Beyond differing opinions seems most important is will fisheries be able to keep up with expansion of anglers armed with the cumulative effects of ever better tech and information without significant increase in artificial assistance? In the muskie community has seemed to me there is hypocrisy in that newbies will be screamed right off of social media for showing a photo hold of any esox vertically; yet the same newbies (with little to no handling experience) get the perception that laying the fish on a measuring device in boat (regardless of water temp) is a standard/necessary part of the experience.
So, outdoor recreation has come to this! Legitimate concerns from both sides of the argument. True question, how much technology will it take before we lose touch with the true spirit of the sport? Drones, trail cameras, gps, boat over $100,00, FFS. Respectfully, miss the days- family and friends, hook and line enjoying free time.
I’m now primarily a saltwater angler but it’s incredible content like this that always keeps me coming back to uncut angling. Incredible work Aaron
Still just glad you’re alive.
Finallly I’ve beeen waitinggg 🎣🎣
I don't eat bass. So when I inadvertently catch bass while crappie fishing, I don't keep them to eat. I keep them to give to my neighbor, he actually likes them.
Some people release fish. I know... The Horror! 😮
Aaron from the top rope. Gettt emmmmmmm
You damn scopers! Stay off my lawn! 🧓
Similar to one of the anglers who was interviewed in a clip you included, I learned to fish on a small river. I euro nymph, a tactic that is looked down upon by some but that allows me to catch my maximum number of fish. I asked my local fly shop if I was preventing myself from becoming better by focusing only on a technique that produces fish. They said the appropriate technique is the one that catches fish. If I had an electronic device that allowed me to catch more, I would use it. Interestingly enough, I foul hook a lot of fish because I’m able to set the hook when they bump the fly to investigate it, something that is bound to happen when tightline fishing even without livescope. The people who look down on livescope are the same people who refuse to share their most productive patterns at the dock, the same ones who lie about the quantity and size of their fish, and the same ones who keep their limit of fish that are just shy of the slot size because the warden will never check them. My favorite part about this video is that despite the advantage of livescope, you still fail to land several good fish, indicating that it does in fact require a well balanced skill set to be a champion fisherman.
tournament fishing and boat fishing for low brow people who care more about money or numbers than the fishing or the outdoor
The "Whats gonna be next?" At the end was perfect
I'm not the best editor, but this was a stitching masterclass, true art
This video is so good. So informative and funny. Amazing video
I'm not out on the water to stare at screens all day. Most people will miss the world happening around them watching these damn screens for everything.
Aaron seems to be pretty butthurt and all consumed by this debate. For some people, fishing just doesn't provide enough drama.
Amazing vid bud. I love Pelican and live in the area. Have a nice boat, would love to take you out next time you are around and learn from the legend 👍
Ban tournament fishing it's just a big ego trip for people anymore. "Look at me" is all it says to me. Tournament fishing need to be revamped. Do away with electronics used to find fish they are not needed in tournaments just learn to fish better. I have caught more and bigger fish, fishing from the shore without electronics. Even fishing in a boat I only use a depth finder to have an idea of depth. Get back to the roots.
Uncut Angling is one of the best fishing channels out there. Aaron is the GOAT thanks the entertainment
What a lake!!!
Thank you Aaron keep fighting the good fight! For it or against it FFS is a game changer.
Loving this new hell bent for making things right on a Kyack kicking your teeth in fish catching Aaron content!...also a Manny doing AL clip would have sent this over the top.
Fantastic per usual Aaron. Great work. Sad to see where the hypocrisy and negativity in the fishing industry today, when there's so many reasons to be excited and optimistic about how much we are learning, how many more fish we're catching, and how much better we can be at conservation.
Incredible video. Well done.
I think what I've learned here, is that technology has also helped identify hypocrisy. I love the video and appreciate the work that went into it.
Wow!....the time and effort spent creating this is unreal and an amazing watch/experience!....BRAVO!
This could quite possibly be the greatest video that I’ve ever watched.
This video was one of the greatest fishing videos I’ve ever seen. lol holy fuck credit to your editing hrs , hope the intoxicants were ample. Great job
With all due respect, I don't think you understand the pressure that gets put on some of the US fisheries from anglers. More fishing licenses are sold in just the state of Texas compared to the entirety of Canada. You don't see more than a thousand boats on the same body of water utilizing forward facing sonar in a day. We can all agree that Randy is polarizing but what some of these anglers are saying is the absolute truth. Forget about tournaments and try to look at it from a different perspective. A lot of fisheries are big enough and healthy enough to handle the extra pressure that the angling success of FFS brings and it is an incredible tool, but many of them in the south are not and are in decline.
You have taken a lot of clips out of context and edited them together to fit your narrative. To create controversy, generate views, and financially benefit yourself. Are you any better than what you're criticizing? FFS will never be a problem in Canada because of the population and endless opportunities that exist, but it absolutely is becoming one in some US fisheries.
Amazing video! 🤣 Underrated editing skills.
What a brilliant idea for a video. Im on the edge of my seat to see what follows and i’m inspired. Im So sick of the same old fishing videos everyone puts out ,
Simply brilliant
All the clips edited together is completely incredible thank you sir for the quality you provide us
great vid for awareness. Im from southern ontario, we agree bass should be in season to fish atleast sportswise all year because we just release them.. dave mercer was here a while ago and was legit giving a presentation and he said 'i have no idea why bass isnt open all year'. I hope we can get anglers to release more and appreciate more to open up the season.
Hats off to you Aaron fight for what you believe in both fishing and city!!!
I cant imagine the time and effort to put this video together; and its all cited!!! I thoroughly enjoyed this video, lots of great laughs.
Amazing video loved the clips, even if I grew up as Kevin being a hero of mine I liked seeing the exposing clips
So much good stuff here thank you Aaron for exposing the hypocrisy !
I'm not a fan of live sonar...but this was an absolutely tremendous video! Amazing job splicing all that footage.
Definitely appreciate the "catch- pic- release" method of tournament fishing.
Great job... Glad to see you're doing well!
That took so much time to put together. The vision you had to incorporate this into a walleye tournament vid is just incredible (trump voice). Love it man