Ep. 293 - Punching Weeds, Battling Wind In A Kayak, Fishing Apps, and More! (The Mailbag: May 2025)
Tackle Talk - Bass Fishing Podcast
Andrew Hayes
2.4 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode we are back with a healthy does of the Tackle Talk Mailbag! We’ve got a pretty wide assortment of questions and topics today from kayak fishing in the wind, weight shape for punching weeds, bite predicting phone apps, Cashion Rods, Lews Reels, and more!
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Shimano SLX 7'2" MH/XF - https://www.americanlegacyfishing.com/products/shimano-slx-casting-rod-7-2-medium-heavy-slxcx72mha?_pos=33&_sid=a47dc1714&_ss=r
Daiwa Tatula XT 7'3" MH/F - https://www.americanlegacyfishing.com/products/daiwa-tatula-xt-casting-rod-7-3-medium-heavy-tatulaxt731mhfb?_pos=4&_sid=7e4d9cd16&_ss=r
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| 0:00.0 | On today's episode, we are back with a healthy dose of the Tackle Talk mailbag. |
| 0:05.3 | We've got a pretty wide assortment of topics here today from kayak fishing in the wind |
| 0:09.5 | to weight shape for punching weeds, to bite predicting phone apps, cash in rods, lose reels, |
| 0:16.3 | and a ton more on today's episode of Tackle Talk. |
| 0:19.2 | Hello, everybody. I'm Bill Dance, and you're listening |
| 0:22.1 | to Tackle Talk. This is the Tackle Talk podcast, brought to you by American Legacy Fishing and |
| 0:30.8 | outdoors, world-class fishing gear, unmatched personal service. Now, here's your host, Andrew Hayes. |
| 0:41.3 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:42.2 | Welcome back to another episode of the Tackle Talk podcast. |
| 0:44.5 | As always, the Tackle Talk podcast is brought to you by American Legacy |
| 0:47.6 | Fishing and Outdoors. |
| 0:48.8 | And if you tuned in last week to our $100 rod shootout episode, those top three rods in our standings. The Fenwick |
| 0:56.2 | Eagle, the Shimano SLX, and the Diwa Tatula XT are all currently available over at American |
| 1:02.6 | Legacyfishing.com. They're all $99, and if you use our code, Tackle Talk 5, that makes them $95. |
| 1:09.6 | And if you're an elite member, you get an extra 10% back, so it really makes it like $85, |
| 1:14.2 | which is an absolute steal for all three of those rods. |
| 1:17.0 | And I've had a few people recommend this over the past week, so I think it's a good idea. |
| 1:20.1 | What I'm going to do today in the description of today's episode and last week's episode, I'm going to add the link for each of those exact rods to make them |
| 1:28.4 | easier to find over on the ALF website. So if you want to check out any of those three rods that |
| 1:32.7 | were in our top three last week, the links will be in the description today. Really easy to find. |
| 1:37.6 | But if you're in the market for anything else, rods, reels, line, baits, ALF has you covered. |
| 1:43.9 | They're fantastic folks over there, Brian, Adam, Chad, Hans, Rob, Jacob. They're all great folks, and they're there to help make sure they get you the best gear at the best prices with the best service that you will find from any tackle retailer, hands down. They have a price match guarantee on their website. |
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