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The episode discusses the future of western tournament bass fishing with WON Bass Tournament Director Billy Egan, focusing on the state of Lake Mead and upcoming tournaments.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with WON Bass Tournament Director Billy Egan to discuss the current state and future of western tournament bass fishing. We dive deep into the pressing question on every angler's mind: Is Lake Mead dead and gone as a premier tournament fishery? With changing conditions and historically tough bites, we explore the possibility that the upcoming U.S. Open Bass Fishing Championship could be the last one—and potentially the final major bass tournament—e...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bailey Eigbrett, Andrew Full, Adam Deakin

Guest: Billy Egan

Topics covered

• Lake Mead
• bass fishing
• tournament updates
• WON Bass
• fishing conditions
• U.S. Open

Keywords

• Lake Mead
• bass fishing
• WON Bass
• tournament fishing
• U.S. Open
• fishing conditions
• Billy Egan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WON Bass

Places: Lake Mead

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