Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with some of the most influential anglers and business makers in the fishing industry.
The Bilge podcast is a truly remarkable show that is a must-listen for anyone who loves fishing and wants to keep it real. The hosts, Trait and his partner, are an incredible team who are both fortunate enough to love what they do and have the opportunity to do it together. This genuine passion and enthusiasm shines through in every episode, making it an absolute joy to listen to.
One of the best aspects of The Bilge podcast is the way in which Trait asks the hard-hitting questions that everyone wants to know but may hesitate to ask. He isn't afraid to dive deep into the fishing industry and uncover some of the hidden truths behind it. From interviewing fishermen to speaking with people behind the scenes like designers, this show offers a well-rounded perspective on all aspects of the industry. It's refreshing to hear a podcast that isn't afraid to tackle the tough topics head-on.
Another great aspect of this podcast is the quality of its interviews. Trait allows his guests ample time to share their thoughts and experiences without cutting them off or interjecting too soon with his own opinions. This creates a more authentic and engaging listening experience as listeners can fully absorb what each guest has to say before moving on.
However, one area that could be improved upon is Trait's occasional tendency to interrupt guests before they've had a chance to finish their thoughts. While his eagerness and enthusiasm for the topic are commendable, giving guests enough time to fully elaborate on their ideas would enhance the overall flow and depth of each interview.
In conclusion, The Bilge podcast stands out as one of the best fishing industry podcasts available today. With its ability to keep it real, ask tough questions, and deliver great interviews with fishermen and industry professionals alike, this show has quickly earned its spot at the top of many bass fishing enthusiasts' lists. Despite some room for improvement in terms of letting guests finish their sentences before sharing his own opinions, this podcast is still a must-listen for anyone who wants an authentic and engaging look into the world of fishing.
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with Steve Kennedy on the shores of Lake Fork on this week's Bilge Podcast presented by @battlebornbatteries. Steve reviews his entire swimbait collection in a must watch Bilge for any big bait fisherman. Bass Pro Spring Sale Swimbaits Loaded Daingerous Swimbait https://bit.ly/LoadedSwimbait XPS Brushtail Limited Edition https://bit.ly/BrushtailSwimbait Bass Pro Comeback Shad https://bit.ly/XPSComebackShad Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with Seth Feider on the shores of Toledo Bend on this week's Bilge Podcast presented by @battlebornbatteries. Seth opens up about payouts, the split, and much more in this short but sweet episode. Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with the Bassmaster EQ Angler of The Year and Rookie Elite Series Fisherman, JT Thompkins, to discuss his 3 years in the Opens, his mindset heading into the Elites, how he was able to qualify so young, and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by @battlebornbatteries Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with one of the nation's top polygraphers, Mark Teceno, to discuss his experiences during his 10 years of polygraphing professional fishermen, investigating cheating in fishing tournaments first hand and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by @battlebornbatteries To get in contact with Mark Teceno or New England Polygraph & Detective Agency please go to www.NEPolyDetectives.com Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with Kristine Fischer to talk women's fishing, kayak tournaments, moving to a bass boat and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by @battlebornbatteries Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with John Paul Morris, Chief Customer Officer of Bass Pro Shops, on this week's Bilge Podcast presented by @battlebornbatteries Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with one of the nicest guys in professional tournament fishing, Mike McClelland, to talk about his journey back to Bassmaster, where he's thrived in fishing, his earned wisdom through the many changes in bas fishing and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by @battlebornbatteries Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with Randy Blaukat on this week's Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries. Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with James Watson for a different side of who he is, what he has planned in the future and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries. Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with Robert Terkla to talk about his venture into the fishing industry with Googan Squad, the state of the industry in his eyes, sponsoring professional fishing tournaments, and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries. Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait sit down with Matt Pangrac of Bass Talk Live to hear Matt's real opinions on how pros do things, his future plans when it comes to balancing a Bassmaster Opens career with a Daily Podcast, and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries. Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris and Trait sit down with the CEO of Dragonfly Energy (Battle Born Batteries) Denis Phares, to discuss all things lithium batteries on this week's The Bilge Podcast. This episode includes pro tips when shopping for the best battery system, what makes lithium volatile, third party testing, Chinese manufacturing, what manufacturing processes are based in America and much more. LINK TO BATTLE BORN BATTERY GIVEAWAY https://bit.ly/BatteryGiveaway Please support Battle Born Batteries when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the discount code for our listeners: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with Spencer Shuffield to talk his upbringing in fishing, his life before BPT, his DQ at MLF, the other Cayuga controversy through his eyes, and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries Please support *Battle Born Batteries* when looking for your next set of lithiums for your boat. Here's the *discount code for our listeners*: https://bit.ly/BatteriesDiscountBilge
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with the nicest professional in bass fishing Josh Bertrand to talk tournament payouts, MLF / Bassmaster Split, West Coast innovation slow downs, and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with Forward Facing Sonar pioneer Josh Jones on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by *Battle Born Batteries*
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain review Chris' season, discuss the latest Bassmaster Elite schedule and the current situation out on the West Coast on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries
Greg Hackney joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss the current state of tournament fishing at the highest ranks.
Gerald Swindle joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss the current state of tournament fishing at the highest ranks.
Kevin Vandam joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss his retirement plans the current state of tournament fishing at the highest ranks.
Mark Zona, TV Show Host, joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss the Bassmaster-MLF Split Story from his experience.
Lee Livesay, Bassmaster Elite Series Angler and Top Lake Fork Guide, joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss recent events in the bassmaster tournament world and his career thus far.
Chris Bowes, Vice President of Tournaments for Bassmaster, joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss recent events in the bassmaster tournament world that have resulted in DQs and other interesting situations he deals with running the world's most prestigious bass tournaments.
Trait & Chris Zaldain sit down with Trey Epich, CEO of House of Outdoors which is the holding company for Googan Baits, Googan Squad and Bass Mafia brands.
Trait & Chris Zaldain sit down with Ed Loughran who is both a lawyer and a Bassmaster Elite Series Angler and dive into angler contracts, Bassmaster's business, sustainability of a no entry fee system and raising the $100k prize, polygraphs, no info rules, and much more.
Chris and Trait sit down with the king of kayaks, Rus Snyders, to discuss the differences in kayak fishing and bass boats from a guy who has won on both sides. As well as talk about his past as a Clearlake Bass Guide & an OG Big Bait film guy (before Youtube took off), and why he left California to move to Tennessee and eventually sold his Ranger bass boat for a kayak.
Chris and Trait sit down with fishing YouTube pioneer Jon B. They talk about the Googan Squad vs Tournament Fishing drama, Googan Baits, what current pro fishing is missing on the content side, and the business of Youtube Fishing.
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down in the latest episode of The Bilge x Battle Born Batters to discuss the rod building process and misconceptions with the top rod guy from 13 Fishing.
Trait & Chris Zaldain sit down with Chase Anderson, Chairman & CEO of Bassmaster, to discuss rumors, current business and the future of Bassmaster and bass fishing.
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down in the latest episode of The Bilge x Battle Born Batteries to discuss his biggest sponsor change of his fishing career and the thought process behind his major sponsorship changes over the last two years.
Chris and Trait sit down with Forward Facing Sonar Pioneer and the man who claims the 5 largest bass ever filmed cast to catch, Josh Jones, in this Podcast Episode of The Bilge x Battle Born Batteries. Josh discusses all the unwarranted fishing forum hate, addresses the many allegations lobbed at him following his big fish successes the past 3 years, and goes into the details of what he's learned as one of the world's earliest masters of Forward Facing Sonar technology.
Chris and Trait of The Bilge podcast sit down with Texas Parks and Wildlife Fisheries Biologist, Tom Hungerford, to discuss all the questions bass anglers have about growing big bass, the effects of all the tournaments nowadays on bodies of water, killing off vegetation, livewelling fish vs catch & release, etc. in this Episode of The Bilge x Battle Born Batteries
Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain review Chris' season, discuss the latest Bassmaster Elite schedule and the current situation out on the West Coast on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by *Battle Born Batteries*
Chris and Trait sit down with bass fishing GOAT, Rick Clunn, to discuss the legendary rumors about him, his thoughts on the Bassmaster and Major League Fishing split, and other subjects everyone has been dying to hear his thoughts on.
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