Stay ConnectedWisconsin northwoods musky Guide, Gus Mantey, his brother Max Mantey and their childhood buddy, Brian Eckle chronicle each week of Gus’s journey as a Musky guide. Hear real time fishing reports, stories from the boat, guest interviews, tournament results, tactics, and the occasional beer recommendation. We hope you enjoy!
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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!
Opener comes from Wedding Crashers. MA!!!! THE MEATLOAF!!!!!
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!
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
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!
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)
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!
Intro comes from a classic Simpsons bit when Homer took on the role of Mr Burns assistant. "Is it about my cube?"
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!
Opening quote from TPB, Jim knows you or you know Jim. Ties into the Canadian border story told on the 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!
The fitting intro comes from Super Troopers 2 at the Canadian border crossing
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!
The Other Guys clip - gator
Well, this week marks the first ever MOT pod where Gus does not make an appearance. Max and Brian hold down the fort and get ya up to speed on plenty of current events. Max's short Vermilion send, the mega storm that crushed the hometown of Appleton/Menasha, prepping for Canada, AI robo teachers, Papa Mantey guest appearance talking big fish stories, Mount Rushmore, and what's working in the northwoods right now. Tap in to this rollercoaster of a pod!
Shoot Gus a message if you'd like to book a trip this fall! Still a couple prime openings:
Intro clip comes from a MOT favorite: Dumb and Dumber. The Sea Bass scam
This week the fellas get Austin Wiggerman on for an update on how his season has gone from start to the recent heat wave that shut down musky fishing in our area for a while. We talk a lot about Lake Kinkaid and Lake Geneva in this one. Big fish stories! Austin also will soon be guiding in Western MN late August/early September so check that out if you want in for making a big fish story of your own! The mega heat has finally left, safe temps are back so get out and get fishin! Tap in
Cold opener comes from the pilot episode of Seinfeld. Classic. Could be seeing more of these on the openings. So many to use!
Video podcast on YouTube and Spotify! Masterclass on the future of the MN musky plan brought to you by Jim Doyle, president of the Twin Cities Muskies Inc chapter, along with Keegan McIntosh. Gus, Max and Brian first discuss what's new with the crew and the hot water topic. Then we get right into the nitty gritty of the history, present, and future of the MN long range musky plan stocking plan. We also chat about the importance of fundraising tournaments and Muskies Inc chapters. Now more than ever is a great time to get involved locally with clubs, fundraising tournaments and muskies inc chapters. Tap in!
Frank Schneider Memorial musky tournament info: September 11-13th. Register at twincitiesmuskiesinc.org or at Thorne Bros in person by September 7th
Twin Cities Metro Tiger Derby info: in the FishDonkey app search "Twin Cities Metro Tiger Derby" under the "fish in a tournament tab"
Contest winner with a great quote from Billy Madison!!! Thanks to all that participated!
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