Serious Angler Bass Fishing Podcast

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In this River Rat panel episode of the Serious Angler Bass Fishing Podcast, host Bailey Eigbrett sits down with Elite Series pro Seth Feider, longtime tournament angler Chris Grohe, and backwater specialist Keith Poche to break down everything about fishing rivers and skinny backwaters for bass. The panel covers reading current seams and cut banks, breaking down a river visually before making a cast, bait selection for topwater, moving baits, and flipping, and how to use Google Earth and drawdown history to find untouched backwater fish. Also featured: Keith Poche's wild 10-day, Minneapolis-to-Gulf-of-America boat trip down the entire Mississippi River. Whether you fish the Mississippi River, small rivers, or backwater creeks and oxbows, this episode is packed with practical river bass fishing tips and strategy you can use right now.

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Most anglers idle right over the most consistent big-bass spots on the lake without ever knowing they're there. Full-time fishing guide Caleb Bell breaks down how to find springs — groundwater seeps that hold stable 55-65° water and giant bass year-round — and why they're the key to surviving the toughest transition of the year.

In this episode, Caleb covers:
- How to spot a spring using old Corps of Engineers maps and satellite imagery
- What a spring actually looks like on your graph (the "crater" and vegetation donut)
- Why springs hold giant stripers and largemouth all summer and winter
- How the summer-to-fall transition really works (and why rushing it costs you fish)
- Community holes, schooling fish, and why numbers matter more than big-bite grinding right now
- Steep banks vs flats and where to focus if you're fishing from shore
- His 6-bait arsenal for this transition: glidebait, Koiki, jig, buzzbait, fluke (with his skipping technique), blade baits, and mini A-rigs
- The biggest mistake anglers make this time of year — and how to reframe a slow day into a scouting win

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Ever pull up on a massive highland reservoir with creek arms running in every direction and have no idea where to start? Bassmaster Elite Series pro Jacob Foutz breaks down his exact system for finding bass faster on big water — no matter how many creek arms you're staring at.

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Jake Slager, National Fish Habitat Partnership board member and corporate industry representative, joins the Serious Angler Bass Fishing Podcast live from the AFS conference to break down why fish habitat conservation matters far beyond the water. Jake explains what the National Fish Habitat Partnership and the Fish Fund actually do, how regional Fish Habitat Partnerships get conservation dollars on the ground, and why corporations, gas stations, restaurants, and entire local economies depend on people having access to healthy fisheries and outdoor recreation. This episode dives into water stewardship, habitat restoration, the marketing and storytelling gap in conservation, and why healthy water truly means healthy fish and healthy people. A must-listen for anglers and outdoor industry professionals who want to understand the business and policy side of fisheries conservation.

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Ty Manarola joins the Serious Angler Bass Fishing Podcast to break down his first career tournament win, a 62.5 pound smallmouth bass total caught over three grueling days on the Columbia River, complete with a full gear and bait breakdown and the six-foot-wave grind that came with it. The episode also features an unfiltered rant on what's really holding competitive bass fishing back: not forward-facing sonar, but the toxic comment sections and online negativity scaring off non-endemic sponsors and stalling the sport's growth. Expect practical smallmouth bass fishing tips, tournament strategy, gear talk, and a candid take on fishing industry drama and why choosing positivity matters for the sport's future. This is bass fishing storytelling and commentary in one episode: a hard-earned win and a hard truth about the state of the community.

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