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.

I think I'm slowly starting to get over the crud that I got.

I went outside yesterday, man, when you're not feeling good, the out of doors, it feels like a cool mother dimension.

Like I got hit with the sunshine, the 80 degree heat, and I was supposed to be, you know, on the water doing stuff, and I was just trying to get over it.

And then I ended up having, I totally forgot, I thought it was tonight.

I did smallmouth crush with Travis Manson and Epic Eric last night.

So I got a good night's sleep because we have a big show today.

I really enjoyed yesterday's show with Lou Menetti, the 23 year old college angler from New Jersey,

who qualified for the Bass Master Classic and then made the cut.

If you want a story of just some of the good stuff that happens in bass fishing, that, oh, it's just the same old, same old.

No, I mean, this is a dude who sat there and said, one day, I'm gonna be on that stage, and then he did it.

And then he made the cut and he had all of his friends and family there.

It's a really feel good story in fishing.

Now he's fishing the rest of the opens.

He's fishing going on right now.

Stage three of the MLF Bass Pro 2 are going on on Lake Murray.

Absolute slugfest in qualifying for Group B, Nick LeBron, 25-10 with his best, best five fish with the 7-1.

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