Episode 1398: REWRITING BASSMASTER HISTORY ON SAM RAYBURN (PAKE SOUTH)
BASS TALK LIVE
Mark Jeffreys
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Matt is joined by Bassmaster Open champion Pake South following his record-setting win on Sam Rayburn with a three-day total weight of 96-15.
ABOUT BTL:
BASS TALK LIVE (BTL) was voted by fans as the “Best Bass Fishing Podcast of 2025” in the Best On Tour Awards. BTL is the industry’s longest-running live show, providing an unfiltered, deep-dive look into the professional bass fishing world through expert tournament analysis and high-profile guest interviews. Started by Mark Jeffreys and now hosted by Matt Pangrac, the show has connected fans to the "game behind the game" for the past 22 years with real-time insights.
ABOUT THE HOST:
Matt Pangrac is a fixture in the professional bass fishing community, serving as the host of the industry’s longest-running live podcast, Bass Talk Live while competing in the Bassmaster Opens. His career in the industry spans over 15 years, moving from a founding member of the University of Oklahoma fishing team to a decade-long role as a senior writer for The Bass Zone. Since 2021, he has contributed to preserving the sport's history as a member of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Board of Directors. In June 2025, he and partner Andrew Upshaw led Team USA to a gold medal victory at the Pan-American Bass Championship in Mexico, where they also secured the individual top spot on the podium. Combining his media background with tournament experience, Pangrac remains a central voice in the sport's ongoing evolution.
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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. |
| 0:29.8 | Good morning and welcome to another exciting edition of BTL Bass Talk Live where we are going to talk about bass fishing. |
| 0:36.7 | The hits keep rolling. |
| 0:37.5 | I've been able to get some pretty timely... of BTL Bass Talk Live where we're going to talk about bass fishing. The hits keep rolling. |
| 0:50.0 | I've been able to get some pretty timely topiced guests on in 2026, including Kazu and Sid from Spro. |
| 0:53.9 | We brought, I guess we're all in on the urchin now. |
| 0:58.8 | You talked a little bit, kind of about the backstory, about the history of that. |
| 1:03.3 | We've had a lot of big tournament winning guys on. |
| 1:14.4 | And today's guest kind of brings together, I think, like, four or five of the big topics that have been all around bass fishing over the past couple years. |
| 1:24.0 | If you listen to like I'm a big supporter of new blood in the industry, of young guys in the industry of the next generation. |
| 1:31.1 | I mean, that is how this sport grows. I think people forget back when it was the Larry Nixon's and the Harold Allen's and the Stacey Kings and the Denny Browers and, you know, |
| 1:39.8 | Rick Klutz at his prime. Like those guys as age, there's like new generations of anglers that come in like |
| 1:46.2 | if you go back to the the first year of the bass master elite series that 2006 season uh and watch |
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