 Can you be out fished with it? Yes. Can you be out fished without it? Absolutely. That's where the controversy comes in. You still have to catch the fish. You still have to make the fish bite. Just because you see them doesn't mean you can't catch them or can catch them. But some people say it makes it too easy and you can go into an area and target fish or target a specific structure or what have you that somebody couldn't see but you can.