Puzzling. National Game and Fish departments consider it legal in some form or another. IGFA must not see it as a legal way to catch bass. I seriously doubt a WR would be caught on this but, if it were I would expect an outcry from the public.

Me personally I could care less since I don't believe this is some magic lure and don't believe it is the type of lure a WR record will be caught on. I say this and now watch me catch a WR on it and fight light hell :P