Alabama pro angler Dustin Connell is a former Elite Series champion and Rookie of the Year. He has stacked up 5 MLF wins and has won 3 out of the last 4 Redcrest Championships. Clearly DC is a force to be reckoned with no matter where he is fishing. Hot off his most recent Redcrest win, he joins the podcast to catch up and share his take on today’s tournament anglers, the need to work towards the good and using the haters as nothing more than motivation or as he calls it “tackling fuel”.
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42 Comments
Bridging the gap! Great job and great message for all to embrace.
I pray one day everyone can be happy for one another.
I remember watching him fish with Shaw Grigsby calling those giant spots them DUDES on 3/4 oz football jig cool show
DC is the man!! He’s just so cool and so humble. I really enjoy watching him fish. Thanks for another great show Dave!! It’s a pleasure to hear such positive vibe. This is always my midweek break!! Loyal Humper!!!!
Thanks Dave. Definitely a personality in bass fishing that needs to be explored.
Man I love D.C. and the Ding Kings… thanks Dave… maybe shoot for a 4 of a Kind and get the other three on…. Btw… used them Aftco waterproof gloves a bunch this winter.. fall bassin, ice fishin, haulin lobster pots… great gloves, thank you.
It’s awesome that you put him on!! This might be the best one I’ve seen yet… You crossed that “county line” to get him on and I think we need more of this! With everything going on in our sport, that was perfect. Like he said… breathe new life into it.
Love DC … dang alabama hammer and 3 time 3 time 3 time redcrest champ!!! I watch his channel all the time …shows on fire dave keep rolling ..👊
Mercer with An Active Mlf Angler, Wow times are changing…
Dc is ok
Thnxs DAVE. Didn't know who he was until now but great fisherman for sure, thought you was going to ask if he would try making it back to Elite's but maybe opens he did say for classic? Could have been a topic agreement not to mention, ? Heartwell in few hrs, yeah. Fishing is fun no room for fights not even strong words. Talks yea no yelling tho. Or cuz words for sure. Peace Dave. Have a good 4 day Event. Bman.
I really don’t understand how can someone hate DC. Personally, you motivate me with all you do in your career of bass fishing also how you see the life around bass. Great podcast again! Ding !
Feel this guy. DC is the dude
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I don’t hate DC at all I think he’s a fine person, but I don’t think that he would be successful without sonar that doesn’t mean that I hate him his based his fishing success using sonar has he done good without it occasionally but all you have to do is look at his statistics as a professional angler to know that if it wasn’t for sonar, you wouldn’t be near as successful as he is, and anybody that would deny that has got your head in the sand
Basseditorfishing. It’s true. They did do that to Dee thomas but the difference is he had to find fish using his head instead of a video machine, seasonal patterns. What kind of structure all of that was knowledge that he gained and he didn’t depend on a machine to show the fish so he could watch him bite his jig that’s true fishing
Awesome video. Ive been hoping DC would make this show. Way to go crossing that fence for the mlf guys .
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DC is the real thing he is a cool dude. Thanks Dave for having him on.
DC is a great ambassador for the sport. Hard not to love this guy. I hope all the BASS v MLF v NPFL bs can stop, it's ridiculous. Just enjoy them all.
Great interview. I so thought you were going to ask DC about that time JW got on the deck of his boat at Cherokee and started running his trolling motor.
That was the first bass tournament I’d ever watched live start to finish. I didn’t know either angler at that time – BASS coverage of that event and that moment in history – the way those 2 guys handled that – all of it made me a fan of the sport as a viewer forever. All of your broadcast crew was incredibly entertaining and stunned by the whole thing it had me in tears.
Dave I told my crew that I run with a week before the Redcrest that DC would win it at the dam.They said I was crazy.Now who’s the crazy dummy?!?!They were like how did ya know.I said the man loves current!I told them he would fish current oriented stuff the whole time.Well that 1st period the first day my phone was going off saying we told ya so…Basically because he wasn’t fishing current.Then it was crickets afterwards!Lol!He made me a pile of money lol!Great podcast Dave!Cant wait for Mercer in the mornings at Hartwell!Stay positive guys!👍🏼
Every sport can be enhanced with hockey fights.
can’t stand JW but DC is a damn hammer. happy for him.
I remember when FFS first came out and thought it was awesome to watch. I remember watching my son playing bass on NES, and FFS reminded me of it. So I'm thinking playing video games and catching fish at the same time is awesome. I was blown away watching pros catch fish on a video screen.
Banger!!! ❤
47:13 this sounds exactly like Lee Livesay
DC is the best
Well now you gotta get Wheeler on… Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!
Great job, Dave! I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Nice to see you reach across the aisle.
Your a straight fool if you never experience flipping and pitching from a kayak.
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Good show as always and I agree with the both of yall, I want the pro’s to have Electronics so I can learn from them so I can catch more fish instead of catching 2-3 when you go fishing and I BLOCKED Randy B on everything except TikTok to give crybaby some 💩
The Bassmaster Classic is for the World Championship, but it would be cool if someone held a tournament were say the top 5 Angler's from each of the Big Series competed for tournament. We could hold it on neutral ground, say here in Canada 😃
All the Angler's could stay at Dave's house and with the Johnson bro's
Dave having DC on here is the best move yet! A bunch of us watch both MLF and B.A.S.S. you should bring wheeler on. This is a positive move. My favorite podcast ever
You want respond to this. You put DC in a bade spot about the classic. Do you want to work a Redcrest. I aim a bassmaster first but I do like other fishing. I have watch you grow and enjoy your trip. But don't ask a question you don't want to be ask back to you
Wait aren't we suppose to hate Dave Mercer?? He's from Canada 🇨🇦 had sushi with DC at ICAST A few years ago. Cool dude great show as usual DM
Great job leave the dark side and come to bassmaster
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I wasn't much of a fan of Dustin until this podcast. Good stuff. I'll cheer for him now.
the reason the kids r so advanced now..its not only just the electronics on the boats.. the all the information they have in thier pocket… and youtube and everything else… the old school guys didnt have every tourny online.. and youtube where they can learn to skip..without even going outside
Dave: "What scares you"
I truly think he meant like maybe failure or not making cuts.
DC: "Cockroaches 😂😂😂