Todd Castledine - The Final FFS Debate: The Numbers Don't Lie on MERCER-281

The Forward-Facing Sonar debate has been driven by strong opinions. But now, for the first time, we have a full season of results to test them against.A year ago, the always opinionated Todd Castledine joined the show and made some bold predictions about what would happen when the Bassmaster Elite Series split its schedule between FFS and non-FFS events.Now the 2026 season is over—and Todd is back to find out whether those predictions held up.Did the anglers who dominated with Forward-Facing Sonar stay on top without it? Did the non-FFS events expose a different group of elite competitors? And did banning FFS actually change the competitive landscape, or did the same names keep finding a way to win?With five events allowing FFS and four events without it, we finally have enough data to move beyond speculation.This isn’t about what might happen. It’s about what actually happened—and whether Todd saw it coming.The season is over.The predictions have been made. Now it’s time to see who was right.Welcome to The Mercer Podcast & the Final Forward Facing Sonar Debate.