So if I run out and buy a FFS, fish will start jumping in the boat?

The coolest thing about FFS is the fact that fish will adapt to the pressure and eventually get very difficult to catch using it. Keep pressuring them with the ping and drive them deep into the cover. The easy fishing will run its course.

Nah... They gotta eat, so they'll continue to orient to the bait fish like they always have...

On a different angle... Will scoping be as effective a night???... Dan

... Not if their tucked in sleeping under a blanket

Dropshotting with 2d is “seeing them” also, bet most have done that.

Most, except for you.

Once and then I realized it was

Wow ol' Randy sure has some peoples whitey tighties in a bunch... For everyone trying to discredit Randy they sure love to bring him into every conversation as the devil... Take a break and actually go fishing the way you want to fish... FFS, have at it... yellow spinnerbait beating the bank, have at it... cane pole and crickets, go for it... Dan

I am not going to get it. Don’t want to invest that much on something I won’t get to use very often.
As far as the pros I say go for it. These guys are spending between 30k and 50k for electronics. Zaldain interviewed the BASS guys on one of the stops on his YouTube channel. It’s obviously necessary to compete or they would not spend that kind of money on it.
They have 2 types of FFS based on the interviews I watched. They were referring to it as salt water and fresh water.
One has a longer range I think. They all had both.
I rarely agree with Mr Randy but some points are valid on this tech. One thing I would agree with him and Hank Parker on is the HS competition. That should be a level playing field as far as I am concerned.
If you like it, great. If you don’t, great. With the exception above I don’t care.

Nothing is level in HS competition. You’ve got a kid throwing a bass pro crankbait on a ugly stick with mono and another team with g loomis rod’s throwing 20 dollar baits, different mapping, etc.

Not the same comparison. I have caught just as many on Bass Pro and Academy baits as I have using megabass or any other high end brand. My Lowriders perform ever bit as well as my Cara's. There will never be a time where a flasher beats FFS.

I am not going to get it. Don’t want to invest that much on something I won’t get to use very often.
As far as the pros I say go for it. These guys are spending between 30k and 50k for electronics. Zaldain interviewed the BASS guys on one of the stops on his YouTube channel. It’s obviously necessary to compete or they would not spend that kind of money on it.
They have 2 types of FFS based on the interviews I watched. They were referring to it as salt water and fresh water.
One has a longer range I think. They all had both.
I rarely agree with Mr Randy but some points are valid on this tech. One thing I would agree with him and Hank Parker on is the HS competition. That should be a level playing field as far as I am concerned.
If you like it, great. If you don’t, great. With the exception above I don’t care.

As a High School coach for 14 years, I would say by definition HS sports have a level playing field. Both teams use the same league approved equipment, play on the same size field, etc. The talent is for sure not even, but the tools are. Yes, you can have more expensive helmets and pads, fancy gloves, etc, but the basic equipment is the same. One team does not get to use a NERF hoop and the other an NBA hoop.

Is Randy your daddy? Then who cares what Randy says....

As a High School coach for 14 years, I would say by definition HS sports have a level playing field. Both teams use the same league approved equipment, play on the same size field, etc. The talent is for sure not even, but the tools are. Yes, you can have more expensive helmets and pads, fancy gloves, etc, but the basic equipment is the same. One team does not get to use a NERF hoop and the other an NBA hoop.

Nothing is level in HS competition. You’ve got a kid throwing a bass pro crankbait on a ugly stick with mono and another team with g loomis rod’s throwing 20 dollar baits, different mapping, etc.

I have the least favorable brand of FFS, Humminbird. I may not see every fish or be able to see my lure retrieve while watching the fish move in for the bite every time, but, the one thing I believe makes it worth the cost is being able to identify dead water and move on without wasting time. Being able to see that areas are holding schools of bait fish and seeing bigger fish in an area helps a lot also. I have found bass in random spots that I would have never even made a cast otherwise.Saying all that, you don't necessarily have to be good at targeting big individual bass with FFS to get a benefit from it. I am very new at using FFS and I'm over 50, so it is quite the learning curve for me, I would definitely recommend FFS to anyone who bass fishes.