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 ...

Electronics are a hot button topic in fishing lately. Over the last few years, the advent of technology like side-scan, down-scan, and forward-looking sonar has a lot of folks asking if the sport is ...

Forward Facing Sonar continues to be the number one topic in tournament bass fishing. Is it running fisheries? Should it be banned? Will the professional anglers get a say? Will the manufacturer’s ...

Forward facing sonar for ice fishing might feel new, but it’s actually been around for years. During the early 2000s, Gold Medal World Ice Fishing Champion Tony Boshold attached his flasher transducer ...

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 ...

Forward-facing sonar — which only a few years ago seemed too futuristic to impact Minnesota fish and fishing, and anyway seemed too costly for most anglers to acquire for use in their boats and, in ...

to hungry largemouth bass on Virginia’s Chickahominy River in the mid-1980s. It was well before the high-end sonar units modern anglers have come to know and love really started to catch on. Although ...

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 ...

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 ...

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