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The Bilge is officially BACK! After a year off, Chris and Trait Zaldain fire up the mics with special guest Matt Pangrac (Bass Talk Live) for a no-holds-barred Season Premiere. We dive deep into Chris’s near-exit from the Elite Series, the live-stream ban fallout, angler revenue share fights, rule controversies, on-water blowups, ticket drama, and why today’s young pros are cashing huge checks without big sponsor deals… and what that means for the future of the sport.

This is the raw, unfiltered conversation the bass fishing world needs – straight talk from people who live it every day.

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00:00 – Intro: The Bilge is BACK
00:39 – Welcoming Matt Pangrac (BTL OG)
02:07 – Why we paused the podcast for a year
04:43 – Chris almost didn’t sign his 2025 Elite contract
07:53 – The angler GroupMe drama & lack of real power
11:08 – Live stream ban: what really happened
14:14 – The data that proved independent streams HELPED Bass
16:48 – Has the sport actually grown since the 2019 split?
20:50 – Sponsor packages, Starlink boats, and the future
27:50 – New title sponsor announcement: Silencer Co.
29:21 – Hog hunting stories & off-topic chaos
35:09 – Our biggest public mistakes & lessons learned
36:48 – The “rookies in the gray area” title fallout
46:36 – The Murray Lake on-water blowup explained
58:03 – Chris’s Oklahoma live-well ticket story
1:07:33 – Close calls & why self-reporting matters
1:22:12 – Is the penalty system fair? Real talk on rules
1:29:38 – Young pros making bank but no star power – the coming storm
1:39:47 – Newlywed Matt Pangrac drops marriage advice
1:40:55 – Outro & what’s next