Take Scoping Away And The Kids Still Kick A**

[borderbasser]

Growing up no one I knew could ever afford what these youngsters are getting to do. Just hope they appreciate it.

+1

[wicker*man]

How many scopers are in the top?

Almost all of them. They are all “scopers”.

[River-Bandit]

Why would they not use their ffs on the Sabine ?,,,,, I use mine fishing river systems

[local16]

I’m glad to see Trey move up to 12th place and Livesay moves up big time.

[AKRISONER]

That guy that was super mad at fujita in Texas for being a scoper that doesn’t speak English well must be losing his damn mind right now

[OleSoutherner]

Easton made a comment this morning on Mercer’s morning segment that he was flipping and throwing spinning baits all day and he actually enjoys not looking at his screen. He said he likes this style because it’s like how he grew up fishing. Just shows these kids know how to do it all. It’s just that other guys haven’t adapted or learned to use the allowed tech.

[yadkincustomlures]

Why would they not use their ffs on the Sabine ?,,,,, I use mine fishing river systems

Hard to use FFS when you are punching grass or flipping at visible targets 10 feet away from the boat

[Okie Poke]

My ADHD will not allow me to read through all of that. Are there cliffnotes?

[geodebasser]

One thing remains consistent since the seventies in any given tournament any given day. 20% of the fisherman catch 80% of the bass. The 20% usually have the most water time. I doubt there is that much difference in the generations other than energy levels.

[Greasyeasy]

Easton made a comment this morning on Mercer’s morning segment that he was flipping and throwing spinning baits all day and he actually enjoys not looking at his screen. He said he likes this style because it’s like how he grew up fishing. Just shows these kids know how to do it all. It’s just that other guys haven’t adapted or learned to use the allowed tech.

That's why he dominated during the FL swing where scope is irrelevant right?

[ECobb91]

1000%, that's the biggest difference in the game right now.

Back in the day, the bank of Mommy and Daddy weren't buying kids $100k+ rigs, $50k trucks, and the expense money needed to travel everywhere to fish. Years ago dudes would work for a few years and save money and then try to make their dream come true.

completely agree.

even now, I don’t know any outdoorsy family than can, or willing, to spend 100k on a boat.. most guys around here can’t even justify the cost of livescope.

the recreational angler has been priced out of the competitive circuit if they truly want to be competitive. Only the rich can afford the a relatively new boat and newer electronics.

[John Clarke]

Needs to read more Hemingway.

[Fuzzy12]

That’s just because these kids are so much better, I swear. If your older generation only had the work ethic and grit these kids have…

Good one!

[Aj14]

LOL....kid who won Fork last week scoping is in 99th place on a body of water where scope doesn't play......alrighty then with your brilliant theory

Well, you can't say he didn't try.

[PsuHntr]

completely agree.

even now, I don’t know any outdoorsy family than can, or willing, to spend 100k on a boat.. most guys around here can’t even justify the cost of livescope.

the recreational angler has been priced out of the competitive circuit if they truly want to be competitive. Only the rich can afford the a relatively new boat and newer electronics.

I just bought a top of the line live scope system for like 2600 dollars they really aren’t that expensive

[LateralLine]

My ADHD will not allow me to read through all of that. Are there cliffnotes?

yes

Cliffnotes: FFS is the Devil and without it no top pro angler today could catch a fish without it.

[townsend266]

I just bought a top of the line live scope system for like 2600 dollars they really aren’t that expensive

Top of the line? So that would be like a Gamin 8616 and LVS34? How you get something like that for $2,600?

[Orion922]

All this debate about FFS and the such and I am just here wondering why we cannot get the A-rig back?

[River-Bandit]

Hard to use FFS when you are punching grass or flipping at visible targets 10 feet away from the boat

Yes I agree for grass mats it does not play,, but it sure does for flipping visible targets 10' away from the boat,, I use it in 5' of water to see if there are fish on cypress trees and laydowns,, if there are no fish then why flip to a target ,ffs is a great tool for eliminating dead water and when you have a bazillion targets it really helps ,,,,,,,,, and there is a lot of diverse things on the Sabine river to fish other than grass mats ,, I run my fwd transducer a couple clicks up and my other in perspective mode and it works great for these situations,, and these young guys are excellent at using FFS so I can not see how it would not play in this event ,, unless maybe they are all fishing the same grass mat

[Ski Tar]

How many scopers are in the top?

When it was all said and done, positions 2,3,4,5 and 9 of the final day top 10 are all known "scopers" with MANY more that made the 50 cut. They still catch them without scope. They are way more prepared than a most anti-FFS guys will give them credit for.