JON B of Googan Squad (The Bilge Podcast) 

Looking forward to watching. Thanks for interviewing Jon B (or Jonathan as I know him). And yes I’m biased, but that same grace, kindness, and passion has been there since his first cast at age 4. Proud of you, son.

I am 57 years old and I have been bass fishing since I caught that 8 inch bass from the bank at 5 years old! I was obsessed with it and as I got older it got even worse! LOL The Googans journey has been the most uplifting and exciting thing I have ever seen. I watched my twin grandsons just totally get consumed with it because of the Googans creativity and passion. Especially Jon B. Thanks for doing what ya'll do God bless

Thank you all for sharing the behind-the-scene reasons for accepting tolerance within the angler world and beyond. There are lessons here, not just for those who fish, but for everyone. Beautiful interview! Hugs, Jonathan. ~ma

So glad I stumbled across this video, had the pleasure of meeting jon b recently, and let me say, fisherman like u and him are keeping this sport thriving, especially for the younger generation of bass fishermen like me. Thank u Chris for all u do for this sport, ur efforts are not going unnoticed, even by us yungins.

This was great! Loved to hear Jon and you guys just talk and be real

Best podcast I’ve seen in awhile about fishing!! Love the discussions y’all had and Jon b is for sure inspiring and someone I look up too! Keep it up!!

In my opinion that is the best interview type fishing program I have ever seen. I didn’t really know who Jon B really even was. He has a great prospective on the sport of bass fishing that is not uniform to the thinking of the past. After this program I am an instant fan and I really appreciate you guys teaming with them to bring a different culture to the main stream fishing industry.

This is really really good. Thanks for bringing us this conversation Trait and Chris.

Another awesome episode guys! Have been following Jon and the Googans for a long time and love the way they went about it and now the cross over into professional fishing. Brilliant!

Incredible interview! Appreciate how transparent you are about the finances of doing what you do!

Jon b is a great dude. Seems very down to earth. Loved the episode bro. Keep killing it 💪🏽👊🏽

Man, this was an incredible episode. Jon b is an awesome guy and I’m a huge fan of yours Chris. This just restores my faith in people and fishing, looking forward to more. Thanks man

Hands down one of the most insightful pieces of truthful content I've seen around these topics. THANK YOU. (great podcast too)

This is quickly becoming my favorite fishing channel! Keep up the good work . All of your content is gold.

Great interview! Been a big fan of all y’all for a while now. I can see great things coming in the future from you guys. I’m also from San Jose. Recently relocated to Oklahoma. Keep it up. Catch ya on the next one.

keep the vids up the tournament vids and the pod cast are bad ass. Thanks for sharing on a real level

Love the podcasts.....keep bringing on exciting guests. Helps me get through my day at work!

Love when trait brings the heat with the questions

Have followed both JonB and professional bass fishing for a long time now… I subscribed to your channel for the first time specifically because of this interview. This was super interesting. Thanks for the interview and not putting yourself on some pedestal & being too big to have this conversation with JonB.

Jon B definitely has a lot of trips with some epic shots. I can’t wait to see more travel series videos

Jon B is the reason I got deeper into bass fishing and the reason I started making videos. He and LFG are some of the most genuine guys in the sport and it's so cool to see the fishing industry finally start to buy-in to what I think is the best way to "grow the sport", making relatable content that invites young people in to the broader spectrum of fishing. Will they all be on the Elites/BPT? Of course not. But they'll enjoy fishing in their own way and it's great to see you (Mr. Zaldain) get in on this. What a fantastic episode.

High Trait, you are getting some great guests and they are real people like me, and tell it like it is! I guess I’m a Googan too! LMAO! I’m 69 years old and still learning different ways to catch those bass. I like Chris’s teaching technique a lot he makes it easy to understand what he’s doing. I really liked the smallmouth tournament I watched last night, he’s making watchable videos very interesting and it’s like we’re in the boat with him! He is very personable to who’s watching his videos. You guys make a great pair! Keep it coming ! Thx for the technique! And always keep the faith!👍🥸🙏

I think this will be top 3 fishing podcast. I really enjoyed it! Chris and trait you 2 are doing great! Sending good vibes from Lake Erie!

ok sooooo my first time fishing I was about 4 yrs old my dad took me fishing, and always fished growing up state side, and at 25 yrs of age I uprooted and moved abroad to Mexico. I didn't really do any research at all so when I got here I had no idea about fishing in Mexico (pretty dumb of me) any who I sustained an injury and during my healing process I was on RU-vid often and came across Jon B and instantly said I need to get gear and find a whole, well I did just that and I Kept watching his videos and bettered my (bass) fishing skills because of him. I just want to say thank you for a certain phrase you use "Keep Fishing Never Stop" because of that I have NOT stopped and I plan to not stop any time soon. Thank You to the fullest. Chris! Dude you're a fuggin beast man, it'll be years before I get to your level but both you and Jon B are the reason why I make an attempt at swimbaits thanks for the tips, and keep these podcasts going!

This was awesome. It was great to shed light on Googan as well as what goes into Essentially building a brand. Just straight up good stuff postive vibes. Definitely worth the watch. Keep it up.

CHRIS AND TRAIT THE DYNAMIC DUO. THIS WAS A FANTASTIC PODSCAST. I LOVE TO SEE AND HEAR PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING JUST SIT AND HAVE A CANDID CONVERSTION ABOUT THAT PASSION. AGAIN WELL DONE AND THANKS FOR SHARING. SOUTHERN INDIANA BASS FISHERMAN

Traits questions are the best. The fact u didn’t cut anything out is awesome. Respect to john for answering them.

love watching the interview with Jon B. I have been watching jon B for years...., awesome to see colab. Definable would love to see more colabs with Jon B and other googan members... would luv to see ya go fishing together and talk fishing jargon... I have just recently started watching you and have subscribed to your youtube... Definitely would like to see more videos with you, just take us on your journey.... and give us your audience everyday fishing ideas of type of baits and your thought process... As a combat Army Veteran this relaxes my mind and I always look forward for the next video content...doesn't always have to be fishing .... love the podcasts.. and the journey with the googan s.... love your mindset and direction you are headed..... Hooah!!!! AATW!!!

Whatt so glad I found this. Huge fan of yours and super excited that you've teamed up with the googans to produce some new baits. New to the swim bait realm but super excited to get my hands on this new product when it comes out. Jon B was the first fishing youtuber I started watching as a kid, and seeing the growth and success they have generated has truly been inspiring to me. Gave me the foundation to keep my drive to be a successful fishermen going.

Loved seeing this! Great discussion.

Definitely this one motivated me to focus on the story aspect. Growing up near where Jon went to college and then leaving home for a life in the military and fishing gets my mind off the daily grind definitely something positive to work toward 🔥

Jon’s Devil’s River series is my favorite on RU-vid

Super good show! Love to hear the details of how you all are working together and it sounds amazing. Look forward to see what the future holds for you all.

Great podcast! Jon B is so down to earth and so passionate about what he does that it was a really great listen.

Absolutely love what you guys are doing with this podcast, and the incredible stories by Jon B. As a CA native I can relate to the CA fishing. It has changed significantly over the years with so many regulations put in place. So many hoops you have to jump through. Take Jon B's idea and run with it because it would be an awesome story pulling in guys like Skeet, MDJ, Greg Blanchard, Obdie Williams, and Ish Monroe.

Chris, I’m a tournament fisherman that found myself thinking these guys were dorks, but couldn’t stop watching them. I found myself getting into them getting better and understanding how to bass fish. Honestly seeing you and Scott hook up with them made me realize I was the same coming up. Anyways, love watching all you guys! Jon, so sick watching you catch those fish on forward facing sonar. God bless you all! Ps. I have been a swimbait fisherman since the fist HUDs and the castaic trout swim baits.

2 of my favorite anglers! Relate to Jon a lot. Have learned a lot from watching y’all both over the years

Hats off to chris and your daughter for following through with this podcast as an idea and hopefully getting more people on board to continue to actually grow the exposure to this sport 🤘🤘👏👏

Freaking awesome podcast Chris. Really enjoyed it. You and Jon b are my favorite fisherman out there. 👊👊

The intro and outro music is the best I have ever heard on a podcast!

I loved hearing Jon’s thoughts in this one. I remember messaging him years ago to go do a river float in certain parts of my area of Texas and he responded that’s a great idea and now to see him hitting the spots I suggested. You 2 have a great podcast format. I would love to see you do sit downs with you tubers in the 10k-100k subscriber range to talk about their growth and passion. I just recently found Jon again and had thought he quit making videos. I found that I quit watching the channels that grow to a bigger subscriber base over 100k. I think they lose a certain aspect to their videos. Not sure what it is, I think you tube stops suggesting them to me.

This video is super relateble, engaging, and interesting. I love what y'all are doing and getting the insight. 🙌🏼

I appreciate the honesty of everyone in this episode!

We love Jon B!! His productions truly are art!

I am 55 years old and I enjoy the videos. I as a kid watched Bill Dance and enjoyed it because I just wanted to learn the accessibility to information is great as a kid there was no peer group in my town or on TV that was doing what I did. I would have loved to have this accessibility. I started from shore then float tube then old crappy boat with a paper graph that didn't work. I watched and observed, read and struggled. You are definitely bringing the sport to the next generation.

Such a good pod. Awesome to see more od trait and how shes involved she did awesome asking the questions we wanna hear!!!

Needed a kick in the ass in regards to youtube and staying on the grind. Especially in getting back on my outdoors channel. Thank you!!!

Looking forward to more of these!

Great interview! Trait asking the good questions. Great host. Keep up the good questions

I've only watched 20 minutes so far, really impressed with this guy, and also thinking about understanding fishing at the highest level from these three perspectives: John B., RU-vidr and DIY young personality; Josh Jones, high tech and passionate lunker plunker, and then Matt Herron speaking truth about making a living as a competitive bass angler. You guys give them a great environment to be honest and talk about stuff they know and care about and have worked on and it's really interesting for me to see bass fishing talked about in a more real and personal way. Special mention to Rick Clunn becoming one with the absolute and moving his chakras up through the central axis of his sponsor jersey.

Trait, Z another great watch. Jon is a real one 👊🏼

just found this in perfect timing for my lunch break. excited to get out and do some fall kayak fishing this weekend

Jon is a good dude! Enjoyed the show! 👊

Great Show! I'm defiantly no pro, but fishing has always been fun. I really like a gear that Googan has put out and there baits keep getting better! Cant wait till the new Zaldaingerous Swimbait comes out that yall been designing.

Loving these, it's like a breath of fresh air. Keep up the good work... Flair would be a GREAT follow up for your next Googan. The outdoors is a bigger picture which includes Bass fishing. Sad, California has regulated fishing away. I didn't know that, but I understand now.... 🍺🎣 BTW, I'm 60 yr old and have been following the Googans/RU-vidrs, since before they were Googans. I wanted to learn how to bank bass fish. The reason... I could relate. I have a Pink Trait rod with a Daiwa JDM Steez A reel on it as one of my setups too...🤣 🍺🎣

I don’t normally have patience for podcasts, but I’m enjoying these. That’s pretty sweet it’s a mobile set up.

I can’t wait until Chris pulls that swim bait out on his deck at the first big Fish elite event of 2023! That is so effing dope

Good show! Was hyped when my dad got to be your Marshall at St. John’s earlier this year.

So awesome !!! Going to watch again in case I missed something !!!!

I caught SO MUCH hate when i got sponsored by MTB and Catch co because they work with Googan. Still do. It's crazy. Oh well... still growing lol. Great podcast, dudes!

Great podcast Chris Jon B a great ambassador for the sport and I love the content ❤😂

You know I have been fishing for over 30 years. Its nice to hear this pod cast. I have always liked professional tournament fishing but I always thought they were disconnected from the regular angler. Even as a young boy watching fishing shows. I enjoyed watching but they were not connecting or teaching me something that was relevant to me. Its funny as I am in my 30s and 40s I found myself connecting to these young men. What is even better is watching my children engaged with me while I Bass fish. I can give the Googans some of the credit for that.

Love the podcast and how yall left everything in you were gonna cut

One thing i always like about his videos is he is direct. He not unsure of himself. He needs to be a spokesman for a product. Oh wait he is....GOOGAN

As someone in IL I felt the end so hard! 😂🤣

You probably get this this all the time but if you guys ever get up this way (Iowa) I’ll take ya to some places around southern Iowa. No camera just some fun fishing 😂 great podcast, stoked to see more from you guys

The most in-touch fishing podcast from an “industry pro” ever made!?! Thanks for keeping it real, I don’t think there was a single point you were wrong about. It was weird really, it was like you were reading my mind lol. I watched the googans from their beginning, like all the channels before they united into the crew. The industry is so far behind. That’s why the googans have excelled. They literally created their own market. Damn Impressive. Trust yourselves on your new directions and endeavors. Your dead on imo.

Awesome insight! @trait, gurl! you need to come back to the competitive scene. I miss your content and it sounds crazy but its super relatable to me and was a HUGE motivation for me. I hope we see you soon. 🙌

I love Jon's content. Even though I'm not a Googan, I get a lot of enjoyment out of watching stuffy anglers get irrationally angry about the fact that some young guys created a brand. In Mark Zona's tribute to Aaron Martens after his untimely death, he mentioned how there are preconceptions about how an angler (or at least a bass angler) looks, acts, sounds, etc. Part of Aaron's appeal was how different he was in terms of both personality and approach to fishing. I think we need more people who break the mold like that, especially if we want fishing to resonate with more people.

Awesome conversation way to keep it 💯 trait and shoutout to Jon B. For also keeping it 💯 you don’t see that now days keep them comin….

I just became a fan your an awesome fisherman and from what i can see an awesome person looking forward to seeing more

I was a Marshall on lake fork the last 2 years and last yr I rode with Matsushita on day 1. So cool to watch him. So different.. also seeing 4 livescopes on his boat is crazy too... lol

What yall were saying about being able to relate to people is so true. Personally I think that’s exactly why someone like Gman (swindle) is such a favorite all over; he is a man of the people and doesn’t act like a celebrity at all.

Loved this

Love this one guys!

Love it... in a word... real. Keep it up!

definitely have one of the better podcast! if possible it would be a pretty cool podcast to find out how other pro anglers from different countries do what they do and how they endure the language barrier and moving to a different country to chase their dreams and passion! keep it up!

BTW Chris, I first watched you on a googan squad podcast when JB was talking about his 14 pound bass. You was sitting next to Mike . good stuff 1

Chris is a stand up guy I brought my son to lake Champlain to watch the elite’s and my son brought a swimbait for Chris to sign and he not only took the time to sign the bait but he also got down on my sons level and talked to us for a few min I bet my son will never forget that few mins his entire life !!!!! So just wanted to say thanks again Chris !!!!!!!

Really like Jon and his stuff. Superb! Get Alex on!!

I am late to teh game on watching this video, but it has enlightened me to a lot about the youtube world.

Great video!!

Northern California fan here! I am a couple hours from the Delta, Clearlake, and Shasta. But the spotted bass fishing at New Melones Reservoir has been even better than Shasta. You guys should definitely come check it out

Banger.

I second what Jon B said, would love to see Chris come back out to CA and fish out here. You have a big audience here but as a CA angler I want to see you represent us more whether it’s just a story reference or whatever.

Chris and wifey - thanks for airing this. Admittedly, I have been anti-Googan for a handful of reasons, but there is also that element of change and not truly knowing what they're about. I have liked Jon B from the start of watching him, and it is really cool to hear what he's about and believes Googan is about. The one thing I have admired, from the time I learned of the Googan Squad, is the potential for getting masses of younger generations into fishing. It may be a radically different platform than some older anglers, but if the goal is the same (to share knowledge and get more people into fishing) then they are all wins. My 2 cents. This is a cool episode.

Awesome content. Greetings from Brazil!

We all need to use the hatred and hater comments as fuel. Loved this video, Jon always keeps it real!!!

I think what the Googans did by coming together and forming their company, really exemplifies the new generation of Americans we hear so little about. Genuinly organic successes from just doing what they understood best, with the opportunities they were given and inspired by their own honest passion, dedication, and effort.

This is badass!! 👏🏼

"People forget about the midwest" Ah yeah they do. Man everyone and their mothers are fishing in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. I have no idea why more people are not trying to go after that market

Shoutout to the Walmart kayak crew!! 🤘🤘🤘 LFG

Lol! Not Stalking just a fan. I was introduced by the googans and now follow bass masters. Great Video.

2nd time watching it. Love this.

Never stop tour was awesome

Love the reelness!

You want to put it in real perspective of how influential the Googans and Jon B are? I never even heard of you Chris Zaldain until you had Jon B on your podcast, lol😂 You are a big time fisherman and super successful, one of the best, but you were unknown to me until you interviewed Jon B, now I subscribe to your channel and pod cast! I am a 49 year old angler and I love watching the Googans do their thing! I have learned a ton from them and I respect their passion for the sport and their drive to innovate. These tournament guys can hate on them all they want but I don’t see their brand on anglers boats! Partnering with Googan was one of the smartest things you have done as an angler- they will support and back you like no other company! Good luck on the trail- I hope you win them all!

Good show guys! Nice to see Trait doing well. Is this podcast on iTunes or anything besides the RU-vids?

@zaldaingerous did you ever put that 700 glide bait on your deck in a tournament? Lol. If not, bro you have to do it. I bet you will get a bunch of subs for sure. Keep up the great content brotha, I just watched the Sabine episode and thought it was really good.

I am now a fan of Jon B Never watched before Thanks Zaldains