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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Unfortunately no guest and no Brian this week as Max & Gus sit down and have a good ole fashioned late night musky chat. We recapped how end of November fishing has been going. Frustrations and wins. We also chatted some PMTT schedule now that it's been released and our opinions on the destinations for next year. We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and are appreciative of all the support this year for the new guys. Tap in!
On this weeks podcast we bring on our household co-host, Clayton Spiess, to check in on how his season went and help answer questions sent in by the listeners. On top of Clayton's very successful musky season, we chit chat about some late fall fishing nuggets that can still be used on the water for those who can get out. We hope everyone has had a great fall and good luck to those still hitting the water until the lakes freeze. We also would like to wish all of the Wisconsin deer hunters on a safe and successful opening weekend. Tap in!
This week we were lucky to have Matt Vavroch join us to chat all things muskie. We discussed his travels, YouTube channel, favorite niche muskie baits, and some great stories. Matt makes some awesome YouTube videos and we encourage everyone to check him out. Gus gives us a quick update on the status of northwoods fishing for those of you that are still out on the water or plan to be. Tap in!
This week Gus and the Guru recap their first time sharing the rig together and all the fellas expand on some of their boat banter. We chat social media, the state of the podcast, and the occasional tip on the fall fishing. As the season winds down we wish everyone safety on their trips whether it's in the woods or on the water. Tap in!
We are very grateful that JVR came on to chop it up about all things musky fishing, from his tournament history, big catches, and a few extremely helpful tips. Gus dives into the latest on what's been happening in the northwoods. Tap in!
The fellas recap their Musky Bender weekend that included 7 dudes, 2 boats, old fashions, potential ghosts, hot takes, and luckily a pile of Muskies. Tap in to hear about how we battled weather conditions, turnover, and at times, stubborn muskies. The conversation turned into a broader discussion regarding the pros and cons of fall fishing and what to do when things seem tough. Tight bite windows, tough weather, but truly no better time to be on the water amongst good pals. Grab a maple bourbon on ice or a pumpkin spice latte if you're driving and tune in to this weeks episode. Cheers.
We were lucky enough to be joined by Ben Stone who created quite a successful YouTube channel - Ben Stone Fishing. He gave a full rundown of filming musky fishing adventures and all that goes into it. Plus he gave some great insights on equipment and certain tactics he uses that anyone who's thought about filming their musky outings should tune in to hear. Gus dives into the current conditions facing us in northern WI and we have a BIG MERCH announcement. Tap in!
We are joined by Clayton Spiess and Nick Amorose to do some more debriefing on our time at the Chippewa Flowage for the 2023 PMTT Championship. These guys found fish and we figured it would be interesting to hear how they did it. Gus gives a brief report on this upcoming cold snap + some more updates. BTW: We recorded this ep with Clayton & Nick the same evening as the pod last week, so it's essentially part dos of our PMTT Recap. Tap in to hear about what it was like for these guys as they were sitting nearly in first place heading into the final day.
Tune in this week to get a full rundown on Gus and Max’s time fishing the PMTT Championship at the mighty Chippewa Flowage in Hayward, WI. Going into the tournament Gus and Max we’re leading the running for top gun team of the year and were in desperate need of a fish. Tune in to hear about how their trip went from pre fishing all the way to the end. It was a very exciting year and are deeply thankful we got to share it with others. All the messages received during the tournaments throughout the season meant a lot and we were grateful things shook out the way they did. You’ll want to grab a cold one for this episode, things got pretty nerve-racking up until the finish. Tap in!
PMTT CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK WE RIDE!!! Fellas hopped on to preview the PMTT Championship at the historic Chippewa Flowage. We were also fortunate enough to bring on Michael Hanson this week from Namekagon Area Guide Service to chop it up. He's an expert on all things musky in northern wisco and shared some awesome stories and a few tips & tricks along the way. We really enjoyed this one and hope you do too. Tap in!
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