On today's episode of Tackle Talk, we have a jid, jia, giant guest, as our friend,

the one and only Dave Mercer stops by the show.

And no topic is off limits.

We talk about the overall state of bass fishing today from all angles, including tournaments,

fishing gear, opportunities, and attitude.

We also talk about underwater video footage of both large mouth and small mouth.

We chat about the 2025 Elite Series season, Dave's favorite fishing gear, and more on today's

episode of Tackle Talk.

Hello everybody. I'm Bill Dance, and you're listening to Tackle Talk.

Thank you. I'm Bill Dance, and you're listening to Tackle Talk. Hey, everybody.

Welcome back to another episode of the Tackle Talk podcast.

And for those of you that always send me the messages of, hey, I wish that these episodes were longer than 30 or 40 minutes.

Guess what?

You are in luck today.

Because today's episode is probably, I don't know, three to four times the length of a normal Tackle Talk episode for good reason.

It's not every day.

You get to sit down with one of the most recognizable, respected,

positive, opinionated, fun, outgoing people in the sport. If there was a face of bass fishing,

our guest today would probably be on the short list to serve in that role. And that is because today

we have an almost two hours sit down with Mr. Dave

Mercer. And Dave is one of those guys that I really respect because of how multifaceted he is.

I might have said it in the episode, if so, forgive me, but he wears so many hats. He's obviously

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