Episode 1365: JUSTIN RACKLEY ON GROWING WITH THE INDUSTRY (PLUS WHY HE STILL LOVES TO CATCH A FISH)

BASS TALK LIVE

Mark Jeffreys

Bass, Outdoor, Sports, Bassfishing, Fishing, Dallas

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Matt kicks off the 2026 season with Justin Rackley (Lake Fork Guy). The guys chat about the changes in the industry over the past 15 years, the direction where content is headed and the future of professional tournament fishing. There's also some heartbreaking stories about the biggest largemouth that didn't make it in the boat.

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0:00.0	This is the 22nd season of Bass Talk Live.
0:05.0	BTL is presented by Bass Cat Boats.
0:10.0	Striking 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	Beatdown outdoors. and Sunline.
0:25.5	BTL coming at you.
0:29.7	Good evening and welcome to another year.
0:33.4	The 22nd season of BTL Bass Talk Live where we are going to talk about bass fishing.
0:39.2	Hope everybody had a safe and healthy holiday season.
0:43.2	I know that for 20 years, my deal was I would go home over Christmas and get in a little bit of croppy fishing.
0:50.3	But I ended up in California for a few days and then back at Texas for a day and then
0:54.8	drove up to Illinois on Christmas Eve because it was my dad's 80th birthday.
0:58.7	We were there for a day.
1:00.2	And then I had to race back to Oklahoma because, uh, episode three of CTL CROPie Talk Live,
1:06.5	uh, with Zeke drops tomorrow evening, 7 p.m. Central Time live. We are back on the CTL wagon for the next
1:15.8	couple of months. Really cool episode dropping tomorrow where we got on some jumbo skinny river
1:23.7	slabs in the winter. We're talking two and a quarter to two and a half pound
1:27.7	croppy. So we're going to drop the actual video and then Zeke is going to be in studio just
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