Muskies On Tap

by Gus Mantey, Max Mantey, & Brian Eckle

Season 1

E173 - Fall Q&A + Big Musky Pre-turnover into Turnover Tactics

The fellas chop it up on some fall fishing listener Q&A. Turnover is talked about. Fall baits talked about. Sucker rigs talked about. Big fish talked about. Shallow fishing. Brewers dub. Packers dub. Life is good. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Monty Python quote for the week. Probably has been used in the past. Oh well, it's just a classic!

E172 - Frank Schneider Winner: Mac Hoekstra + Leech Lake + Current Fall Bite

This week the fellas get on Mac Hoekstra fresh off his W at the Frank Schneider Memorial tourney to chat about how he got it done on Leech. He goes into depth on the transitions of sand, weeds, wind and blades. The combo of these factors helped him win the tourney despite losing many fishing hours from boat mishaps. Just before getting Mac on the line Gus chats on the current bite in the Northwoods of WI on the heat up of the sucker bite, water temps, when turnover will hit and baits to try. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Opener comes from Superbad. McLovin debut.

E171 - GIANT Vilas Co Musky + Tough Fall Weather Patterns/Tactics

The fellas hop on for an early fall chop sesh chatting from the biggest bite Gus has ever got to the tough warm up, east winds, and conditions we have faced recently. A MOt episode jam packed with musky fishing information to help you out on the water right now! Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Intro comes from Talladega Nights "That just happened!"

E170 - Gregg Thomas on LOTW PMTT Championship bite + Northwoods Fall Update

This week the fellas do a breakdown of the current Northwoods bite and then get Gregg Thomas from Musky Hunter and Road Rules Podcast to run down everything that went down at LOTW last weekend. The PMTT Championship put up some impressive numbers/size of fish and Gregg brings out all the details of how the week and tourney progressed. What worked, should've worked and started to work days after the tourney was over. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Opener comes from Wedding Crashers. MA!!!! THE MEATLOAF!!!!!

E169 - Doug Wegner 3.0 + LOTW PMTT Championship Preview + GB Muskies (Video Pod)

This week the fellas get on Doug Wegner for an all out musky special VIDEO pod covering a broad musky range starting with Doug's season on the woods so far to some far out adventures and Green Bay. We dial in a long discussion on musky reels specifically and some sneaky bucktail details. We also want to wish goodluck to all those fishing in the PMTT Championship on LOTW this weekend. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Cold opener comes from The Hangover where the squad gets the wrong Doug back. Luckily the real Doug joins the fellas for the pod this week

E168 - Michael Hanson on Cool Down Muskies + Bucktail mods

This week the fellas (Gus and Brian) get Michael Hanson on to catch up on his season and specifically talk about the bite right now and what's coming up... super shallow muskies!!! Great chat on topwater and bucktails tips and mods to get more sound out of them. Always a pleasure having Mike on the pod and reach out to him if you're in the Hayward/Cable area to book a trip with him! Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Intro clip comes from Apocalypse Now about the smell of napalm in the morning. A tribute to Brian's fourth Mt Rushmore pic for Fall things. Intro idea sent in from Travis (danceswithmuskies)

E167 - Late Summer/Early Fall Bite + Mt Rushmore of Fall

This week the fellas do a little recap of some recent fishing outings that sums up the current bite going on in the northwoods. We chop it up on some current events along with Gus's recent adventure to MN for an Alumacraft event plus some exciting news on that front! Brian might be getting on Green Bay for some muskies soon, can he pull it off and get a big one? We then cap off this more quick hitter of a pod with the fellas Mt Rushmore of Fall things in a snake draft fashion. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Intro comes from a classic Simpsons bit when Homer took on the role of Mr Burns assistant. "Is it about my cube?"

E166 - Wabigoon Lake Recap at Bonny Bay Camp

The fellas recap a fantastic trip to Wabigoon Lake staying at Bonny Bay Camp in Dryden, Ontario. This was the first time any of us here at MOT has musky fished NWO. It was a great week of fish catches, heartbreaks, accommodations, travel, hanging with friends, tough days, wind, weather, and some of the coolest eats we've ever seen in musky fishing! We breakdown basically a day by day playbook on how it all went down. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ https://www.bonnybay.com/ Opening quote from TPB, Jim knows you or you know Jim. Ties into the Canadian border story told on the pod

E165 - Wabigoon Breakdown VIDEO Pod

The band is back together for this one. Gus hops back on with the fellas as they do a full run down of Wabigoon Lake. MOT crew plus Clayton, Jamie and Josh will be staying for 1 week at Bonny Bay Camp in search of some big ol Canadian muskies. In this podcast we do some screen sharing for the fellas top 3 spots they want to check out on the goon. We also do a snake draft on our top 4 baits we're most pumped to be trying next week. Tap in, or better yet open up YouTube and watch, eh! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ The fitting intro comes from Super Troopers 2 at the Canadian border crossing

E164 - LOTW Muskies w/ Jeremy Barber

This week we get on Jeremy Barber, musky aficionado of LOTW and many seasons on the PMTT circuit, to chat about Canadian muskies. Jeremy has been on the podcast numerous times during some past PMTT episodes and WI musky expo. For those that have or yet to fish LOTW then this is a pod for you! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ The Other Guys clip - gator

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