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A true insiders, behind-the-scenes look at the sport of pro fishing. Hosted by Dave Mercer, Bassmaster Emcee and Facts of Fishing host along with his limitless list of pro fishing friends and their awkwardly honest take on a fishing podcast.
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Todd Castledine - The Final FFS Debate: The Numbers Don't Lie on MERCER-281 (opens the original)
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The Forward-Facing Sonar debate has been driven by strong opinions. But now, for the first time, we have a full season of results to test them against. A year ago, the always opinionated Todd Castledine joined the show and made some bold predictions about what would happen when the Bassmaster Elite Series split its schedule between FFS and non-FFS events. Now the 2026 season is over—and Todd is back to find out whether those predictions held up. Did the anglers who dominated with Forward-Facing
3 Bassmaster Winners & the Biggest Lie in Pro Fishing on MERCER-280 (opens the original)
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Three Bassmaster winners. Three very different journeys. And one question they ALL have to answer: What’s the biggest lie in professional fishing? This week’s Mercer Podcast is absolutely a JAM-PACKED, TRIPLE BANGER with three of the hottest names coming off huge moments in their careers. Bryan Schmitt — Lake Champlain Bassmaster Elite Series Champion Evan Kung — Thousand Islands Bassmaster Elite Series Champion Caleb Hudson — 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie of the Year Three separate conver
Trey McKinney’s Bassmaster Angler of the Year Win: What You Didn’t See on Mercer-279 (opens the original)
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Trey McKinney is officially the Bassmaster Angler of the Year — but there’s a whole lot that happened inside his boat that you didn’t get to see. Bassmaster cameraman Jake Latendresse spent the biggest moments of Trey’s AOY run on the back deck, giving him a front-row seat to EVERYTHING. On this episode of Jake’s Take, Jake takes us inside Trey McKinney’s boat to talk about the nerves when everything was on the line, the massive waves, Trey’s locked-in confidence and the subtle bait adjustments
Trey McKinney: The Youngest Angler of the Year in Bassmaster History on MERCER-278 (opens the original)
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Less than 24 hours after making history, Trey McKinney sits down at a picnic table with Mercer to talk about becoming the youngest Angler of the Year in Bassmaster history. After finishing second in the AOY race in each of the last two seasons, Trey finally got it done. But what does it actually feel like when the thing you’ve chased, dreamed about and come painfully close to finally becomes reality? With barely any time to process what just happened, Trey talks about the pressure of the final e
Bassmaster Rumours and an Angler of the Year Race Too Close to Call on MERCER-244 (opens the original)
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The Bassmaster Elite Series season has come down to this — and there’s a LOT on the line.This week, Jake Latendresse is back for another Jake’s Take, and the timing couldn’t be better. We dig into some of the rumours making their way around about Bassmaster, what we’re hearing behind the scenes, and everything that is at stake heading into the final Elite Series tournament of the season on the St Lawrence River. But the biggest story is the Bassmaster Angler of the Year race. Three anglers. One
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