Well, you have to consume social media first... I'm pretty sure when Fork blasted on the scene it was before the advent of social media... We heard about it and made a trip in 1987... Probably read about it in Bassmaster magazine... So Yes/ No/ Maybe... Dan

The internet has done more to damage lakes than ffs will ever do. Youtubers, clowns that post every big fish they catch on a lake, and I'll never understand why local clubs make their weights from jackpots public knowledge. Then you have the fish apps with waypoints. Add guides posting nonsense to try and drum up business to the list.

Absolutely yes, the story is 100% accurate, any lake gets decent and it’s destroyed within months. It’s also diluted everything we watch. Everyone’s now an expert and people get sick of watching it all.

Much like guns don't kill people by themselves i think social media is fine. Some people just screw it up

I think it makes it hard on the professional guy trying to get sponsor dollars. The sponsors can get more views from some guy talking about fishing than the professional who actually fishes. The internet is the new jersey and wrap for the local..... every dollar that an idiot like Randy B or some youtuber collects from a sponsor is a dollar that could be directed at actual people who are trying to make it in the pros

It’s ruined everything

The internet made more information available to almost everyone. We should be much better informed than before.
Sadly for the majority it just made people more polarized.

Same with social media. There is a lot to be learned that you could not do without it.
Instead of using it to learn about fishing people spend a lot of time discussing who did this, who did that.
Still, the best fishermen are not in front of their computers on social media. They don't have time for it.

I don’t think it’s ruined it.
I see lots of guys out on the water doing what they see on YouTube, just like 30 years ago I saw them doing just like they saw on tv. Run and gun and all hitting the same spots.
I’ve always looked for fish away from the crowds and using techniques that maybe not everybody else would use at that time and place. Overall, there’s more anglers for sure, but I wouldn’t say anything is ruined.

100% yes.

I wonder how much fun Bois d arc would have been if there was no social media? It went crazy there for awhile, people driving in from out of state etc.

yep

Yep

I read on social media that it is ruining bass fishing. It must be true.