This is the 19th season of Bass Talk Live.

BTL is presented by Bass Cat Boats.

Striking Lures, Afto, Pro Guide batteries, X Zone Lures, Shoreline Boat and RV repair,

Spro, Gamaikatsu, Big Bite Bace, The Bass Tank, Denali Rocks,

Beat Down Out Rules, and Sunline.

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Good morning and welcome to another exciting edition of BTL Bass Talk Live or we are going to talk about bass fishing.

And it's been a while since I've been this excited for a show.

We have a legend. He is a legend. He's in the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, the

legend of the outdoors and the I GFA Hall of Fame. And one of the first, I would say big time

pros that I met back when I was 12 or 13 years old that made me

want to get into this industry. We are going to talk to none other than the one and

only Hank Parker. Little news in the Hank Parker world he just signed with X Zone and as you know I like to

incorporate a lot of these shows sponsors into the shows we've had Jim Van Rine from

X Zone on to talk about the business aspect of it running a soft plastics company.

And one of the things that we talked about with Jim last year when he was on the show was the

importance of selecting the right pro team, the right guys to represent his brands. And over the course of the years obviously, Polinich, very synonymous with the Xone brand, a couple of other pros.

But now, Hank Parker is in that.

We have a lot of stuff to get to in the second half of the show also.

For those of you who are asking Brad Hallman the press release went out

No longer he's retiring is what it is after returning to the elite series for the second time talk to Brad this. Brad will be in studio on Wednesday, 12 o'clock

central time to talk about his decision to retire. I know I've been getting a ton of text. I know he has to

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