Brad Fuller, president of the National Professional Fishing League, announced via a letter on the organization's website today that the NPFL will ban forward-facing sonar for the 2025 season.
"Every sport has equipment rules to protect the players and the integrity of the game," Fuller said in the letter. "As examples, Major League Baseball does not allow aluminum bats so as to protect certain players on defense and to preserve the game’s legacy. Auto racing has restrictions on engines and other equipment to protect drivers and ensure competitiveness. The Professional Golfers’ Association prohibits balls that use technology to overcome shortcomings of skill.
"Tournament bass fishing is not different from these other sports in its need to protect the integrity and appeal of the game."
To read the letter in its entirety, click here.
