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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The fellas are joined with a fellow Northwoods of Wisconsin guide Will Buhler with Sconnie Guy Adventures. We dive deep into the ways of fall sucker fishing with all you need on harnesses, weighting, and casting tactics for fall muskies. We also get into the nitty gritty on bait talk, specifically bait MVPs of 2025 for all of us. Couple surprises in there so don't miss out and tap in!
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This weeks intro needs no explanation. Enjoy!
Gus takes a drive south to hop in the ultimate pontoon fishing machine with the Taps and Tackle crew - Matt and Jozef plus a special guest Anello from Central Waters Brewing Company. This crew lets it fly all LIVE while musky fishing in the pontoon and tackling some new topics - like beer! Finally we dive deeper than we ever have into the "tap" part of our name which Anello helps with that. Matt and Jozef also chat on the current state of Taps and Tackle brick and mortar, Wisconsin River musky fishing and much more! Tap in!
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In honor of the 29 lives lost on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald we had to cold open with none other than the Midwest song of November by Gordon Lightfoot himself - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The fellas give a good ol fashioned recap on their bender weekend to Lake Vermilion, MN. The tips, tricks, and tactics behind their successes, findings, and failures are all discussed here. tune in to see how the MOT crew patterned together the big V along with some more updates. Tap in!
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Intro comes from Dr. Evil wanting sharks with fricken lazer beams attached to their heads. Honestly a pretty easy, basic request if you ask me
This week the fellas chat with David Park from New Jersey who most of you would know as Dkam Fishing on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram. David is well traveled and has caught muskies in numerous states and Canada as well as targeting some of the largest pike this entire continent has to offer. The history of the New Jersey strain of muskies along with the state of NJ musky fishing is covered. We hope you enjoy this one so tap in!
The fellas are also headed to Vermilion!!!
This weeks intro stems off of last week with the discovery of the alley-oop in the movie Semi-Pro
This week Ryan Becker from Iowa Muskie Guide Service hops on the pod to share tons of great information and stories about Iowa and MN muskies. From Mille Lacs to Western MN to Northern Iowa, Ryan has that all covered. Tap in!
Semi-Pro - the discovery of the "alley-oop"
This week the fellas get on past guest Kyle to chat about his recent films for his YouTube channel Beyond The 8 and the upcoming Musky Battle this weekend on Leech Lake. Lots packed into this longer format pod so we hope you enjoy it! Tap in and good luck to those getting out fishing this fall yet!
"What are ya lookin at my gut fer?"
This week just the three MOT amigos hop on to do a little fall catch-up and answer some on the line submissions. As always send any in to us! Shoot us a DM to ask how it can be sent. Hope everyone has a fantastic start to their October! Tap in!
The Other Guys Yankee clipper scene
The fellas are back to a regular scheduled long formatted, multi-segment podcast for you musky peeps! The beginning Gus and Max describe how Clear Lake treated them from pre fishing to the end of the championship. Then we get on Gregg Thomas where he and his tournament partner Rick won 2025 Top Gun Team of the Year. We discuss how all the events went for him along with the typical GT ninja tricks dished out for everyone. Tap in!
"You're thinkin, Ricky. It's good"
PMTT Championship Preview!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This week the gents get on a frequented guest, co-host basically, of the pod - Clayton Spiess! We get to catch up and see what Clayton's been up to. We discuss his most recent LOTW trip along with some great (and spicy) On The Line submissions. Tap in!
"I got 26 days left, I plan on playing ball hockey every day" - Ricky
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