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<blockquote data-quote="SerchforPerch" data-source="post: 447320" data-attributes="member: 2585">I'm talking specifically tournaments - which are supposed to be based on skill and knowledge to find/catch fish.&nbsp; There is a reason why we cannot use drones or thermal imaging devices to take trophy big game - but if we could I guarantee people would be doing it..&nbsp;&nbsp; Or should I say the &quot;younger&quot; crowd would be?&nbsp; us outdoorsman use the word &quot;fair chase&quot; in every facet imaginable, but when it comes to fishing tournaments there is obviously a double standard. The days of networking, pre-fishing, studying lake topography, baitfish movement patterns, water temps, structural differences, studying lake maps, mapping out weed lines, contour lines, understanding feeding patterns/windows, biology, etc. to locate &quot;big fish&quot; goes away if I can simply image them before even making a single a cast..&nbsp; Tournament fishing using multiple FFS to scan open water just to pitch to&nbsp; individual &quot;big&quot; fish and pulling baits away from the lesser sized fish is not tournament fishing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SerchforPerch, post: 447320, member: 2585"] I'm talking specifically tournaments - which are supposed to be based on skill and knowledge to find/catch fish. There is a reason why we cannot use drones or thermal imaging devices to take trophy big game - but if we could I guarantee people would be doing it.. Or should I say the "younger" crowd would be? us outdoorsman use the word "fair chase" in every facet imaginable, but when it comes to fishing tournaments there is obviously a double standard. The days of networking, pre-fishing, studying lake topography, baitfish movement patterns, water temps, structural differences, studying lake maps, mapping out weed lines, contour lines, understanding feeding patterns/windows, biology, etc. to locate "big fish" goes away if I can simply image them before even making a single a cast.. Tournament fishing using multiple FFS to scan open water just to pitch to individual "big" fish and pulling baits away from the lesser sized fish is not tournament fishing. [/QUOTE]

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