Forward Facing Sonar has once again been the only topic in tournament bass fishing the past several weeks. Will it be banned? Should it be banned? Will the professional anglers get a say? Will the ...

Major League Fishing changed its rules about forward facing sonar in 2025, but anglers are lukewarm to the compromise. The new rules intend to keep professional fishing modern and current while ...

Walleye and musky fishing season will proceed as normal on Wisconsin’s lakes, despite resolutions by a local Tribe to ...

Tucker Smith’s $500K win at the Ultimate Angler Championship just rewrote the narrative about skill, technology, and the next generation of pros. After a year of build-up, the Ultimate Angler ...

A tip of the hat to the National Professional Fishing League for taking a chance. The pro tournament circuit stirred some pots and rattled some cages over the Labor Day holiday with an announcement ...

After what appeared to be a great conclusion to the 2025 season, B.A.S.S. announced a controversial change for the 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series. The use of forward-facing sonar (FFS) will be limited ...

Once upon a time, fishing was about instinct. You read the water, felt the wind, and trusted the gut. The best anglers were part hunter, philosopher, and lunatic, chasing ghosts beneath the surface ...

In a historic decision announced yesterday (Sep. 2) by the National Professional Fishing League (NPFL), Forward-Facing Sonar (FFS) will be banned from competitive use for the 2025 season. The league ...

The Redcrest Bass Fishing Championship repudiates criticism that anglers in Major League Fishing can't compete without forward-facing sonar. Dustin Connell, an expert with forward-facing sonar, won ...

The all-new forward facing sonar system from Humminbird® is called XPLORE™ and MEGA Live™ and provides high performance with innovation to the world of fish-finding technology. Photo courtesy of ...

Milliken discusses footage that could lead to forward facing sonar being banned.

This past week I conducted four on-the-water sonar training sessions and a common thread I noted was the owners’ lack of awareness about just how handicapped they would be by choosing to mount their ...