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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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- 4 days ago1h 16m
Matt Robertson Broke the BLEEP Button on MERCER-282
Matt Robertson is back… and apparently nobody told him this was a family show.One of the most entertaining and unfiltered personalities in professional bass fishing joins this week’s Mercer Podcast—and absolutely nothing is off limits.Fishing, life on tour, the state of professional bass fishing, bad decisions, strong opinions, ridiculous stories and enough F-bombs to put our BLEEP button into early retirement.But underneath all the laughs and chaos, Matt also opens up about the man behind the personality, what this crazy career means to him and a side of Matt Robertson that fishing fans don’t always get to see.No script. No filter. Very little adult supervision.It’s Matt Robertson being Matt Robertson.And yes… we probably should’ve ordered a backup BLEEP button.
- 1 weeks ago1h 34m
Todd Castledine - The Final FFS Debate: The Numbers Don't Lie on MERCER-281
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 Sonar stay on top without it? Did the non-FFS events expose a different group of elite competitors? And did banning FFS actually change the competitive landscape, or did the same names keep finding a way to win?With five events allowing FFS and four events without it, we finally have enough data to move beyond speculation.This isn’t about what might happen. It’s about what actually happened—and whether Todd saw it coming.The season is over.The predictions have been made. Now it’s time to see who was right.Welcome to The Mercer Podcast & the Final Forward Facing Sonar Debate.
- 2 weeks ago1h 20m
3 Bassmaster Winners & the Biggest Lie in Pro Fishing on MERCER-280
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 ChampionEvan Kung — Thousand Islands Bassmaster Elite Series ChampionCaleb Hudson — 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie of the YearThree separate conversations. Three different perspectives on winning, pressure, life on the Elite Series and what it really takes to succeed at the highest level of professional bass fishing.But there’s one question they all get asked…What is the BIGGEST LIE in pro fishing?The answers might surprise you.We also dig into the moments that changed their seasons, the pressure that comes with chasing a Bassmaster trophy, what people on the outside misunderstand about tournament fishing, and plenty of the awkwardly honest stuff you’ve come to expect from the MERCER Podcast.Three winners. One packed episode.
- 3 weeks ago1h 27m
Trey McKinney’s Bassmaster Angler of the Year Win: What You Didn’t See on Mercer-279
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 that helped make the difference.We also tackle the bigger question: after what Trey has accomplished at such a young age, how does he actually stack up against the all-time greats of professional bass fishing?The cameras captured the action.Jake saw EVERYTHING else!
- Sep 2, 20261h 40m
Trey McKinney: The Youngest Angler of the Year in Bassmaster History on MERCER-278
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 event, the emotions of Championship Sunday, the heartbreak of the last two years and what it means to finally be able to call himself Bassmaster Angler of the Year.No studio. No time to prepare the perfect answers. Just a picnic table and a brand-new Angler of the Year talking about the biggest moment of his young career.Trey McKinney made history. Less than 24 hours later, we talked about all of it.
- Aug 26, 202659 min
Bassmaster Rumours and an Angler of the Year Race Too Close to Call on MERCER-244
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 tournament. And a battle that is simply too close to call.Trey McKinney, Drew Cook & Cory Johnston. Who handles the pressure? Who makes the right decisions? And who walks away as the 2026 Bassmaster Angler of the Year?The rumours are flying, the pressure is building, and the race is on. It’s all on this week’s Mercer Podcast.
- Aug 19, 20261h 4m
Bassmaster Split the FFS Season… Did It Actually Work? on MERCER-276
Forward-facing sonar is right up there with politics and religion as a topic you’re probably better off not bringing up… so naturally, we’re talking about it.This week on the MERCER Podcast, three different pro anglers with three very different perspectives weigh in on one of the biggest questions in professional bass fishing:Did Bassmaster’s split forward-facing sonar schedule actually work?Greg Hackney, Mike Iaconelli and Kyle Patrick give their opinions on how the season played out, what worked, what didn’t, and whether splitting the schedule between events with and without forward-facing sonar accomplished what Bassmaster hoped it would.Did it create a more balanced playing field? Did it make the competition better? Did it prove anything at all? And most importantly—is this the format Bassmaster should stick with moving forward?Three pros. Three perspectives. One topic that bass fishing just can’t stop arguing about.Forward-facing sonar: did the split season work?
- Aug 12, 20261h 21m
Trey McKinney: Chasing Angler of the Year & Answering the Tough Questions on Mercer-275
With just two Bassmaster Elite Series events remaining, Trey McKinney is once again right where he’s been knocking on the door for the last two seasons — in the hunt for Bassmaster Angler of the Year. But this time, he’s the one everyone is chasing.After finishing 2nd in AOY in each of his first two Elite Series seasons, Trey enters the final stretch leading the race and with a chance to finally finish the job.This week on the Mercer Podcast, Trey talks about the pressure of leading AOY, what he’s learned from coming so close the last two years, and what it will take to close it out.However we don’t avoid the tough stuff.Does Trey get help from locals to find fishing spots? How does he handle the rumors, criticism and scrutiny that come with being one of the most successful young anglers in the sport? And does any of that noise actually get to him?With two tournaments left and everything on the line, Trey McKinney answers the tough questions.
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