Add to that rather than pay real money to a few they can sprinkle out crumbs, baits, spools of line, etc to every a hole with a youtube channel or a tiktok following. The entire model is warped and a big reason the actual professionals starve, along with the fact that tournament fishing is less popular than corn hole.

Why is that bad? You can be the greatest at a particular thing but that doesn’t make you good at marketing.

Most youth these days follow people that do stupid things or act like true idiots. How is that good for marketing? It’s in the eye of the beholder. I’m one that feels social media is ruining everything. Not just fishing. And it’s doomed our youth already.

Companies know who is and isn’t buying products and they are going to direct marketing dollars towards that demographic. It’s like all the 70 year olds complaining about ffs- thru aren’t buying it anyways.

I'm not buying bridgeford jerky because they sponsor randy b and because it sucks

Explain please, you won’t hurt anyone’s feelings.

Do you have something against tournaments?

You will if you don't get those hub seals fixed soon

Nothing at all I’m just saying it’s good for the goose it’s good for the gander. Those guys are celebrated for bringing 5 big ones across the stage so you can’t get mad at billy Bob doing it for instagram at the boat ramp.

More drama is all social media brought to the game. And its sells apparently.

I don't think it is currently ruined, but I invite anyone who does think its ruined to move on to something else. It will be better for you and will help to improve numbers for the rest of us as well.

It ruined one of my favorite fishing spots. Could fish there all day and maybe see a handful of boats.
Now it's turned into a circus and never will be the place it used to be.

It hasnt ruined fishing, its made us better in that regard. It has been the complete demise of many lakes though.

Pros making it look so easy on TV are a big part of the problem. whe the TV goes from one to another making people think they are just catching fish with reckless abandon they think anyone can do it .I guess I am old enough to remember when it was dads and Grandpa's who taught the fishing to their kids but now we have Hi schools and colleges along with pros and us parents teaching our kids to fish which is making the boats and tackle go higher and higher just about putting a lot of fishermen on the bank or sitting on their butts at home. I am sorry but putting 200 + boats on any lake is just to dang many and should be broken up to give some relief to our lakes and the people who are regulars and home owners on any given lake