Episode 1394: MATT STEFAN TALKS ABOUT THE SAM RAYBURN OPEN, COIKE BAITS, AND DUEL THREAT FISHING

BASS TALK LIVE

Mark Jeffreys

Bass, Fishing, Bassfishing, Outdoor, Sports, Dallas

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Matt and Matt were live from the Bassmaster Open on Sam Rayburn just prior to the start of the tournament and cover a variety of topics.

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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.
0:28.6	We have audio.
0:30.0	Yep, we're good to go.
0:31.5	All right.
0:32.2	We're at Sam Rayburn for the first Bassmaster Central Open.
0:35.8	We have reached that time of the year where we have
0:37.9	BPT's about to kick off, elite series that just concluded, elite series rookies that had to wait
0:43.9	eight days to get their first trophy. Fisher and I, a big win on Lake Martin. We're going to kind of
0:52.0	talk about that. We actually saw kind of the first rendition
0:58.0	of the scope, no scope, the coin flip. We're seeing that come to fruition. Do you remember
1:02.7	Matt Stephan when they did the coin flip last year? I do recall that. Yes, they had Zona and Sanders
1:09.2	in the studio and then they would flip a coin and it went Gunnersville No Scope, Lake Martin's scope, and I think it drastically had some impact on it. We got the grub out of the No Scope and then we saw Fisher and I. Now, we're going to jump into this right off the bat, Matt Steffen, because you have done a video about your thoughts on butt seats at the front of the boat.
1:38.4	And Fisher and Ia, I believe, was using a butt seat.
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