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Tackle Talk - Bass Fishing Podcast

Ep. 347 - What's Going On With TUNGSTEN?! Plus: The Most OVERRATED Bait Companies, Wading in Gross Water, and more!

Tackle Talk - Bass Fishing Podcast

Andrew Hayes

Sports, Wilderness

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode:

  • The rapidly rising cost of Tungsten!
  • Major League Fishing Stage 5 results
  • Fishing Poll: The most OVERRATED bait companies
  • Mailbag: Wading in nasty water, rod weights, and more!

 

Tackle Talk is presented by: 

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

 

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 take a hard look at the rising cost of tungsten.

0:06.1

We talk about some of the most overrated bait companies in the fishing industry.

0:10.0

We have fresh Major League fishing results, and we answer your questions about wading in gross water, rod weights, and more on today's episode of Tackle Talk.

0:20.8

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

0:25.7

This is the Tackle Talk podcast.

0:29.5

Brought to you by The Rod Locker, Premium Gear and Expert advice from a staff you can trust.

0:41.9

Now, here's your host, Andrew Hayes.

0:47.8

Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Tackle Talk podcast. I appreciate you joining us today.

0:52.7

Before we get into the episode, we have to give a big shout out to the folks that make not only this episode, but this entire podcast

0:54.8

possible, the Rod Locker. Rod Locker is a great family-owned Midwestern tackle shop based right

1:01.5

there in southern Indiana that has an awesome selection of both new and lightly used fishing

1:07.3

gear. Their used section is one of those things that just sets them apart from everybody

1:12.0

else in the country. We're talking hundreds of lightly used rods or reels, most of which you get

1:18.4

in the mail and don't look like they were used like hardly at all. I can't tell you how many times

1:22.9

I have seen used gear from the rod locker show up and it looks almost brand spanking new.

1:28.4

And you save a ton of money, not just regular price, but they also do awesome sales on their

1:33.3

used gear all the time too. So check their Facebook page for their wildcard Wednesdays that

1:38.3

they drop usually in the middle of the day on Wednesday where they actually pick like a couple

1:42.2

rods and a couple reels and they run extra discounts

1:45.0

on those and they actually walk you through each of those models. So be sure to check them out on

1:49.6

social media because they drop those all the time. It's also worth mentioning that you should

1:53.7

probably become a platinum member with the rod locker because you get free shipping with no

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