Well, folks, on today's episode, we are joined by our good friend Kayak Tournament Angler,

fellow podcast host and YouTuber, Bailey Igbrit. And this one gets interesting because we both

bring five of our bass fishing hot takes to the table, and we discuss a very wide array of topics.

Now, will you agree or disagree with our opinions?

Well, we're about to find out on this episode of Tackle Talk. Hello, everybody. I'm Bill Dance, and another episode of the Tackle Talk podcast, another very fun episode,

because we have a guest today that I would consider one of my really good friends in the fishing

world, Bailey Eigbrit. And some episodes just have different tones here on Tackle Talk. Some are

going to be very cut and dry and educational. Some are going to be a little bit more buttoned up or

uptight because it's our first time maybe meeting that guest. But today is neither of those.

But when you have a guest like Bailey that you know so well and you're genuinely good friends with, I wanted to make it a little

bit more interesting. So I asked Bailey to come with a few opinions or statements that he feels

pretty strongly about that could be considered quote unquote hot takes in the fishing world.

And then I did the same thing. So we've probably got a good 10 or so total topics or

opinions that you might agree with either of us on or you might strongly disagree. And that's

obviously the point of the episode today. A fun conversation about lightly controversial

or very opinionated topics between two friends who aren't afraid to disagree with each other,

but also really try and see the other side and come to some sort of middle ground or

understanding there if there is a disagreement. So some of my favorite conversations with people

are when they have viewpoints that are different than mine, but also has the merit to stand on

its own and challenge my own kind of preconceived notions about a certain topic. And I actually

like the chance sometimes to have my opinion changed if the evidence or case that's being made

is good enough to do so. And if it's not, then it just reaffirms the beliefs that I already

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