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 it's the 3 original MOT crew members chopping it up with some Q&A that the listeners sent in from Instagram. This one is entirely off the cuff, and if you can get through the first 10 minutes or so there's some good fishing tips mixed with a lot of fun questions. Next week will be a MEGA pod on all things PMTT with the upcoming Cave Run being the highlight. We will be joined by 2 other trail teams: the Barber father/son duo Jeremy & Trevor and team Clayton Spiess & Nick Amorose. Tap in!
Hope you enjoy this weeks intro quote... Celebrity Jeopardy! and all jokes aside from the quote punchline, I love my job! The SNL segment was just too fitting for this weeks pod featuring the fellas just buzzing back and forth on the Q&A. New intro quotes each and every week!
Taylor, from Musky Guarantee Guide Service, was kind enough to hop on with us and chat Wisconsin northwoods fishing. Taylor talks about his ascension to guiding, multiple fish days, lures, colors, best time to catch a northwoods giant and more. Stick around as we announce the March Madness bracket challenge winner. We had a blast chatting with Taylor and we want to thank everyone who participated in our March Madness group. Tap in!
This week we are joined by David Dykowski from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to talk muskies. David is an avid fisherman of many species but especially has a magnet for huge muskies and pike. We talk about some of his go to patterns to catch these phantom beasts along with some really cool fishing stories he has to offer. He's a wealth of knowledge so get the notepad ready! Also be sure to listen in as Gus talks about his short trip down to Iowa for the first musky trip of the year. Tap in!
Hope you enjoy the Caddyshack quote to start off this weeks episode!
This week we bring to you a re-run episode of an early guest we had on in our first year of the podcast. Jeff Widmann, owner of Team Rhino Outdoors, shares the story on what it took to take a few cool custom colored baits and turn it into what TRO is today. He also is a very avid musky angler and shares some great stories and tips to put more muskies in the boat. Tap in!
We threw it back this week to an old fashion Muskies On Tap episode with just the fellas chopping it up about the Wisconsin Musky expo last weekend in Wausau (Rothschild), WI. Lot of hot takes this week that you won't want to miss regarding baits we love and maybe not so much. We kept the episode rolling with some q&a towards the end regarding reading water and crazy stories. We hope you have fun listening to this one because we had a great time recording it. Tap in!
On this weeks episode we welcome Kyle Hunsader, Green Bay local, w/ Hunseytails and Nick Amorose, Northern WI, w/ Hammer Customs to talk about their baits that you can find at the Wisconsin Musky Expo this weekend (March 15-17)! Kyle makes a series of bucktails called "Bangers" that puts a unique twist to modern bucktails and comes in various sizes. Nick hand carves a various array of wooden baits like gliders, twitch baits, dive-n-rise, and trolling crankbaits. This will be a first expo debut for both bait builders so let's give them a warm welcome! The booth will be under the name "Hunseytails" and Gus will also be joining Kyle and Nick in the booth with some MOT gear. This pod has some more Green Bay info along with the bait talk so you won't want to miss this one! Tap in!
Wisconsin Musky Expo - Rothschild, WI @Central Wisconsin Convention & Expo Center - March 15-17
This week we are joined with special guest Rich Reinert, a legend of all things musky fishing. Listen along as we dive into more than just the upcoming Wisconsin Musky Expo in Wausau March 15-17th. Rich covers some old school fishing stories involving Tony Rizzo, topwater tricks, sleeper baits, the musky industry, where the musky world is at today and many more. You won't want to miss this one so tap in!
This week Matt and Jozef from Taps and Tackle Co joined us from their bait shop bar in Stevens Point, WI. We had a great conversation regarding a lot of different aspects of the musky world, from owning a business, being a guide, to chasing river muskies. Tap in this week!
We put a bookmark on the q&a questions for now as we spotlight the Taps and Tackle crew this week. Questions will be answered in a later podcast. Sorry for the delay!
This week we got the privilege to chat with Bryan Schaeffer about all things musky. Bryan has had quite the career as a guide, tournament angler, and seen regularly on Keyes Outdoors. We cover certain times of his guiding career, ffs, tournament fishing, traveling/filming, and much more. Long one this week, but we think you'll enjoy it. Kick back and tap in!
Hope you enjoy Bob the Garbage Man's wise words for this weeks cold opening quote! A classic
Brady Martz with BAM BAM Bait Co and Brett Wingfield with WF Custom Lures hop on with the fellas to discuss their bait making careers and gave us the full run down on Brady's new "Bowfin" rubber bait. We chat about the origin of their baits, how these two got linked up, and plenty more. These two are making some incredible baits and you won't want to miss this episode! Tap in!
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