Here's the joke
https://www.wired2fish.com/news/12-states-to-ban-use-of-livescope-on-state-fisheries
Here's real life in 2024, see resolution 280123
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/2023_Resolutions

There’s a whole lot of crazy in that list. Especially the predator/coyote stuff. LOL!!

Sounds like Thomas is getting his [censored] kicked in his local tournaments.

Last thing we need is more government involvement- we already have daily limits- this is idiotic to try and ban.

Should have been banned years ago.fishing and hunting should be games of skill, sometimes luck, instead of technological crutches. Livescoper is old Indian word for poor fisherman. Just google it

So hunters should just put a blindfold on and “pray and spray”? Not to mention fishing. Every has 2D and SI- I think everyone except Cox has some version of livescope- if any of these theories are true, why did a ton of the field the first two elite series just stink up the show?

Why would hunters need to put a blindfold on? It is illegal to use cell cameras to hunt with on public land in Ky and I’m sure many other states. 2d and sidescan doesn’t allow you to follow a school or even a single fish around until you catch it.

Recreational use of ffs may not be as detrimental to fish populations as I believe it will be but it sure doesn’t belong in competition at elite level.

Hunters literally aim at whatever game they are hunting, they see it with their own eyes and know what it is, the animal has no say in what happens. Livescope you see a fish and sling a line in the general direction and hop it bites, then you have to reel it in- then you find out what species and size it is. The comparisons to hunting are so clownish that no one should even respond to them. The vast majority of the field couldn’t figure it out- it’s not anything like hunting game or they’d all be “shooting” fish.

Cell cameras, thermal scopes, spotlights are relative to ffs and anyone not as biased as you seem to be would understand it. Matter of fact, it is so clownish to think that it isn’t an unsporting advantage, no one should even reply to their simpleton “olds” argument.

Ban it... I've got no dog in the fight... Leave it as is, I've got no dog in the fight... As far as I know my Helix 10SI's give me accurate depth readings and temps... Dan

I think it is illegal to fly a drone across your deer lease while hunting. Not sure exactly how it is stated, but I remeber parts of it.

TPWD got in front of that fairly early, can't use drones for hunting or scounting purposed for native game animals, does not apply to exotics

In season scouting, or year round?

That would be a question for your game warden,

Banning FFS? Randy's dream coming true? Personally I don't think banning it is going to effect the LMB world one bit because it is such huge catch an release kind of deal, but for the catch and eat species like crappie and such there needs to be some regulations on how many reproductive size fish can be taken.