This is season number 19 of Bass Talk Live with Matt Pangrack.

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Good morning and welcome to another exciting edition of BTO Bass Talk Live,

where we are going to talk about Bass Fishing.

It is Wednesday, February 8th.

Hey, we're already a week into February.

It's crazy, the years are already flying by.

It's just getting ready for the Ike Show to kick things off for the 2023 season of BTO,

and here we are in February, and what do we do in late January and early February around BTO,

when we talk about what's going on in the world of Bass Fishing,

and that typically involves the Sunshine State, the lovely State of Florida.

And this year, I think more so than any other year, there is a plethora of events going on.

The season is officially underway for the MLF Invitational's kicking things off on Oga Choby,

and then immediately following that, the Elite Series, like starts their practice on the same body of water,

the day after they finish their tournament, we've had Toyota Series on Harris Chain,

then we'll have Elite Series on Seminole, which I consider Florida Lake,

even though it borders Georgia, and then there's also...

It's either Harris or Kissimmee or something that the Elite Series,

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