At what point and time do the pro tours begin to start outlawing certain technologies. Other sports have, NASCAR, especially this year, for example. In lakes with heavy pressure, technology such as cameras, side view sonar and fish callers, could put fishing in jeprody in the future. And there is the age old guestion: Have the fishermen actually gotten better, or has the equipment just made it look like the fishermen are better? Every major sport goes through this evolution(oops--creation). Baseball, golf, horse racing, auto racing and now fishing have or will have to answer the question. In baseball, the balls are juiced, in golf the balls are made to go further and the clubs made to hit strieghter, in horse racing certain drugs can enable a horse to run with out bleeding. But in all sports, at a point in time, rules are made and enforced to limit the amount of mechanical enhancement that is allowed. Are we getting close to that point in fishing? I have no answer or opinion, but I have begun to question if the technology could put our sport at risk. I always hate questions of ethics because they make me think, and that gives me a headache.
Gary