The Bilge

Lee Livesay, Bassmaster Elite Series Angler and Top Lake Fork Guide, joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss recent events in the bassmaster tournament world and his career thus far.

Chris Bowes, Vice President of Tournaments for Bassmaster, joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss recent events in the bassmaster tournament world that have resulted in DQs and other interesting situations he deals with running the world’s most prestigious bass tournaments.

Trait & Chris Zaldain sit down with Trey Epich, CEO of House of Outdoors which is the holding company for Googan Baits, Googan Squad and Bass Mafia brands.

Trait & Chris Zaldain sit down with Ed Loughran who is both a lawyer and a Bassmaster Elite Series Angler and dive into angler contracts, Bassmaster’s business, sustainability of a no entry fee system and raising the $100k prize, polygraphs, no info rules, and much more.

Chris and Trait sit down with the king of kayaks, Rus Snyders, to discuss the differences in kayak fishing and bass boats from a guy who has won on both sides. As well as talk about his past as a Clearlake Bass Guide & an OG Big Bait film guy (before Youtube took off), and why he left California to move to Tennessee and eventually sold his Ranger bass boat for a kayak.

Chris and Trait sit down with fishing YouTube pioneer Jon B. They talk about the Googan Squad vs Tournament Fishing drama, Googan Baits, what current pro fishing is missing on the content side, and the business of Youtube Fishing.

Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down in the latest episode of The Bilge x Battle Born Batters to discuss the rod building process and misconceptions with the top rod guy from 13 Fishing.

Trait & Chris Zaldain sit down with Chase Anderson, Chairman & CEO of Bassmaster, to discuss rumors, current business and the future of Bassmaster and bass fishing.

Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down in the latest episode of The Bilge x Battle Born Batteries to discuss his biggest sponsor change of his fishing career and the thought process behind his major sponsorship changes over the last two years.

Chris and Trait sit down with Forward Facing Sonar Pioneer and the man who claims the 5 largest bass ever filmed cast to catch, Josh Jones, in this Podcast Episode of The Bilge x Battle Born Batteries. Josh discusses all the unwarranted fishing forum hate, addresses the many allegations lobbed at him following his big fish successes the past 3 years, and goes into the details of what he's learned as one of the world's earliest masters of Forward Facing Sonar technology.