BASS TALK LIVE

BEST ON TOUR THIS WEEK is a short weekly show hosted by BTL's Matt Pangrac and industry veteran Dave Rush from Best On Tour.   Every Tuesday morning you'll get an objective look at what happened of the past week in professional bass fishing on the water and in the industry. Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now: https://bestontour.net/

Transcribed - Published: 3 September 2025

Matt chats with Chad Pipkens about fishing the Bassmaster EQs, staying positive, and the very important mental side of professional bass fishing that is often overlooked.  

Transcribed - Published: 3 September 2025

It's a breaking news episode of BTL as Matt talks with Ben Milliken, Lee Livesay, Easton Fothergill, Jordan Lee, and Emil Wagner about the recent announcement from Bassmaster about limiting forward facing sonar during the 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series season.   Check out the Bassmaster press release here:  B.A.S.S. announces Live Sonar rule change for 2026 Elite Series - Bassmaster

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

Dave Mercer (Facts of Fishing host, Elite Series Emcee, and host of the podcast Mercer) joins BTL to chat with Matt about a number of different topics.  

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

BEST ON TOUR THIS WEEK is a short weekly show hosted by BTL's Matt Pangrac and industry veteran Dave Rush from Best On Tour.   Every Tuesday morning you'll get an objective look at what happened of the past week in professional bass fishing on the water and in the industry. Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now: https://bestontour.net/

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

It's another Day 4 and the guys are all over the place on this one.  

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2025

Matt is joined by Bruce Stanton, Vice President and General Manager of PRADCO, to talk about the upcoming Bass Fishing Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary and the release of five commemorative lures from Heddon, Norman, and Cotton Cordell signed by Bass Fishing legends Rick Clunn, Bill Dance, Roland Martin, Bobby Murray, and Larry Nixon.  CHECK OUT THER LURES HERE: https://www.bassfishinghof.com/limite... In the second half of the show, Matt is joined by two-time Elite Series Champion, Pat Schlapper, following his impressive victory last week on the Mississippi River to close out the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series.   Finally, 2025 Elite Series Rookie Of the Year, Tuck Smith, joins BTL to break down how he got the job done in his first season on the Elite Series.

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2025

Chris Zaldain walks through his wild week on the Mississippi clip by clip. CHECK OUT THE DEEP DIVE APP: Deep Dive: The Ultimate Bass Fishing App Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now:  https://bestontour.net/

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

BEST ON TOUR THIS WEEK is a short weekly show hosted by BTL's Matt Pangrac and industry veteran Dave Rush from Best On Tour.   Every Tuesday morning you'll get an objective look at what happened of the past week in professional bass fishing on the water and in the industry. Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now: https://bestontour.net/ CHECK OUT WHY YOUR FISHING GEAR COST MORE IN 2025: TARIFFS EXPLAINED:  Why Your Fishing Gear Costs More in 2025: Tariffs Explained | Best On Tour

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

Matt chats with Dave Rush about the 2025 season and is joined by Dakota Ebare to talk about being the last man in the 2026 Bassmaster Classic.  In the first part of the show, Matt is joined by Ricky Harris from Omnia fishing to talk about what's happening at Omnia.  

Transcribed - Published: 25 August 2025

Frank talks about when to use translucent baits for bass.  

Transcribed - Published: 25 August 2025

Matt chats with Dean Rojas and Josh Bertrand about the MLF Team Series that kicks off next week in Michigan.  

Transcribed - Published: 20 August 2025

Matt is joined by Bassmaster Open angler, Laker Howell, fresh off his Bassmaster Open victory on Leech Lake in Minnesota.  

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2025

BEST ON TOUR THIS WEEK is a short weekly show hosted by BTL's Matt Pangrac and industry veteran Dave Rush from Best On Tour.   Every Tuesday morning you'll get an objective look at what happened of the past week in professional bass fishing on the water and in the industry. Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now: https://bestontour.net/

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2025

Matt chats with Erik Luzak about his 31-5 limit of smallmouth bass on day two of the Toyota Series on the St. Lawrence River.  

Transcribed - Published: 18 August 2025

Matt is joined by Jacob Wheeler to talk about how he dominated the 2025 BPT AOY season.  

Transcribed - Published: 18 August 2025

Frank talks about a recent trip to the lake where the free rig bailed him out.  

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2025

Jody White breaks down all things MLF heading into the final tournaments of the season.  

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2025

Shaw Grigsby talks about his retirement and his 40+ year long career in professional bass fishign.  

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025

Brandon Burks joins BTL Guide Day to talk about guiding for true trophy largemouth.   Check out Brandon's website:  Home | Burks Fishing

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2025

Frank and Matt talk about taking care of your equipment. 

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2025

Rick Pierce joins BTL for some old school tournament stories.  Rick also gives his review of ICAST 2025.  

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2025

MIles Burghoff joins BTL to talk about the 2025 season and then Mark Jeffreys jumps on to talk about his epic trip to Maine.  Matt also goes on a bit of a rant about a bunch of different stuff.  

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025

Frank talks about catching bass in hot water.  CHECK OUT LURENET.COM AND USE CODE "BTL25" AT CHECKOUT FOR 15% OFF ALL REGULARLY PRICED ITEMS: https://www.lurenet.com/ CHECK OUT THE DEEP DIVE APP: Deep Dive: The Ultimate Bass Fishing App

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025

Cliff Pace joins BTL to talk about his career including his 2013 Classic win and his return to the Elite Series.  In the second half of the show, Cliff dives into his Black Label Tackle company that includes balsa crankbaits, jigheads, plastics, and much more.   

Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2025

BEST ON TOUR THIS WEEK is a short weekly show hosted by BTL's Matt Pangrac and industry veteran Dave Rush from Best On Tour.   Every Tuesday morning you'll get an objective look at what happened of the past week in professional bass fishing on the water and in the industry. Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now: https://bestontour.net/

Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2025

Matt is joined by Dave Washburn, VP of Operations for Major League Fishing, and Kyle Martin, Director of Engineering for American Outdoor Brands to talk about the announcement of the BUBBA x MLF SCORETRACKER LIVE tournament platform.

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025

Matt is joined by Matt Stefan from the final day of ICAST in Orlando, Florida.  

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

Dave Rush is live from Day 2 of ICAST in Orlando, Florida checking out the latest and greatest in the bass fishing world.  

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

Frank talks about rough water. . and then dives into what bass anglers can learn from catching.....freshwater drum.  

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

Mark Jeffreys unexpectedly jumps on BTL late at night chat.  

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

Dave Rush is live from ICAST in Orlando Florida with the newest products to hit the bass fishing market.  

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

Charlie Hartley joins BTL to talk about some of the hottest baits from back in the day that were impossible to find.  

Transcribed - Published: 16 July 2025

Matt chats with the most recent NPFL champion, Drew Cook about sight fishing smallmouth bass on the St. Lawrence. In the second half of the show, Rod Wynn joins the program to talk about a pretty epic three days on Lake Baccarac.  

Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2025

Dan Miguel joins BTL to talk about the ICAST 2025 drops for Great Lakes Finesse.  CHECK OUT LURENET.COM AND USE CODE "BTL25" AT CHECKOUT FOR 15% OFF ALL REGULARLY PRICED ITEMS: https://www.lurenet.com/ CHECK OUT THE DEEP DIVE APP: Deep Dive: The Ultimate Bass Fishing App

Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2025

Kyle Patrick joins BTL for a discussion of how the FFS debate is playing out at the professional level.  

Transcribed - Published: 10 July 2025

Ott DeFoe joins BTL to talk about his recent BPT victory on the Potomac River.   

Transcribed - Published: 9 July 2025

BEST ON TOUR THIS WEEK is a short weekly show hosted by BTL's Matt Pangrac and industry veteran Dave Rush from Best On Tour.   Every Tuesday morning you'll get an objective look at what happened of the past week in professional bass fishing on the water and in the industry. Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now: https://bestontour.net/

Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2025

Frank is back with another Day 4 and talks about getting dialed in with two or three rods on the front deck.  In the second half of the show, Frank and Matt chat about their pet peeves in bass fishing.  

Transcribed - Published: 3 July 2025

Matt chats with Tenkiller Lake Elite Series champ, Wes Logan.

Transcribed - Published: 3 July 2025

Kyle Welcher joins BTL to talk about technology parallels between tournament poker and professional bass fishing.  Mark Jeffreys also jumps in mid-show.  

Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2025

BEST ON TOUR THIS WEEK is a short weekly show hosted by BTL's Matt Pangrac and industry veteran Dave Rush from Best On Tour.   Every Tuesday morning you'll get an objective look at what happened of the past week in professional bass fishing on the water and in the industry. Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now: https://bestontour.net/

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

Carl Jocumsen talks about steps to improve your productivity on the water and then talks about his massive cleanup effort this past weekend.  

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

Frank talks about an unexpected pattern that he discovered during a recent largemouth bass outing.  

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2025

Matt chats with Josh Daniels from Pro Bass Adventures about an insane tournament that just took place in Mexico.  

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2025

Matt chats with collegiate angler, Sam Ausbrooks about what is happening at the college level of tournament bass fishing that is leading to early success on the professional tours.  

Transcribed - Published: 18 June 2025

Matt is live with Andrew Loberg, Justin Hamner, and Bryant Smith from the Bass Tank Blowout in Oklahoma with Scott Palmer

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025

BEST ON TOUR THIS WEEK is a short weekly show hosted by BTL's Matt Pangrac and industry veteran Dave Rush from Best On Tour.   Every Tuesday morning you'll get an objective look at what happened of the past week in professional bass fishing on the water and in the industry. Become a better angler.  Get behind the scenes of the top fishing tours.  Learn the business side of the fishing industry and how to get sponsorships.  The Best on Tour Newsletter brings you all that once a week, completely free.  Sign up now: https://bestontour.net/

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025

Matt Stefan returns to BTL for an interesting conversation.  

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2025

Frank talks about getting dialed in on a Carolina rig and big plug and then going to town on the big ones.  

Transcribed - Published: 12 June 2025