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Bass After Dark — 139 episodes · page 1 of 2

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Should we grow the sport? (ft. Joe Cermele, Tom Lang, and Patrick Pierce)
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Got a BAD question? (ft. YOU!)

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How do you choose the right floating topwater? (ft. Brandon Cobb, Zell Rowland, and Bernie Schultz)

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What was the most important bass tournament of all time? (ft. Battisti, Lassagne, and Velvick)

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What's the one bait you must have tied on this fall? (ft. Livesay, New, Hartley, Jordan, and more!)

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Who's on the Mt. Rushmore of tournament bass fishing? (ft. Allee, Battisti, and Pangrac)
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What are the biggest what-ifs in bass history? (fr. Dr. Terry Battisti, Mike Davis, and Epic Eric)

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How will AI affect bass fishing? (ft. Sid Dobrin, Mike Mehlmann, and Sean Riggle)
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Are custom rods worth the money? (ft. Bill Falconer, Frank-Paul King, and Matt Stefan)
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Does bass fishing need Fair Chase? (ft. Alex Davis, Andy Morgan, and Boone & Crockett Club's Tony Schoonen)
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Best of BAD: Hollow-Body Frogs (ft. Bobby Barrack, Alfred Williams, and Dean Rojas)

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What are the greatest big bass stories ever told? (ft. Dr. Battisti, Davis, and Flesher)

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How was ICAST?

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Best of BAD: Lipless Crankbaits (ft. Mark Daniels Jr., Dicky Newberry, and Alex Davis)
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Got a BAD question? (ft. Velvick, Battisti, Davis, Brown, Bassassin, Colson, Walder, and more!)

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How do you fish a buzzbait? (ft. Todd Auten, Lee Bailey, Bert Deener, and Brandon Estep)

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Best of BAD: Who's the BIG bass GOAT? (ft. Oliver Ngy, Terry Battisti, John Johnson, and Jason Flesher)

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Should you throw bigger baits in summer? (ft. Bert Deener, Keith Thomas, and Erik Tilson)

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After Dark Special: Community Hole! (ft. Blake Raider, Dr. Sock, Brown, Urke, Drunkwood, and more!)

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What's the one bait you must have tied on this summer? (ft. Evers, Clausen, Ehrler, and more!)

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Who's the GOAT? (ft. Dr. Terry Battisti, Kent Brown, and Rick Pierce)

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How do you fish fuzzy dice or urchin baits? (ft. Drew Gill, Bryan New, and Kenta Kimura)

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Best of BAD: Monsoor, Lowen, and Davis on how to fish a swim jig!
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How do you fish a Carolina rig? (ft. Joey Bloom, David Fritts, and Peter Thliveros)
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How bad is delayed mortality? (ft. T.J. Pullen, Josh Sakmar, and Zak Slagle)
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Will bass fishing create another legend? (ft. Dr. Terry Battisti, Mark Menendez, and John Prior)
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What will make BAD better?

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How do you fish a spinnerbait? (ft. Jimmy Houston, Hank Parker, and Jason Christie)
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How does weather affect bass? (ft. Bob Lusk, Mike Mehlmann, and Mark Sexton)
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What's wrong with the bass industry? (ft. Bernie Schultz, Bryan Head, and Paul Benson)

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What's your Classic story? (ft. Benson, Davis, Galasso, Prior, and the Vokeys!)
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Who should be next in the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame? (ft. Brown, Johnson, and Battisti)

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Why your retrieve matters: Best BAD episode ever? (ft. Jacob Wheeler, Jimmy Liao, and Lee Sisson)
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Got a BAD question? (ft. YOU!)

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How do you fish a buddy tournament? (ft. Drew Gill, Marshall Robinson, Frankie Provolone, and more!)

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What does fishing mean to you? (ft. Iaconelli, Velvick, Eigbrett, Latimer, Milstead, and more!)
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What's up with all the fake news in bass fishing? (ft. Mark Jeffreys, Steve Daniel, and Paul Benson)

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How are smallmouth bass different? (ft. Travis Manson, Bobby Gentry, and Brien Vaughn)

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What's next?

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Why bass?

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What mattered in 2025? (ft. Josh Sakmar, Jody White, and Paul Benson)

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What does ChatGPT predict for bass fishing's future? (ft. Pangrac, Hayes, Atchison, and Gill)
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Are custom baits worth the bucks? Part 2 (ft. Lee Sisson, Terry Battisti, and Marty Burns)

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What’s so special about JDM? (ft. Matt Paino, Munenori Kajiwara, and Oliver Ngy)

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How do you improve your mental game? (ft. Dr. Michael T. Lardon, Jared Lintner, and Drew Gill)

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Where should I take my talents in 2026? (ft. Kurt Dove, John Johnson, and Ben Milliken)

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Is kayak bass fishing for you? (ft. Kristine Fischer, Jeff Little, and Adam Riser)

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What's good in the bass world in 2025? (ft. John Cox, Bailey Eigbrett, and John Murray)
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How do you catch bass from the back deck? (ft. Bryan New, Cornell Badra, and Justin Kimmel)

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Are custom baits worth the bucks? (ft. TackleKraft, Frank Scalish, and John Prior)

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How do you figure out tidal river bass? (ft. Mike Iaconelli, Kevin Short, and Bryan Schmitt)

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How do you catch bass in fall? (ft. Brian Latimer, Alex Davis, and Charlie Hartley)

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What's it like to be a rookie bass pro? (ft. Kyle Patrick, Marshall Hughes, and Derek Lehtonen)

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What's in your panic box? (ft. Stetson Blaylock, Epic Eric, and Mike McClelland)

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What was the 2025 Black Bass Symposium? (ft. Eigbrett, Sakmar, Lang, and the Bardins)
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What are the big bait mods you need to know? (ft. Oliver Ngy, Tater Hog, and Steve Kennedy)

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Who are bass fishing's heroes and zeros? (ft. Velvick, Berger, Battisti, and Johnson)

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How do you fish vegetation? (ft. Bobby Barrack, Jeff Holland, and John Cox)

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How do you keep bass alive? (ft. Steven Bardin, Barb Elliott, Josh Sakmar, and Gene Gilliland)
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After Dark Special: Wanna hear a story?

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Does 'Made in America' mean anything? (ft. George Acord, Paul Benson, and Chris Martin)

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How do you fish a BIG worm? (ft. Keith Combs, Paul Elias, and Tim Horton)

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After Dark Special: What's on your mind? (pt. 2 - ft. You!)

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How do you fish a deep-diving crankbait? (ft. David Fritts, Mark Davis, and Brandon Perkins)

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Why get rid of all the grass? (ft. Joe Balog, Shaw Grigsby, Jeff Holland, and Patrick Pierce)
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Who's the GOAT of big bass fishing? (ft. Oliver Ngy, Terry Battisti, John Johnson, Jason Flesher)

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What should you know about shad? (ft. Jake Lawrence, Lee Sisson, and Dr. Mike Allen)

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For who? For what? (ft. a multitude of excellent panelists!)

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Does bass fishing have a cheating problem? (ft. Dave Mansue, Mark Teceno, and Eric Naig)
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How do you fish the post-spawn? (ft. Justin Lucas, Hunter Sales, and Jesse Wiggins)

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How do you fish a squarebill? (ft. Cliff Pace, Kevin Short, and Lee Sisson)
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How do you fish a new lake? (ft. Matt Becker, Louis Fernandes, and Scott Suggs)

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What's the future of fishing content? (ft. Uncle Larry Outdoors and Dkam Fishing)

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Is the Bassmaster Classic all it used to be? (ft. Velvick, Arnoldson, Patrick, Johnson, Iaconelli)

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What's going on with the world record bass? Part 3 (ft. Bardin, Martin, Battisti, and Sakmar)

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How should you practice for a tournament? (ft. Drew Gill, Bryan New, and Drew Gregory)

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Is it time to rethink the no-info rule? (ft. Matt Herren, Brad Fuller, and Kevin Short)

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How do you fish a bladed jig? (ft. Andy Montgomery, Ron Davis, and Bryan Thrift)

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What can we learn from 80,000 fish catches? (ft. Steven Bardin)
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Who won the off-season? (ft. Matt Pangrac, John Johnson, and Andrew Hayes)

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What is the state of the bass fishing industry? (ft. James Niggemeyer, John Johnson, and Rob Newell)

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What do you want to see in 2025?
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How can you catch the smallmouth of a lifetime in 2025? (ft. J. Walton, B. Gentry, and D. Piraino)

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What's going on with the world record bass? Part 2 (ft. Steven Bardin, Josh Sakmar, Jason Dotson)

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How can you catch the largemouth of a lifetime in 2025? (ft. Butch Brown, Brett Cannon, and Drew Dutterer)
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What's going to happen in 2025?
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What mattered in 2024? (ft. Kurt Dove, John Johnson, and Matt Pangrac)

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What do you need to know about the A-Rig? (ft. Shane Lehew, Paul Bailey, and Paul Elias)
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What's going on with the world record bass? (ft. Scott Robinson, Terry Battisti, and Josh Sakmar)
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How do you salvage the day in fall? (ft. Mike Iaconelli, Steven Bardin, and Timmy Reams)

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What should we know about crayfish? (ft. Gary Klein, Dr. Zachary Loughman, and Mike McClelland)
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How do you develop your fishing instincts? (ft. Skeet Reese, Byron Velvick, and Jordan Lee)

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How do you fish a Spook? (ft. Zell Rowland, Bryan Thrift, and Lee Livesay)
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How do you catch a giant bass in the fall? (ft. Ben Milliken, Geoffrey Hamilton, and Keith Thomas)

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Are brick-and-mortar tackle shops dead? (ft. Paul Benson, Matthew McKee, and David Lewis)
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What's up with the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame? (ft. Kevin Short, John Johnson, and Bernie Schultz)

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How do you fish a lipless crankbait? (ft. Mark Daniels Jr., Dicky Newberry, and Alex Davis)
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After Dark Special: What's on your mind? (ft. You!)

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Is bass fishing a sport? (ft. Mark Jeffreys, Greg Vinson, and Andrew Hayes)

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Are tournament schedules stale? (ft. Jacob Wheeler, Ed Loughran, Neil Paul, and Kent Brown)

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