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American Roots Outdoors w/ Alex Rutledge
Bass Fishing Techniques with the Legends!
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This week we have some real Legends in the studio with us! Like Gary Mason founder of the "Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame", Rick York (Pro Bass Fisherman), Tommy Garner and Youth Bass Champion Jeremiah Proulx. Also in studio is the founder of 80 Below, Jeff .
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But you know, one of my go-to's I've been raised on it. I love fishing a spinnerbait. I love getting up there shallow, beating those banks, um flipping a brush hog. You know, that's a big staple of mine. But getting up there, beating the banks, brush hog, spinnerbait. I love fishing out deep. I love fishing finesse. I love fishing those ledges, brush piles. I like getting out there looking at them too. But you know, like um Mr. Gary said, you you know, just fish your strengths. That's the biggest thing any time of year, fish your strengths. What you're good at, uh, don't matter what technique, but get out there and just fish your strengths.
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SPEAKER_14You go to wiseeye smartcam.com. I'm using them. You should too. Make WiseEye Technologies presents. Welcome to American Roots Outdoors, everybody. We are in the studio. And we have got a great show, as always, lined up for everybody. And the topic of this show is bass fishing techniques with the legends. And legends, we talk about legends, Wayne Redbone. We've got some legends in here. We've got Mr.
SPEAKER_03Well, thank you, but I'm really not a lie.
SPEAKER_14Thank you.
SPEAKER_10See, I appreciate the compliment, but I wouldn't quite go that far. Yeah, not that far as a legend.
SPEAKER_14Mr. Gary Mason, the founder of Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame. He's in the studio with us.
SPEAKER_09Hey, Alex.
SPEAKER_14Hey, buddy. We got Rick York. Rick York, come over here. Rick York is the president of the Northeast Arkansas bass fishing. Hey guys. There we go. Jeremiah Pro. This guy is 17 years old. Right? Come over here, Jeremiah. 18. 18. He is qualified to fish the national championships, man. This guy is a beast. And we've also got, thank you, Jeremiah, for coming in the studio. We got Mr. Tommy Garner. Yep, Tommy Garner. Steppenwolf Productions. We got Mr. Jeff with 80 below. And uh another legend. These guys all love to bass fish and they love to hunt. We've got a great show lineup for y'all. We want to kick it off real quick, Gary. Let's talk about your roots. Where were you born? Tell us about yourself.
SPEAKER_12Well, I was born in Union City, Tennessee, but I was raised up in a little small town called Buckhannon, Tennessee. And some of you may have heard of that town because one of our other legends is from there as well, Miss Brenda Valentine. I was a little kid, about 12 years old, following my aunt and Brenda Valentine around at the saddle club every Friday night, and uh we grew up in a wonderful neighborhood there. Small town USA, had a high school and three stores and a baseball diamond pallet meal and all that kind of stuff. But we were country folks, you know, and we grew up in the country. We got our our a lot of our food, our our shoes, our blue jeans, and everything from the general store there in Buckanna, Tennessee. Had a little church, Milton Methodist Church there, and on Sunday that's where we all went. So we grew up in uh, I guess kind of like on Walton Mountain. We grew up in the country. That is country, Redbone.
SPEAKER_03That is country. And I gotta ask you right off the top, uh, your lifelong friend of Brent Brenda Valentine. Right. She tells a story and told it on this show about the first time she ever saw a deer track. And everybody in town came out to see, remember this? Remember this? Came out to see this deer track because back in those days you just never saw deer. And even to see a deer track, people just went nuts for it.
SPEAKER_12Oh, yeah. I remember the first deer that I seen. I was on the school bus. I was in the eighth grade, and we were going to go to Parish, Tennessee to see a play at Grove School, which we all paid a dime. Every one of us kids paid a dime to go see this play. And we round this curve, and there's two deer that cross the road in front of our school bus. The school bus driver slams the brakes on. Every kid runs to the left-hand side of the bus. It's a wonder they had to turn the bus over. But we uh we uh watched them deer. I mean, we stood sat there almost late to the play, but that was the first deer that any of us had ever seen. I'll never forget that.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, and Alex, it's hard to imagine that in Tennessee.
SPEAKER_14Yeah, in Tennessee.
SPEAKER_03But there was a time when we didn't see deer in Tennessee.
SPEAKER_14I remember my dad talking in the 1930s. He said when they see a deer track that somebody come to town and talk about, everybody in the country would load up in their vehicles to go look at that deer track. It's amazing what uh our conservation departments have done nationwide to have our deer population where it's at today. And the same with turkeys, you know, the same thing. You know, our subject, Gary, you talked about your roots and uh you're also a coach for Bethel University, the number one collegiate bass fishing team in the nation.
SPEAKER_12Well, I wouldn't say we're the number one bass fishing team in the nation, but I would say we're the winningest college bass fishing program in the nation. We've won 13 national titles since 2009 when I brought the team to Bethel University, and we've won 18 regional championships. Had an old boy from over here in Missouri that helped win several of those championships, and that was uh, as you know, Mr. Cody. Uh Cody Huff. Cody Huff from Ava, Missouri. Yeah. I had five or four kids this year from my program that fished in the Batchmaster's Classic out of 55. And uh we had one more that like three ounces making it to the classic, so we could have had five real easily. But we've had a great program. God has blessed us tremendously, and and I'm looking forward to times to come.
SPEAKER_14So well, we got a young man here in this studio here, Jeremiah Pro. Absolutely. Uh Jeremiah uh come up here to the mic with us, Jeremiah. Let's talk about you and what's your your qualifications, what you've qualified to do, and talk about your roots real quick. Were you born and raised?
SPEAKER_00Well, I was born and raised in, well, I should say Bourne in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Um, around the age of eight, moved down here with my family to little town of uh Cherokee Village, Arkansas, and uh met an old old man named Mr. Rick York. He's sitting over there, we'll get him over here in a second. But uh, second second youngest guy in the room. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03You're the coach. I met an old man.
SPEAKER_00Met this guy uh shoot when I kind of you know started high school and all that in 14, 13, and he kind of raised me and got me going and you know, kind of started my roots there and uh as far as tournament bass fishing, and we kind of just sprouted and grew from there, and we're going on a third-time qualification to the Bassmaster High School Nationals, and I've qualified this year too to go to Lake Hartwell in South Carolina um for the adult uh bass master national. So it's been a really fun, eventful year. Wow. Yeah.
SPEAKER_12So there's a real good possibility that this young man could come to Bethel University. He could receive a scholarship to fish. Wow. And also uh even in his fishing with Bassmasters in the high school division, uh, he could win other scholarship opportunities as well. Of course, we wanted to pick Bethel University, but there's there's over 20.
SPEAKER_00Is that where you want to go? I don't know. You know, it's a possibility. You never know what happens, but the future is uh the future's interesting.
SPEAKER_03So Bethel University Just let me say this 18 regional championships, 13 national championships.
SPEAKER_14So where would you go? That's kind of like the NFL.
SPEAKER_10Well, yeah. I'll say this this is like LeBron moment right here. We need to know where are you taking your talents? Where are you taking your talents there?
SPEAKER_00Hey, hey, this guy, you know, they got an absolutely amazing program over there. You know, countless, I mean, awesome young anglers have come out of there. Cody Huff. I've known him and you know, yeah, and you know, they're just amazing. So the the the programs that they're putting on over there for these young kids and the opportunities that they're providing at a at a college level is really next level, and it it it's proven that on the water. So, you know, it's definitely an option. It's definitely, you know, something to consider. And uh yeah, yeah. Just like if you played football, getting an offer to go to Alabama.
SPEAKER_14Oh, yeah. That's why really you're getting an offer from the coach to go fish Bethel.
SPEAKER_12Yeah. Absolutely, and we'd love to have you. We'd love to have you come to Bethel. And I I jokingly tell people that you know, you can either pick Bethel or you can pick some other school and let me know how it feels to be in second place.
SPEAKER_09Yeah, there you go.
SPEAKER_03I'll shake your hand when you come up the podium with the body. Absolutely.
SPEAKER_12Well, you know, uh the the s sad part about what I do, I can only take eight to ten young people a year, and I try to get the cream of the crop. You know, I think I get some really good anglers each year, and my records have proven it. But there's a whole lot of other things that have to come into play with coaching a college uh student, athlete in any sport, and that's giving that student the things that he needs to win with, giving him the knowledge that he needs and the support. Uh you know, you get they get support at the high school level from their coach, like Rick and and hats off, Rick, to things you've done. But also they get support from mom and dad and granddad and grand mom. But when they get on that college level, it's me and them. You know, granddad and grandmom and all of them become spectators in a sport we all love, but it's the coach and the player, and so they have to depend on the things that I can s support them with, and I have to depend on the knowledge that I can give them.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, and in his defense, you also have to offer the right curriculum as far as an education goes outside of fishing.
SPEAKER_12Yeah, the the number two thing is education. Number one thing is God above. Number two thing is education, number three things fishing.
SPEAKER_14We're gonna go to a break, everybody. You're listening to American Roots Outdoors right here, right now. Don't go away. We'll be right back with more right after this.
SPEAKER_07Hey everybody, this is Michael Wating with Bone Collector, and you're listening to my buddy Alex Rutledge on American Roots Outdoors, man.
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SPEAKER_14Hornedy Ammunition presents. Welcome back to American Roots Outdoors. We are in the studio, man. We've got a lineup for y'all. If you just joined us, we had segment one of the show. The founder of Legend of the Outdoors, the Battle coach, bass fishing coach, uh, Mr. Gary Mason, and Mr. Jeremiah Pro. We've done an introduction. Everybody's in the studio with us again, uh, Mr. Rick Rick York, Northeast Bass Masters Fishing Association. Am I saying that right? Yeah, close enough, he said. And we got Grant behind the camera over there, producer for Legends of the Outdoors, Tommy Garner, uh, Mr. Jeff, and uh Jeremiah Pro. Yeah, qualifier. If you just join us, this guy's qualified to fish the Bassmasters uh Elite series at 18 years old.
SPEAKER_00I don't know about Elite Series, but the the Bassmaster High School Nationals.
SPEAKER_14So that's pretty cool. So so I want to get you back up here to the mic because this is the two pretty top subjects here. You guys both learned to bass fish. I'm gonna ask you the question first, Gary. How old was you when you caught your first bass?
SPEAKER_12Uh I was probably about 15 years old. I'll never forget it. I had a cream worm, and one of the little propellers on the front of it, a Tom Man cream worm, and and then I was reeling it slowly in a in a gravel pit pond, and this mouth just came up and engulfed this thing. And it was just like time stood still for me, and uh, got that bass bass to the to the bank. It probably weighed a pound, pound and a half, but I was hooked, and from then on I I wanted to bass fish. The difference between me and these kids today is we didn't have boats back then. We fished farm ponds, creek banks, and that type of stuff. Unfortunately, I couldn't have made it on the Bethel University bass fishing team. I wasn't good enough to be there. This guy, this guy right here can make it because he's the real deal.
SPEAKER_14Now let's talk about your first bass now, Jeremiah. Can you remember that? And uh, what have you got to say to other kids and young guys out there that's listening or girls about wanting to be a professional fisherman or fish collegiate or high school?
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Well, I mean, as far as going back, it's like the program now, I feel like, and today's time, these colleges, these high schools are giving these kids an actual opportunity to actually excel to exceed to that next level. And uh it's it's really cool to see these guys um, you know, that uh provide these ways for these kids to go to that next level. Um, but you know, as far as my first bass ever, you know, that goes way back to back in the day. I uh I mean I my roots go back as far as you know, just worm on a hook fishing. That's the way, you know, I've always been, you know, I raised that way. My my dad and my grandpa, those were my fondest memories of getting me out there and going fishing. But I remember that one of the first times it was actually a little creek, and I was throwing a little rooster tail. A little rooster tail back in the day. I think it was. My favorite bait was a mouse black period. I got you, yeah. Yeah. Um, in this little creek, little big old smallmouth came over, and I that's one of the coolest, coolest moments I think I remember was seeing that smallmouth come out from behind that rock and just absolutely obliterate that rooster tail. It's just, you know, and that puts something in your heart. So, you know, and I think you know, almost every kind of high schooler, every pro elite angler out there has kind of had a magical moment like that in their lives where they just in that moment they realize, wow, I gotta do this. It's not that I have to do it, it's that I want and I have to do this, you know. I got to do it.
SPEAKER_14So, so you my question again, it was a like a two or three-part question. What have you got to say to other kids out there that's listening is could fish a high school bass fishing team or collegiate? What do you got to say to them?
SPEAKER_00I mean, get out there and do it. You know, it like me, I remember when I when Rick first introduced me to the high school side of it, you know, I was like almost kind of nervous and scared to go out there and you know compete against them, but just go out there and do it. You know, they're out there competing just like you are, they're competing to get to that next level. And uh, you know, just take that first step, and then you know, it just starts growing from there. You know, you start getting comfortable, you start getting in that I I like to say that competitive mode. You like being out there and competing, you like feeling that that that urge to win. And you know, that's what motivates me personally to get out there and do it over and over again. So yeah, if you're a young kid out there, find a high school coach, find someone to take you out there and go fishing and um get out there and do it.
SPEAKER_10In our uh last week's episode, one of the lures we talked about was the Black Fury. I had brought that up. I even showed Alex that, and to hear you talk about it, I'm like, I look over at Redbow and I'm like, that's exactly what I was talking about. That lure is a killer lure.
SPEAKER_12I can't tell you.
SPEAKER_10So you, young man, need to get yourself a handful of those black furies because I'm telling you what, around here, I think they're gonna do a lot of damage if you ain't already got them.
SPEAKER_12Yeah, they're great lures. One thing I wanted to say about uh the the high school kids coming out of high school, you know, a lot of kids think to go to college they need to wait till their senior year of high school before they get recruited. There's only about five to six percent of the high school students that get recruited for their high school sport if they're fishing, or I mean if they're football, baseball, basketball, tennis, those sports. So to get recruited by a coach, so there's several things you need to do. Number one, figure what that school is, get with that coach, go ahead and and spend some time with him, send him pictures, whatever on Facebook, but spend time with him and but start in the tenth grade. You know, don't wait till you're senior, start in the tenth grade, even ninth grade, and get get some kind of established uh repertoire going with that particular coach that you think you want to fish for. And this goes along with any sport, baseball, basketball, football, whatever.
SPEAKER_14So it goes with any sport. Another legend that we have here today with us, and and uh this guy right here has got his own radio talk show and uh huge following that he has, and you do a lot. You you always send a message about kids. Tommy, what have you got to say about kids that might want to get involved in fishing or collegiate or high school?
SPEAKER_11Find someone to uh um to help you because uh I know that uh uh there's a a lot of people that all you have to do is ask them, say, I I like to go fishing. Um I don't know how to do anything, and and most of the people that I know that I'm I'm talking about the sportsman they'll say, Okay, well let's just do it and I'll help you get what you need and just do it. And uh I want to say something, when they get that first bass on there and uh it breaks the water and it's got a mouth that looks like you stick your fist in it, they're hooked for life. It's not almost their hook for life, and then it's just up to them. And just do it, you know.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, Gary, I'd like to mention one more thing. Uh, I know you think this is awfully important too, but for those high school kids, grades matter. And your conduct, your personal conduct matters, and and today your activity on social media matters. I mean, and as a coach, you look at those things.
SPEAKER_12Yeah, absolutely. You know, one thing I tell people all the time is if kids hunting fish, they don't have enough money to buy the bad things in life. But you're exactly right. Good grades, uh, it may not be uh like if you come to Bethel, good grades is gonna get you a presidential scholarship or it's gonna get you scholarship money. Uh, and that scholarship money may be combined with a portion of athletic scholarship money. So uh good grades are gonna help. But but more than the good grades, it's studying and getting to know the study habits and morals that you're gonna need in college because there's nobody standing over you in college. The professor he gets paid the same amount of money whether you study or whether you don't, whether you leave class or whether you don't. We don't want anybody to fail out. So learn good study habits. Learn how to study on your own. Don't go fishing this afternoon if you've got homework to do. Do your homework and then go fishing afterwards or whatever it is that you want to do. Uh reward yourself by doing your work. This is a job. The scholarship that you're getting paid, that's your income. This is a job. You got a job to do and get the job done before you reward yourself with a day on the lake or time on the water.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, and and and again, the way you conduct yourself. I hear coaches talk about it all the time. Oh, absolutely. If get out in your community and volunteer and uh, you know, be a good person, somebody's other kids want to hang around with, not for the wrong reasons, but for the right reasons.
SPEAKER_12It doesn't do any good if I've got a kid that's a Hank Parker or Kevin Van Damme if he's not coachable. Each one of these kids have, and they're not kids, they're they're young adults, but each one of them have got to uh rely on what I can do for them and what I say to them, and they've got to do what I ask them to do as their coach in order to be competitive and in order to do good. So uh yes, sir, no, sir, is what I hear all the time. One of the greatest compliments I think as a coach I've ever been paid is my professors say we can always tell when one of your students walks in the classroom.
SPEAKER_03Fantastic. Great place to take a break. We're back more American Roots Outdoors Radio with Alex Rutledge and a whole bunch of his friends in just a moment.
SPEAKER_08Hi, everybody. This is Eric Tiffin, and you're listening to my old buddy Alex Rutledge with American Roots Outdoors at Good Price.
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SPEAKER_14Hey guys, it's food plot planting time here in the Ozarks and all across the country. What are you planting this year, Wayne?
SPEAKER_10I'm gonna be putting some smorgasboard in with a whole lot of clover. Wait, wait, wait.
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SPEAKER_10Yeah, unfortunately, they probably pull your neighbors more than uh you want them to be there.
SPEAKER_14Too many deer. But that being said, you know, our topic is bass fishing, and we've introduced you to some of the legends we call them legends. Uh, even this 18-year-old young boy, he's a legend already. You think about it, he's qualified.
SPEAKER_12Yeah, there's no telling how many uh high school kids already look up to him and others that are in high school. And I know they're looking up to guys that are on my team, Drew's team and other teams out there, McKendry and Adrian, college, that uh that are doing good on the tournament trails in college.
SPEAKER_14Yeah, and that's why we created river masters. I want to give it a plug real quick. You know, it's a tournament series on the current river, and we want to go to other rivers is to profile these guys that become masters that's qualified to become a river master. And we created that to create a mentorship in our communities here. People look up to these guys, you know, and they're Christian guys. And and Wayne, you want to talk about that too. And and we got great sponsors that's helped us, you know, create this event. But uh Wayne.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, you had said that uh it would be, you know, there's probably already high school kids looking up to him and that. And I'm thinking, I myself just got out of high school a couple years ago. And uh I would love to have Jeremiah take me fishing because I know I'd probably learn a ton from him. It don't have to be just that in high school to get this.
SPEAKER_12Let me tell you what most folks don't realize is how much these young people have grown up with the depth finders and computers and stuff, that that it's just easy for them. Whereas guys like me and Alex and Rick and all of us had to really push ourselves and force ourselves to learn how to use you know, side finders and live scopes and all the stuff that's available now that these kids just pick up and go with. I'd hate to fish against him. I'll tell you. I ain't putting my money up against him. I'll set on the bank and I want him to be my alternate. I want him to be my partner.
SPEAKER_14So anyway, I want to talk about a product here. You know, I've been using it for over a year now, and you got me introduced to it, and uh the creator of it, uh Mr. Jeff and uh 80 Below. Jeff, come in here with us.
SPEAKER_09How's it going?
SPEAKER_14Yeah. Let's talk about 80 below real quick. 80 below is a product that you can use on reels, rods, uh, squeaky doors, squeaky mics, whatever. Let's talk about that real quick.
SPEAKER_06That's basically a product you can use on practically anything, any kind of sliding mechanism, any kind of line. Just use it just like you use any other lubric that you use. Just challenge yourself to pick up a bottle somewhere and try 80 below because I think you'll be elated to what's going to happen. Because it's really a super product, it's full synthetic. You can use it, like I say, on anything. We did it for guns, basically, because we're big waterfowl hunters. We love to get out in the cold weather and waterfowl hunt, and it just keeps you automatically shooting, just repeating like they're supposed to. Dirt doesn't bother it too much. Uh you know, you can shoot real dirty. Sometimes I'm ashamed of my gun when I tear it down and do cleaning because it's and it's still sitting there just performing like it's supposed to. Also, fishing reels, the ice building up on them. You can put it on the line, you can do a lot of things. I've had people spray it on baits and swear it helps. But uh, I don't know. I'm not the biggest fisherman in the world, but we'll we'd give it a try. We're gonna try it tomorrow, I think.
SPEAKER_14Yeah, we we're gonna take you on the Kurt River, and you're gonna catch your first Kirk River smallmouth in the Ozarks. So are you excited?
SPEAKER_06I am excited. I haven't caught too many smallmouths in my life. I'm mostly you were talking about favorite baits and largemouth. I was a farm pond fisherman when I was just a kid, and yeah. I and my favorite bait was a big old popping bug. I love to throw that bug out there and see him hit it. He'd just come out and just take it away.
SPEAKER_14Well, you can throw that tomorrow in the morning when we're fishing.
SPEAKER_06It may work.
SPEAKER_14Yeah.
SPEAKER_12Everybody want to encourage fishing with bubblegum tomorrow, Alex.
SPEAKER_14Yeah, I'm gonna give him one of them crowbar lures.
SPEAKER_12You remember that?
SPEAKER_06Little worm on the hook.
SPEAKER_14Yeah, worm on the hook. Yeah. We're gonna have fun tomorrow. Thank you for being in the studio with us and and thank you for talking about your product because I I believe in it. I've used it on my reels and stuff and makes them smooth and and we're gonna hear more about it. You told me on the way down here that you're in over 200 stores. If anybody wants to become a dealer, what can they do to become a dealer with this product?
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SPEAKER_10Wayne? And I do have one question. This isn't just for metal on metal.
SPEAKER_06No, no.
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SPEAKER_14Inventor, a great product. And uh man, we're learning so much here about different things. And this is segment three of the show. We got segment four coming up. It's the last segment of the radio show. We got a few minutes left here. Uh, I want to ask you a question. What is your favorite bass tactic and your favorite lure?
SPEAKER_12Well, I love to ledge fish. And you know, I I love to do every kind of bass fishing, but I love to ledge fish. Kentucky Lake, where I live, is a huge ledge fishing lake. And I guess probably my my favorite lure is a baby brush hog uh on a Carolina rig. I love to fish that on a drop. I also love a jig and pig, so that's probably my two favorite lures, fishing ledges.
SPEAKER_14For bass fishing. So, what advice have you got for anybody listening here for lake fishing or river fishing? Uh what how crucial is it to use fluorocarbon over monofilament, uh braid, et cetera?
SPEAKER_12Well, I'm a big monofilament guy. I love P line, I love their their products, and uh that's one of uh the companies that's been sponsoring me for a long time, and I don't think you can get a better fishing line. But you know, the main thing about fishing is use what you're confident in using when you're talking about lures. It it doesn't matter. There's a thousand lures out there, and all of them are good in its right application. Use what you're confident in and fish in the waters that you're confident in fishing.
SPEAKER_14There you go. Question to you, Jeremiah Pro, national qualifier. Uh share something with us about bass fishing, your favorite technique, favorite line, favorite lure.
SPEAKER_00Well, you know, Mr. Alex asked me that when he came in the studio, and I was like, you know, I mean, I really don't have one. You know, my I try personally to be most as versatile as I can at certain times of year, adapting to when those bass, what those what feeding um movements those bass are in, you know, just letting them tell me what to throw, what to do in those times, in those situations. But you know, one of my go-to's, I've been raised on it. I love fishing a spinnerbait. I love getting up there shallow, beating those banks, um, flipping a brush hog. You know, that's a big staple of mine. But getting up there, beating the banks, brush hog, spinnerbait, I love fishing out deep. I love fishing finesse. I love fishing those ledges, brush piles. I like getting out there looking at them too. But, you know, like um Mr. Gary said, you, you know, just fish your strengths. That's the biggest thing any time of year, fish your strengths. What you're good at, uh, don't matter what technique, but get out there and just fish your strengths and do what you love to do.
SPEAKER_14There you go, Jeremiah Pro. Tommy Garner. What advice have you got for our viewers and listeners? Uh, your type of baits you love to use for bass? River fishing or a large mouth on the river's lakes?
SPEAKER_11There's two things that I use without fail. One is one of the most effective lures that you can use here is a soft plastic bait that we call a creature bait, which is three inches long or less, very round as your pinky, and everything that every paraphor fish in the water eats. That, and I'm really big up on jerk baits, especially in the rivers around the the swift water. And that's two things. Try I mean they they work for me and try them, and they may work for you too. There you have it, everybody.
SPEAKER_14We got one more Rick York going to come in. Rick, tell us your favorite baits and line and rod and reels you fish.
SPEAKER_05Um, I like mostly like fish full carbon line. Uh I love to fish shallow. Um my favorite deal is to get in the mud, prop the trolling motor up, and fish in six to eight inches of water. That's my favorite thing to do. Flip your hands.
SPEAKER_14You're around, you're around.
SPEAKER_05I get a chance. They'll let me fly. Usually in the wintertime, you have to pull out deeper. But so but anyway, those are the things. What about the rivers?
SPEAKER_14Rivers, and we're gonna go to a break. Rivers, rivers tube. Tube. Tube. We're gonna go to a break, everybody. You're hearing from the legends right here in the studio with American Roots Outdoors. Don't go away. We'll be right back with more right after this.
SPEAKER_04Hey y'all, it's Tyler Farr, and you're listening to my good buddy, Mr. Alex Rutledge on American Roots Outdoors.
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SPEAKER_03It has, although I'm really surprised nobody picked a brown and orange Mr. Twister picking them back.
SPEAKER_12Only a legend would use that.
SPEAKER_03Well, that's what I use. When I can find them.
SPEAKER_10Yeah. Wayne? I was going to say I'm going to Bass Pro Shops and they always have that big bin. Monty's outdoors. We're going to Monty's outdoors. Well, I got to take the kids over to that display, the aquarium, and then mount it. Monty's had them before. I'll have to see if they still got them too. If they don't, I'm going to tell them to order you a bunch in for you. Please do. But we're definitely going to be checking around for you now that I know that's your favorite. But for me, I'm still going to stick with the Black Fury. I'm going to brag.
SPEAKER_14Monty's outdoors is here close, everybody to our listening area. That's right. We want to support Monty as close as you can if you're close to him and go to Bass Pro if you're close to them.
SPEAKER_12You can come to Bass Pro Shops when the Legends of the Outdoors is going to be a good one. Yeah, let's talk about that.
SPEAKER_14Let's talk about that. We're going to give away a couple of tickets at the next Rivermasters.
SPEAKER_12That is correct.
SPEAKER_14Yep. One of the top five winners is going to win two free tickets to the Hall of Fame. $200 value. $200 value. One of the top five winners is going to win this to go meet and greet with Gary Mason and all the professional fishermen there. Talk about that.
SPEAKER_12Right. I just got a note while we were driving over here that Boy Duckett will be there. Wow. Kevin Van Damme is going to be there. Kathy Fennell from FL from Major League Fishing, used to be FLW, is going to be there. And many, many other uh of your outdoor celebrities in hunting and fishing. And guys, listen, here's the deal. This is not about me. Alex Rutledge is one of our Hall of Fame members. Tommy Garner is on our board of directors. This is all about the legends of the outdoors, those that are in there already and those that are going there. But if you've never been to a place where you could meet and greet 30 or 40 different uh people from the outdoors industry that you've looked up to and you've seen on TV, this is the place. And I'm promising you right now, as the founder and the CEO of Legends Outdoors, if you don't get a warm, fuzzy feeling when you go in there, if there's not a tear in your eye when you leave laughter in your heart. How can people buy tickets?
SPEAKER_14Do you can they still buy tickets right now? They can buy tickets.
SPEAKER_12They can contact me personally at 731-693-7770, or they can go on our website at WWEOutdoors. Both words are plural, legends of theoutdoors.com. Go to the bottom of the front page. My personal cell phone number is on there. Don't give it to a hacker or somebody like that.
SPEAKER_14You've been hacked, by the way.
SPEAKER_12I mean, your email's been hacked. Yeah. But don't don't don't give it to somebody that Antonio Lopez from Chicago, as you have. Well, you know, Antonio and I go way back, I'm sure. But uh, but no, go to the bottom of the front page of the Legend of the Outdoors website and contact me on the numbers that are there, and we'll get you hooked up with tickets. Tickets are $100. Or if you're a company and you want to bring a bunch of your clients or friends, sponsorship. $1,200 a table. So and I've still got a few tables left. We'll have a large silent auction. It'll be at the Bass Pro Shops on August 19th. Starts at 9 o'clock in the morning. Goes till about 3 o'clock. We feed you a wonderful dinner. And listen, if you're not there, we're probably going to talk about you.
SPEAKER_14That's right. Yeah. Hey, I know I'm coming. Linda and I are coming. Wayne, you need to get some tickets too. You and Redbone. We all need to be there to support the legends. Yeah, this is a great event. It's a great time for you to go meet Kevin Van Dam and get pictures with him and pick his brain. He'll he'll answer questions. They'll be there all day long with everybody. It's uh you gonna try to come, Jeremiah?
SPEAKER_00I'll I'll try. I want to for sure.
SPEAKER_12Well, we're gonna have some great music too, uh with Olivia Olivia Faye Floyd from Murray, Kentucky, great young up and coming rising country music star. Like I said, we're gonna feed you. And but the the the best thing of the whole thing is you're gonna get to hear stories about how God has led each and every one of those guys and gals into an industry that we love. Our tagline is following the footsteps, and that's truly what we're doing. I'm following Alex Rutledge's footsteps for other people. So by all means, we we want you to come and and be a part of it. Tommy Garner will be there, I'll be there, Jeff Mylam will be there, and we'll be glad to see you.
SPEAKER_14There you have it, folks. How many minutes we got left here?
SPEAKER_03Oh, you got about three and a half minutes.
SPEAKER_14Three and a half minutes. I want to say this, man. This has been a good show as we've ever done.
SPEAKER_12The date I meant to say, and I thought I did, but the date is August 19th of 2023. Doors open at 9 a.m. You've got to have a ticket to get in, though, because if you don't have a ticket, you can't get the door. Limited seating, too. Limited seating. Uh, and if you and listen, we're so first come, first serve. If you don't get your tickets, you can't you can't come to it. You can't show up at the door that morning and say, hey, I want to go in and see Alex Rutledge and all these folks because we've got limited seating. We have to let them folks at Bash Pro Shops know how much that we're gonna need.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, and Gary, could you tell the folks, uh give example of some of the people that are coming in as members?
SPEAKER_12Again. Yeah. Alex Rutledge will be there. And Kevin Rutherford. Well, I mean the people who are being inducted into the Jimmy Ronquist, uh, Kathy Fennell, Kevin Van Dem, uh Philip Vanderpool. Um uh my mind's going black. I used to name everybody right off the top of my head, but those are some of the folks that's going in, and there'll be others. Oh, there's a lady going in. Alex Rutledge is actually. Check this out. She's younger than I am. Alex Rutledge is actually the youngest person we ever inducted. What year did we induct you in? 2007. 2007. Alex Rutledge was only about 20. I was 42. He was 42. Youngest person we ever inducted. This year we're going to induct the oldest person we've ever inducted, Miss Gail Kemp from Arkansas. She's 98 years young. 98 years young. So it don't, you know, here's the deal. You can become a legend at any stage in your life. Just work hard, give back to others, because the whole key to this thing is giving to others and uh and enjoy life. Young man. I look forward to hopefully getting to be your coach someday. For sure. I look forward to it.
SPEAKER_14There you have it, folks. History may have been made right here, and I'm gonna make a bold statement. Jeremiah Pro, if he follows his dream, the way he conducts himself, has the complete presence to be a bass master's. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely the way he handles himself is very impressive. You've done very well, Jeremiah. Well, thank you for that, Mr. I definitely want to fish with you on the river. For sure. We need to sell goods you are to see if you can be my alternate when Rick's gone.
SPEAKER_02Sounds good to me. Now, now, does Jeremiah do you play football in Highland? You go to school in Highland?
SPEAKER_00Uh no, sir.
SPEAKER_02I'm actually homeschooled.
SPEAKER_00Oh, okay. Yeah, I've been homeschooled for most of my life. I attended a public school up um in Eau Claire, Wisconsin for about four years and moved out to UK and uh yeah, I've been homeschooled ever since.
SPEAKER_12Well, I want to tell this young man one thing. You could put all of my guys that's on my team in a paper sack and shake them up and pour them out, and you wouldn't know which one was Jeremiah and which one was the rest of the guys. He fits the mold of the young people that I'm looking for. And I if you want to spend four or five years getting a great education and then further that education through competitive bass fishing, I believe that Bethel University is the place that you need to be. And we'd love to have you. Absolutely.
SPEAKER_14Last question, we're gonna wrap it up, and I'm gonna turn it over to you, Wayne. We got to do it quick. What does your faith mean to you, Jeremiah Pro?
SPEAKER_00It means everything in the world to me, Mr. Alex. I do everything I can, trusting God. I put him first, uh, no matter what it is. You know, I give all the all the success. All the success that I've had. I I give it to God. And, you know, in all those times, uh, you know, he's just led me and he's been he's blessed me so much, you know, and I I I can't thank him enough. There's not enough time in this world for me to thank him. Um the people that he's allowed me to meet, the success that I've had over the years, you know, all this, you know, the good times and bass fishing that I've had, and the the just it's just been an awesome ride so far. You know, it's it's exciting to see him kind of leading and guiding, and you know, always put your faith and trust in God, no matter what the situations in those hard times and those trials. You're preaching. I'm telling you, I love it. I love it.
SPEAKER_12But I love it. Always trusting God. Absolutely, absolutely. You know, Jesus was the only one that could catch him anytime he wanted to. Wayne?
SPEAKER_10Well, I tell you what, folks, if you missed any part of this show today, which shame on you, but if you joined us late, don't fret. Just go to your favorite podcast carrier on your phone. All you gotta do is just type in the word podcast, it'll automatically pop up. And uh click on uh search American Roots Outdoors with Alex Rutledge. Click on it, and you're gonna not only hear the show part that you missed, but you'll hear the show in its entirety, plus a bonus segment that you're only gonna hear on a podcast. So if you're listening to this on the radio right now, get to the podcast because the show does not end when the time ends.
SPEAKER_14That's right. Thank you again for everybody being in the studio with us. We love you. Thank you to all of our partners to support this. Remember, share the outdoors with a kid. It's God's creation. It's up to you and I to keep our great sport alive. And always remember when your roots run deep and strong, there's no reason to fear the wind.
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SPEAKER_14Outdoors presents. Welcome back to American Roots Outdoors, the bonus segment. If you're listening to this, you're listening to your probably your favorite podcast carrier. And we're on every podcast carrier available out there. We are in 19 countries now. We have a huge reach, don't we, Wayne?
SPEAKER_10Yeah, we definitely do, especially uh among the military bases. When you look at the countries that we're in, it's always where there's a strong uh U.S. military presence. Yeah.
SPEAKER_14We've had a shout out to the military. Yeah, shout out to the military. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Everybody. That is everything. Thank you for your service. Yeah.
SPEAKER_10So anyway, it's yours, Wayne. Well, I know uh Mr. Jeremiah is gonna leave us here in about two minutes because he's on his way to church. And uh, Jeremiah, I got one thing I do want to bring up to you and get your opinion on. And earlier we were talking about uh Redbone brought up about social media and that, and one of the things I'm sure it's had to been started preaching to you early on in life, and that is watch what you put on social media. And I'm not talking just pictures, but words can pay a price later in life. Right. Um, and uh Gary, I'm sure you've been probably telling students that for a long time now, haven't you? Oh, absolutely.
SPEAKER_12You know, uh the the media never social media never goes away. You know, you can erase Facebook and you can erase TikTok and this, that, and the other, but it's out there somewhere. Somebody that was smarter than me can always bring it back. And so yeah, you be careful what you say and personify yourself. Uh and I know Jeremiah does this just by hanging around him for the last few minutes, but personify yourself as being what you are.
SPEAKER_00That's absolutely right.
SPEAKER_12You know, if you're a Christian, tell people you're a Christian. You know, if you're not, try to become one. You know.
SPEAKER_00Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah.
SPEAKER_10Well, Jeremiah, I'm gonna let you go because I know you got to get out of here, but thanks a lot for sticking around and thank you very much for your appearance today on the show.
SPEAKER_00No problem. Thank you guys.
SPEAKER_10And thank you for joining Bethel.
SPEAKER_00Thank you, Jeremiah.
SPEAKER_10Try and give a quick plug on that.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, there you go. Well, you know, we have Gary Mason here and and and some other folks, but uh uh Gary, for the folks that maybe haven't heard of the Legend of the Outdoors uh Hall of Fame, uh kind of tell people where the idea came from, because I know it's a very interesting story.
SPEAKER_12Well, it is. I mean, uh I back in the day when the old slope internet was going and I had my first computer and I was sitting around, I'd I'd guided a lot of country music stars. Alex and I have talked about this many times, but I had a lot of country music stars and Hall of Fame, baseball hall of fame members and and football hall of fame members. And one day I was looking on the internet and I couldn't find a hall of fame for people in the outdoors industry, especially all walks of the outdoors industry. There was the Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young, and those were great places, but you actually had to take an animal of magnitude uh you know to get in. And so I went and told my wife, she was staying in the kitchen, I'll never forget this. I told my wife, I said, You know, there's not a hall of fame for people in the outdoors industry. I said, someone ought to do something about that. And she looked at me within big blue eyes and she said, Well, aren't you someone? In other words, if you're not gonna do it, don't complain about someone else not doing it. The very next day I told her, I said, Honey, we're starting the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame. And we did. That was in 2002. Now we're in 2023. We've come a long way, and but we're still not where we want to be. We want a lot more people to come and and join us for this great celebration of the lives and times of so many wonderful people that are both in our Hall of Fame and going into our Hall of Fame.
SPEAKER_03Is it a a dream or in the plan someday, because there's not one now, but to have a brick and mortar hall of fame. I mean, a building where people can go and read about and hear stories about these people.
SPEAKER_12Oh, absolutely. You know, that's always been my dream. And and of course, uh, part of the dream that I had was to start a television show called Legends of the Outdoors. We've done that now. But yes, a brick and mortar building would be what uh a direction we like to go. Or we might talk to, say, Johnny Morris about putting a Hall of Fame in Bass Pro Shops. I mean, that's part of the dream, and and uh, you know, you can make your dreams come true, and we're working each and every day to make that dream come true.
SPEAKER_03Who was the first person that you wanted inducted when you started?
SPEAKER_12Jimmy Holt. Really? Jimmy Holt was the Tennessee outdoorsman. Jimmy Holt was the first person to ever be on the cover of Bassmasters magazine. He was put on the cover of Bassmasters Magazine because he caught the littlest fish in the very first Bassmasters classic that Race got held. So Jimmy and Jimmy was a friend of mine. We shot a lot of television shows together. But that first year's class also had Earl Bence, Harold Knight, David Hale, Bill Dance, Charlie Brewer Sr. posthumously, and Roland Martin. And I'm telling you, to set on the stage with those guys made me a bit nervous in 2002.
SPEAKER_09Yes, it was.
SPEAKER_12How many members do you have total right now? Right now, before this year's induction ceremony, we have 148. Wow, that's a good we induct seven to eight each and every year. People have told me, oh, you only need to be inducting four or three or five, you know, some other number. But uh the sad part about what we do is we won't get everybody that deserves to be in there before they go on to meet God's great reward, and at that time, they no longer need the accolades that we can give them. Our deal, we feel like, even though we do a post-humous person every once in a while, we feel like our deal is to give roses to the living, to thank those that are among us and to try to remember those that have gone on before us.
SPEAKER_03Where do the ideas come for who is I mean, they they come from the general public? As you know, can people make suggestions?
SPEAKER_12Uh every once in a while we'll take an outside suggestion, but for the most part, we have a board of directors, myself being the head of that board of director uh organization, and we have all of our Hall of Fame members, and these are the guys and gals that really know the legends, but they have nomination rights. And once they make the nomination, then it goes into a specific order that we do to vote the people that go in each year. Sure.
SPEAKER_10Well, and let's get a little bit more technical on the voting. Now, do you guys have categories where you say, okay, we're gonna induct seven, uh six have to be currently living, and we'll take one that has passed, you know, uh has passed away, or do you have any certain criteria you try to do?
SPEAKER_12Or no, like I said, we try to give roses to the living. Every once in a while we will do, you know, someone will come along that does so much for our industry that even though they're already gone, we really want to thank their families. Uh also uh for those that are living, you know, sometimes this regenerates some older careers. You know, once they go in the Hall of Fame, they kind of get that old energy. And uh stuff. And just like today, I was talking to Jimmy Houston as we were driving over, and you know, guys like Jimmy Houston and Bill Dance, Roland Martin, they're up in their 70s, they're still going strong, right? You know, but there's others that their careers may have dwindled a little bit or something, and then like the lady that's 98 years old. I mean, she's so fired up about going in the Hall of Fame, and she just went in the Arkansas Wild Waterfowl Hall of Fame. Now she's going to the Legends Outdoors Water Legends Outdoors Hall of Fame. So this is firing her career back up, and it very much should be. People need to know who the folks are that come before us and that open the doors for the rest of us to follow in their footsteps.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, I was thinking like pioneers, because I my immediate thought was uh like Howard Hill, uh Fred Bear, you know, people that have passed, but you know, to get are they you know, their recognition in there because if you think about you know back in the 70s and that, who do we as kids, you know, watch and learn from at the time. And you know, they they kind of open that door for all these people now, like yourself and and for everybody, right?
SPEAKER_12Yeah, well, and we've done several of the uh post-humous people, you know. Charlie Brewer Sr. was the first one. Uh, we've done Rayo Breckenridge, we've done uh uh uh Fred Bear, as you mentioned. Of course, you know, there's still the Kirk Gowdies of the world out there and the Gene Hills and and others that have passed on that we haven't got to as of yet, but hopefully we will. Those were wonderful people, and we couldn't be here without them.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, and before we get off the podcast, I'd like to get uh Jeff back up here from uh from uh uh 80 below. And if you listen to the radio show, you know, Jeff was here talking about his his oil, which is a lubricant. I mean, it it does everything, right, Jeff?
SPEAKER_06Uh basically it does about anything you want to do. It's uh uh we developed it to really withstand Mother Nature more or less than if it's hot weather or cold weather, it really doesn't matter.
SPEAKER_03Well, and hence the name 80 below, because I was interested in that. I mean, this stuff doesn't freeze up and and doesn't gum up your gun or your fishing reels or whatever.
SPEAKER_06It doesn't gum and like 80 below zero is the chemistry where it starts losing its chemistry at that point. You know, it it's like other oils. It's gonna uh just uh you know lose its properties and stop functioning. But until I don't think any of it's gonna be out that cold.
SPEAKER_03If you're hunting in 80 below, you need you you deserve your gun to gum up.
SPEAKER_06You can imagine it's at just 17 degrees or 25 degrees when everybody says my gun's slowing down and stuff, just a little little dabadoo you just a drop or two here, drop or two there.
SPEAKER_03But uh Well, and I notice looking at your cart, it it also is a protectant.
SPEAKER_06It is.
SPEAKER_03And and I think you know the hunting season's now over and people are storing the guns away. I mean, this is a perfect oil to put on your guns to protect them till next fall.
SPEAKER_06Absolutely. Use it just like you use your favorite oil that you protect your guns with, and it will do an outstanding job. Uh my background is lubrication. I've been in lubrication for years. We did lots of specialty lubes for lots of people around the country. But this is one that stuck in my mind, and we modified it, and it is a killer lubricant. You just try it. You go on my website and look at the locator, and you can find stores all around the country. And that web that website is 80blowoil.com.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, I was just thinking there's two two things I just immediately thought of. One was I wish you were around uh about 10 years ago when I was still in Cleveland, Ohio, and I was hunting in 30 below zero temperatures.
SPEAKER_09Absolutely.
SPEAKER_10Uh, because my bow talk about a squeak sign that notified every doe in the area. It would have been nice to have it on that. But do you sell that in courts? Because my truck is getting high mileage right now.
SPEAKER_06Actually, I do. And you know, Gary's been using it quite a while now. He'll tell you some of the things that he's done that's been pretty amazing with it. But I get calls all the time from people saying, you know what I'm doing with that oil, I'm sometimes afraid to ask. It uh it's really surprising sometimes what they do. It's it's it's amazing. I got people that uh uh fishing in Alaska that's using it on their reels and people in and using it on their guns, of course, up there, you know, and stuff all the time. But but as a uh uh lubricant just to wipe your gun down. I've got people using Craigov, like I said, Perazis, all those high dollar trap guns, and some of our biggest biggest business is with the trap industries and the shooters around the world.
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SPEAKER_10Well, everybody, I want to say thanks for listening to us. Uh the bonus segment is unfortunately has come to an end.
SPEAKER_03Let's not wrap the bonus segment until we get because I know on the radio show Gary talked about how to get tickets to this year's upcoming Legends of the Outdoors event. So for the folks maybe that just listened to the podcast, oh yes, yes, let's share that information again.
SPEAKER_12Absolutely. The date of the event at Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri is gonna be August the 19th. It's a morning event. The doors will open at nine. We'll start the event around 10. It'll go to about three o'clock and we'll feed you a wonderful lunch uh in the event. We'll have a huge silent auction with a lot of items on there that you can bid on. It's a lot of fun. You're gonna get to hear a great country music uh singer, Olivia Faye Floyd. And you can get tickets by going to legends of theoutdoors.com, go in the bottom of the screen, call my number, either one of the two numbers that are there, and you'll get me or my assistant, or we will call you back. You can purchase tickets or $100 or tables or $1,200 apiece. The tables seat ten people, but they are up front seat. And this is not available on Ticketmaster, correct? No, not available on Ticketmaster or anywhere else except by calling us.
SPEAKER_10Okay, because I'm I'm saying I wonder how much scalping would go for it.
SPEAKER_12Well, you might stand out in the parking lot and sell yours after you would give them to you, but we hold all the tickets at the door. So to try to avoid that to happen.
SPEAKER_10Yeah, that was more joking on that one because uh if you got the tickets, who wouldn't be going? You'd be crazy not to go with those people going there.
SPEAKER_12Never know.
SPEAKER_03I mean, capture music artists, uh you know, John Anderson. John Anderson's been there, Bobby Bear has been there.
SPEAKER_12Uh uh John Carter Cash has been there. There you go. Uh so several more.
SPEAKER_03We're just waiting for the year that that everybody got blown away by Hank Williams Jr. And I know you're you're friends with Hank. I know Hank. You and you and Bo Stefans have fish together. Yep. Or did you get him at that event?
SPEAKER_12Well, that's a possibility. There's no doubt that's a possibility.
SPEAKER_06So he was really big buddies with Jerry Reid. He Jerry was.
SPEAKER_12Oh yeah. Alabama wild man. Yep, Jerry passed away a few years ago, but Jerry was great friends. And Porter Wagner, little Jimmy Dickens, Grandpa Jones, all them hunting and fished with me over the years. There was a lot of of the country music people. I love country music. Grew up with it. Porter Wagner said after we stayed two days in a duck blind together, uh, he shared I said I knew more about country music than they did. And I said, Well, Porter, let's go.
SPEAKER_03You go exactly right. Wayne, we're out of time.
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