Bottom Feeders Win. Big 20 Champs Jeb Verhalen & Eric Coggon join the Buzz (Ep.122)

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On this episode of the Bowfishing Buzz, Derrick and Mathew sit down with Jeb Verhalen and Eric Coggon from Team Bottom Feeders, the 2026 AMS Big 20 Champions. After coming close in previous years with a runner-up finish in 2022, 5th place finish in 2023, and a 4th place finish in 2024 Team Bottom Feeders finally sealed the deal and took home the win.

We talk with Jeb and Eric about scouting, takeoff, tournament night decisions, the pressure of weigh-in, and what it felt like to finally hear their names called as AMS Big 20 champions.

Derrick and Mathew also recap their trip to Maryland chasing Northern Snakeheads and stingrays with Working Class Outdoorsman, preview Mathew’s upcoming trip to Kentucky for the Bluegrass Youth Bonanza, and discuss Team AMS Bowfishing’s big win at the Kentucky Lake Outdoors Bowfishing Tournament with a Big 20 weight of 585 pounds and Big Fish honors with a 64-pound Bighead.

Plus a Youth Fish You Wish segment

It’s an episode packed with Big 20 stories, Kentucky bowfishing, snakeheads, stingrays, and plenty of bowfishing talk.

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