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BASS TALK LIVE

Episode 934: BPT ANGLER OF THE YEAR MATT BECKER TALKS ABOUT HIS BIG WIN, THE CAYUGA CONTROVERSY, AND HIS PATH TO THE TOP

BASS TALK LIVE

Mark Jeffreys

Bass, Fishing, Bassfishing, Outdoor, Sports, Dallas

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Matt Becker talks about winning the 2023 BPT Angler Of the Year title and the final BPT stop of the season on Saginaw Bay. He also tackles the controversy surrounding the BPT stop at Cayuga and talks about putting it all on the line in in 2017 to become a full-time professional angler.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the 19th season of Bass Talk Live.

0:05.0

BTL is presented by Bass Cat Boats, Striking Lovers,

0:12.0

Aftgo, Pro Guide Batteries, XZone Lovers,

0:18.0

Shoreline Boat and RT Repair, Sprone, Gamakatsu,

0:24.0

Big Bite Bates, The Bass Tank,

0:28.0

Denali Rocks, Beat Down Outroons,

0:32.0

and Sunline.

0:35.0

BTL, coming at you.

0:38.0

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

0:43.0

where we are going to talk about bass fishing.

0:45.0

We'll just call this the week of champions.

0:48.0

We had Matt Steffen, the winner of the finale of the MLF

0:53.0

Invitation on Lacrosse, Mississippi River on yesterday,

0:57.0

and then his wife also jumped on for a unique perspective.

1:00.0

You know, he got stuck in the lock and they didn't think they were going to get in

1:03.0

and he ended up getting the win.

1:05.0

He got the BBT invite.

1:08.0

And today's guest knows a little bit about navigating through the

1:13.0

invitations.

1:14.0

When he qualified, it was the MLF Pro Circuit jumped up to the BBT.

1:22.0

And then his life changed in about two hours.

1:25.0

So that's what we're going to get into if you watch on Saginaw Bay,

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