>Everyone who buys one will think to themselves, "where can I
>take this and put it in front of some fish?" They'll run
>straight to shag rock and fire off the end of it.
>
>If there's fish there they'll catch some. 3 hours later
>another guy will pull up and do the same thing. By the time
>the big pro/ams get going in the spring it won't be every 3
>hours, it will be every time one boat pulls off it another
>will pull on it.
>
>By the time you're the 876th guy who has made that cast with
>that rig, fishing won't be good there any more. The
>effectiveness of the rig is the exact reason it will get beat
>down so fast.
>
>S, go have some fun while it lasts :) But banning it? I
>dunno. It'll render itself average on it's own in no time.

That's the most likely scenario.

BASS' current mission/business model is to promote and spur sales in recreational fishing industry. That's what all their partner companies' sponsorship and promotional money pays for, it's part of their advertising budget. It seems counter-intuitive for BASS to ban a product when their mission is to promote their partners' products in the first place. For some of the sponsors' top promotional spokespeople (ie, the Elite field) to come out publicly for a ban is kind of dumb and they're shooting themselves in the foot.

The corporate overlords at Pure Fishing will have to intervene and put the kibosh on BASS’ silly ban. It’s cutting into potential sales of their knockoff product before it even has an opportunity to reach the market. There's lots of $$$ to be made still and BASS is keeping them from making it.