Episode 1352: RUSS LANE IS READY FOR HIS RETURN TO THE ELITE SERIES (AND IS STILL HAVING FUN)

BASS TALK LIVE

Mark Jeffreys

Bass, Dallas, Sports, Outdoor, Fishing, Bassfishing

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Matt is joined by Russ Lane to talk about his journey through the 2025 Bassmaster Opens EQ's to re-qualify for the 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series. He also talks about his decision to fish the NPFL in 2026 and the changing landscape of sponsorships.

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0:00.0	This is the 21st season of Bass Talk Live.
0:05.0	BTL is presented by Bass Cat Boats.
0:10.0	Strike King Lures.
0:12.0	AFCO.
0:14.0	Pro Guy Batteries.
0:15.0	Spro.
0:16.0	Gama Katsu.
0:18.0	The Bass Tank.
0:20.0	Denali Rods. Beatdown outdoors, and Sunline.
0:27.6	BTL coming at you.
0:32.1	Good morning and welcome to another exciting edition of BTL Bass Talk Live where we are going to talk about fishing recorded show.
0:38.8	Hope everybody is having a safe pre- Thanksgiving travel day.
0:42.1	I'm headed back to Illinois to see the parents and then hopefully do that, do the turkey thing on Thursday,
0:48.4	and then be back before seven to eight inches of snow hits Illinois.
0:52.1	Got a busy December coming up up uh scheduled to head up to
0:56.0	minnesota the first week of december to the st paul ice show so that'll be very interesting
1:01.9	get a little uh rub shoulders with guys you can catch some croppy up there through the ice there
1:07.1	so looking forward to doing that there's also the the St. Jude and Cropy Chronicles
1:13.0	benefit there at the Minnesota Wild. There's like a hockey pub right there on December 6.
1:20.8	Tickets are 100 bucks for those. If you want to get that, all the Cropy Chronicle guys,
1:24.2	a lot of like Ice Tube YouTubers all be up there. You can do that at Cropy Chronicles.com and then headed to Baccarac in Mexico the second week of December.
1:34.9	Reality win, Rod Wyn had him on the show last time he came on.
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