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Tackle Talk - Bass Fishing Podcast

Ep. 343 - An INSANE DEAL On A Very Popular SHIMANO Rod, Scent vs. No Scent, Rod And Reel Cleaning, Budget Musky Setups, and More!

Tackle Talk - Bass Fishing Podcast

Andrew Hayes

Sports, Wilderness

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today we have a killer show that ends with a KILLER deal, on one of the best selling rods of the last 5-10 years! It's a deal so good, you have to do a double take, but I promise, it's real. We also tackle the topic of scented soft plastics in this week's fishing poll, and in the mailbag we discuss rod and reel cleaning, the Tatula X vs Shimano SLX XT, budget musky setups, and more!

 

LINK TO ARDENT REEL CLEANING KIT: https://amzn.to/41hC14E

 

Tackle Talk is presented by: 

The Rod Locker | www.therodlocker.com | Promo Code: TACKLETALKAPRIL

 

Additional support provided by:

Amped Outdoors | www.ampedoutdoors.com 

Humminbird | www.humminbird.com

Minn Kota | www.minnkotamotors.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, on today's episode, we have a killer show for you that ends with a killer

0:05.3

deal on one of the best-selling rods of the past five to ten years. It's a deal that's so good,

0:11.6

you have to do a double take when you see it, but I promise it is very real. We also tackled

0:17.0

the topic of scented soft plastics in this week's fishing poll, and in the mailbag,

0:21.3

we discuss rod and real cleaning, the Tatula X versus the Shimano SLXXT, budget musky setups, and more

0:28.6

on today's episode of Tackle Talk. Hello everybody, I'm Bill Dance, and you're listening to Tackle Talk.

0:36.1

This is the Tackle Talk podcast.

0:39.7

Brought to you by the Rodlocker.

0:43.2

Premium gear and expert advice from a staff you can trust.

0:48.5

Now, here's your host, Andrew Hayes.

0:53.6

Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Tackle Talk podcast. I am very excited for this episode because it combines two of my favorite things, talking about fishing gear and saving a boatload of money.

1:05.1

Two of the main pillars of the Tackle Talk podcast, and we nail both of them today.

1:09.6

But before we do, the only reason that we're

1:11.8

able to do Tackle Talk at all, but especially this episode, is because of the Rod Locker.

1:17.3

And I'm going to skip all of the formalities today here at the top of the show. You guys know

1:21.7

that the Rod Locker is my favorite tackle shop. They're a great partner of this show.

1:26.2

Great pricing, fast shipping, amazing customer

1:29.3

service. But today, our entire main portion of the episode and the insane deal that follows

1:35.0

that you guys will have access to is solely because of the rod locker. This is a deal that you

1:40.2

won't find anywhere else on one of the most popular rods of the last decade,

1:45.0

and it is solely made possible because of the rod locker.

1:48.7

So I won't spoil it, but as you get halfway through this episode, it will all make sense to you.

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