A fake, AI-generated video of the greatest bass fisherman of all time is going viral — and unfortunately it hints at what the future of fishing social media will look like.⁠ ⁠ The video shows what looks like VanDam seated behind a table at a Major League Fishing press conference. The audio and text play a rant torching catfishermen: “Catfishermen crack me up. They sit in lawn chairs all night, rods in PVC, hoping something dumb eats a hot dog. That’s not fishing, that’s loitering with snacks. Duct tape rods, gas station reels, and bait that smells like a landfill and then they brag about dragging up a 30-pound mud-covered bottom feeder like it’s a trophy. I’ll stick to real fishing where you move, think and actually know what you’re doing. Not just sit there stinking like bait and Busch Light.” This is all pretty funny so long as you know the video is fake, and you’re not a catfisherman who takes themselves too seriously. Unfortunately, a lot of commenters didn’t catch that the video w...