We'll get to see if Drew Gill learned to fish without the umbilical cord in the off season.

Why is it crazy, FFS is a crutch.

He is the one I’m most interested in watching without the scope. He literally never makes a cast without looking at a fish on scope,

He was on BTL right after they annouced this rule change and rambled non stop in fear/anger for 30 minutes without taking a breath, the demons were in his head bad, I am very interesting how he will do with these rules.

^^^ Exhibit A ^^^^ for wokeness

This is actually a good thing, the “yell at clouds” guys can go watch the NPFL and the guys who want to actually see fish get caught, can watch BASS.

Look for boring, reduced weight events in the NPFL & BPT.

Jumpsuits and yellow spinner baits might give some of those olds a woody

Nah... There's some skill to it, so I've heard... Something I'll never learn or have the desire to learn... I just don't have the patience anymore... A man's gotta know his limitations... I recently priced a new boat... Told the guy I wanted a 300R, 80lb Fortrex without the transducer in the foot, two 10" water temperature gauges (no SI, DI, AI, CI or FU...), lead batteries and an onboard battery charger (the greatest accessory ever invented for bass fisherman)... You should have seen the look on his face... Priceless... I told him I'm a bank beater and will be until the day they pry a fishing rod from my cold dead hands...

Listen, it's available, it's legal... Either fish a circuit that either bans it or doesn't... Your choice... Life is too short to worry about what everyone has on their boats... Dan

Bring back flashers and steel baitcasting rods!
Everything else is just a crutch.
Also, only wooden plugs should be allowed.

What happened?

We're assuming that anyone will be watching the pros. It's become my cheater box is bigger than your cheater box event. Hard to call it pro fishing anymore. Nothing professional at watching cheater boxes all day. As for this olds, I will be out FISHING instead of watching the KIDS. I will be enjoying the outdoors, debt free, and not stressing out that my cheater box may be too SMALL.

So you're saying people with FFS are in debt

I don't get why some of the people hate FFS if you don't like it don't use it Im about to be 66 but I try to use it to my advantage and believe me its not cheating its a lot harder to figure out then it seems , and I certainly don't have it figured out. Just saying if you don't like it don't use it. I hope the Elites get to where they can show the anglers screen on the feed so I can watch exactly what they do with it.

I could care less if it's used or not; however, FFS sure don't make for good T.V. fish'in shows.

That's odd because TV ratings have never been higher. They were so high that Fox increased their coverage for 2025.