Episode 1297: BASS FISHING HALL OF FAME LEGACY LURES, PAT SCHLAPPER, AND TUCKER SMITH

BASS TALK LIVE

Mark Jeffreys

Bass, Dallas, Sports, Outdoor, Fishing, Bassfishing

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Matt is joined by Bruce Stanton, Vice President and General Manager of PRADCO, to talk about the upcoming Bass Fishing Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary and the release of five commemorative lures from Heddon, Norman, and Cotton Cordell signed by Bass Fishing legends Rick Clunn, Bill Dance, Roland Martin, Bobby Murray, and Larry Nixon.

CHECK OUT THER LURES HERE:
https://www.bassfishinghof.com/limite...

In the second half of the show, Matt is joined by two-time Elite Series Champion, Pat Schlapper, following his impressive victory last week on the Mississippi River to close out the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series.

Finally, 2025 Elite Series Rookie Of the Year, Tuck Smith, joins BTL to break down how he got the job done in his first season on the Elite Series.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the 21st season of Bass Talk Live.
0:05.4	BTL is presented by Bass Cat Boats.
0:10.0	Strike King Lures.
0:12.4	Aftco.
0:14.0	Pro Guy Batteries.
0:15.5	Spro.
0:16.7	Gama Katsu.
0:18.4	The Bass Tank.
0:20.5	Denali Rods. Beatdown outdoors, and Sunline.
0:27.6	BTL coming at you.
0:30.0	Good morning and welcome to another exciting edition of BTL Bass Talk Live where we are going to talk about bass fishing.
0:35.4	We're going to talk about a lot today.
0:37.2	I'm pretty excited for today's show. I was of piecing it together uh over the last couple weeks
0:41.9	waiting for the final pieces of the puzzle to fall into place and they did quite nicely last week
0:49.0	uh up at lacrosse the mississippi river to close out the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series season
0:56.3	in really exciting fashion, Patch Slopper.
0:59.8	Listen, I'll say it when he's on the show today.
1:02.6	I did not have Patch Slopper winning two Elite Series tournaments on my bingo card in 2025.
1:10.8	And it was awesome to see what he did on,
1:13.4	on what I would say his home body of water, where he was really motivated. He really had a game
1:17.7	plan. He went out. He executed it. He went out and got it. It wasn't like in his lap. Like he went
1:24.1	out and he took that title from Caleb Coupall who has won before who knows
	...

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