The Most Dominate Bassmaster Opens Pro Ever (The Bilge Podcast)

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Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain sit down with the Bassmaster EQ Angler of The Year and Rookie Elite Series Fisherman, JT Thompkins, to discuss his 3 years in the Opens, his mindset heading into the Elites, how he was able to qualify so young, and much more on this week's The Bilge Podcast presented by ⁠‪@battlebornbatteries‬
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@johnnyvermin6305 4 месяца назад

I don’t think that kid is going to have any problems growing his social media, he just needs to expose himself to the masses and this podcast is a good start. I’m about to follow him now.

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

I agree. He’s someone worth rooting for

@BattleattheBank 4 месяца назад

Great dude. Thanks for opening up, will be rooting for you and all the guys out there but definitely excited for you and Trey

@timothyperkins625 4 месяца назад

Great conversation, kudos on having JT on the Bilge and giving him the opportunity, exposure! I’ll be rooting for JT this year and many more on the Elites 😉

@robbieandliz.p5032 4 месяца назад

@zaldaingerous biggest fan here you are the most down to earth person ever.

@terrymorris7773 Месяц назад

Well I ll be keeping a eye on that young man. Very impressed,pulling for ya JT.

@garyphillips2650 4 месяца назад

The young man is 10yrs ahead of his time!!! He will be fun to watch for years to come.

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

Both myself and my wife are pleasantly surprised by how wise he is at such a young age. Rooting for the kid

@stephenloveday5382 2 месяца назад

This kid is got the right attitude! The right work ethic. The integrity of a man beyond his years! He will make it & do very well in Bass elites. Very impressive for a 22 year old! Thanks guys for a great show & introducing JT to us! God Bless!

@davidbendlin9321 4 месяца назад

What an intelligent and well rounded young man. Thank you, Chris and Trait for that podcast, fantastic job as always. Good luck to JT and Chris on tour this season!

@korycolorado 4 месяца назад

Perfect, getting rigged for a guide trip tomorrow. Needed something to listen to, thanks Chris! Awesome timing!

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

My pleasure!

@ryanstarzenski3072 4 месяца назад

Seems like a very likable kid for sure. Love the bilge man. So good

@skidemn 4 месяца назад

That kid is more mature than anyone I’ve ever met in their 20s and perhaps well into their 30s! He is destined to go far, and with his attitude and worth ethic, I think we’re going to see him in the top echelon for years to come. Kudos to him for reaching out to you, Chris, and kudos to you for introducing this young wonderful talent to us all.

@SGFishing845 4 месяца назад

Great interview! And very well spoken young man

@tacklenotx 3 месяца назад

What an amazing guy, positive and driven will get you far in any dream you chase.

@bobbycolson1957 4 месяца назад

Thanks for helping us get to know him

@BassUnion 4 месяца назад

Doing a great job with the podcast!!

@matthewevans7151 4 месяца назад

Great interview. The positivity that comes from this guy is going to be contagious. Keep up the good work and good luck on the elites to both of yall.

@Erikbfishing__ 4 месяца назад

Was welcoming from the first time I met him, got to stay with him for a couple opens and learned a ton the last 2 years. Great podcast!

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

Great guy. He stayed at my house for several days and it was good to get to know one of the rookies

@chicagoangler 4 месяца назад

Had to

@markthomson8075 4 месяца назад

Seems like a great well grounded kid. You know when Trait likes you you’re doing something right 😁. Good luck JT on your elite career!

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

🎯

@jamesmims5850 4 месяца назад

Great show guys. JT was a great choice to have on. Wish the both of y’all the best this year. Always love watching Chris fish been following what he does for years. One of my favorites.

@raidernai6646 4 месяца назад

What a fascinating perspective. It's humbling to hear how in tuned these guys are. You think you're good and then you hear how these pro's prepare and adapt. Reminds me of some of my old golfing buddies, some who went pro. You have no idea how good and next level these guys are. Just because you shoot 2 under one time, you think you can compete. Nah, you have to shoot 5-7 under every round just to make the cut. These guys are pro's for a reason.

@jamesmims5850 4 месяца назад

Toledo as of 6 am on 2-15-24 is 171.53. Less than six inches from full pool. So 186 thousand and change acres to fish with over 1200 miles of fishable shoreline good luck guys. My home pond and can’t wait to see how it goes down. I’ll catch mine on Saturday the only day I have to fish. Hope y’all catch em all 4 days.

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

💪🏽

@ChadFlipNrip 3 месяца назад

I'm not going to forget when Chris said "when you look up, and cast out, you realize this ain't it" that's a huge, true statement. Unfiltered truth about industry, hell life changing, technology. Won't forget that.

@Woefman911 4 месяца назад

This is the greatest show,(meaning the bilge) and JT was fun .

@tonyb-50 4 месяца назад

Great show

@Yakman_J.Smallz 4 месяца назад

Damn good episode everyone !!👏

@bobbycolson1957 4 месяца назад

These young guys can not only catch em they are polished beyond their years

@WillbWriting 4 месяца назад

I can’t live without it.i am the shot.

@MJ_Bass 4 месяца назад

I’ve been very impressed with the guys who have qualified fishing all 9. They all seem to have it together, where some of the guys who qualified fishing 3 you could tell first interview they weren’t going to make it.

@saltysailor141 4 месяца назад

Super good pod! Ups driver Bill....the smalllie slayer....approved! 👍 🐟 nice one guys!

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!!

@phildante5068 3 месяца назад

Great pod! You guys should have miliken on soon!

@CharScarX 4 месяца назад

A solid dude for sure 👍

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

No doubt

@tonyb-50 4 месяца назад

1st time I’ve heard of him. Bout to look him up

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

Awesome

@ryanstarzenski3072 4 месяца назад

“Ur gonna get us cancelled.” 😂😂😂😂

@tonyb-50 4 месяца назад

I’m rewatching now so I can steal it 😂, fem- “something” lol😂

@WildWill-mg8po 4 месяца назад

Can't wait to try the new loaded swimbait

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

It’s starting to get just right for it down south 🤘🏽

@byronhendrixfishing8393 4 месяца назад

JT’s legit. Talked with him at media day last year when he was parked next to Canterbury

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

He's got a great foundation to last in the Elites!

@neiljohnsen276 4 месяца назад

Good people.

@korycolorado 4 месяца назад

Positive show. The kid has got it right, cant live without fishing. If im not fishing someone else is and that drives us crazy!

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

He’s got a good head on his shoulders. Going to enjoy following his career growth

@korycolorado 4 месяца назад

@@Zaldaingerous myself and many others will enjoy watching both your careers grow 👍

@blakeraider5312 4 месяца назад

JT going to have success right away

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

He certainly has the work ethic to find success quickly

@academicmailbox7798 4 месяца назад

That was a disgustingly positive episode, no doubt. Normal service will resume shortly. There's an actor in Ireland who was in one of the most successful Guinness television ad ever. And I wondered if I'd ever meet guys like that (it's the ad where he danced around the pint of Guinness, before finally drinking it). I remember years later I was around the guy and his buds, and the only topic of conversation was the strife and arguments over reimbursement between production companies and actors. I remember feeling so hollow on the inside. The guy had a brief, single great moment of acting exposure to a massive TV audience. And it was then all down hill. It was a hard realization I remember at the time. Life is not all gravvy.

@BenC-77 4 месяца назад

Outstanding, as per usual for the Zaldains - The Bilge. My greatest regret in my fishing life is not buying the Trait Zaldain spinning rod when i saw it....Dang it!😂 Good stuff as usual!!

@jasonbarclay3294 4 месяца назад

And always remember when you are on live do not put the spit up Shad back in the fishes mouth. Lol😂. I love watching Zaldain on live always entertaining and I always learn something new. Yall keep it up.

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

😂😂😂

@maxcole3930 4 месяца назад

JT seems like a good dude, I'll keep an eye on him & follow him this season. Kick some ass SeaBass! Chris roughly how long do I gotta wait for your loaded swimbaits in larger size? How many different or what sizes are gonna end up being released?? Can't beat the 6" but I personally like little bit bigger swimbaits for drawing power & help reduce some of smaller bites. I'm not a tournament angler but I love kayak fishing & throwing big baits, finding hard to get areas where it's just me & mother nature. My goal this year is to beat my PB largmouth from last a 11.4 & catch a striper over 30lbs. Gonna b a challenge but that's half the fun. & You can never ever have enough boom sticks!!!!!!

@Three-13 4 месяца назад

Fem-essential, I LOVE IT! LMAO!!!!!!

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

😅

@TonyAnthonyRichards 4 месяца назад

Dude said… 33% fishing… 66%……. That’s 99% I would have loved to know what the last 1% is? But nope…. Chris didn’t let him finish…. Please let these guys talk! Since I have your attention…. Trait doesn’t get enough credit for the Prime sponsor a few years back. That was DOPE!

@chaseiv58 3 месяца назад

It was cool to see someone that is probably stereotyped as a “scoper” bust out all his fishing knowledge. You can tell he would be successful regardless of whether he had 1 or 6 garmins.

@Zaldaingerous 3 месяца назад

I have enjoyed getting to know him. He understands how to pattern fish and seasonal movements. Extremely detailed

@bkbaitsal4389 4 месяца назад

When is the Big Box Store interview coming??

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

What do you mean?

@bkbaitsal4389 4 месяца назад

@@Zaldaingerous awhile back you said you was gonna do a big box store interview on how to get baits into the box stores and what percent they might charge to carry someone's product.. Love your videos and interviews. You never fail and always ask the right questions . Keep it up!

@jmccOutdoors 4 месяца назад

“Our most positive podcast to date”. Sad that even needs to be a thumbnail in these times. 🍿🎣🍻

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

Seems like “positivity” is the hot word in the industry right now

@chuckstillwell9549 4 месяца назад

Seems like a fine young man

@basscat2107 4 месяца назад

Drew Gill is a different mind than the sport has seen minus A-mart.

@Bottomfeedercustoms2024 2 месяца назад

Wrestling personality can make you successful at anything.

@keenanmoore264 4 месяца назад

Wait a minute.. So people aren't hiring graphic designers to put together the artwork for their boat wrap? Hit me up yo.

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

Nope and they should be…

@steveporteroutdoorsohio4739 4 месяца назад

Livescope isn't fishing , these new guys wouldn't be able to compete if they took livescope away

@undergroundbee 4 месяца назад

Rubik's cube to make a living 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@coty7228 4 месяца назад

Need to get milliken on this podcast

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

He should start his own podcast

@bradcoco5224 4 месяца назад

Hmmm I guess y'all don't get along

@coty7228 4 месяца назад

@@bradcoco5224 I was kinda thinking the same thing, maybe I took that wrong 🤷‍♂️

@andybrode2507 4 месяца назад

Unfortunately Chris Z. aligned with the ego monster from Lunker TV. They did a video recently slamming Ben. Maybe Chris and Trait can get the Swim Bait back from Bass Mafia (ran by the same ego monster) and go straight to BPS.

@richarddickduckett5094 4 месяца назад

Positivity is BAD

@Zaldaingerous 4 месяца назад

Lol

@nunyabusiness102 4 месяца назад

I love pro fishing, but I feel pros are slaves to sponsors just to take part in something that is not a financially viable sport. This is supposed to be a dream "job" but you (the pros) basically have a corporate job that allows you to fish on occasion. You're basically a glorified advertising dept.