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Wisconsin 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 we bring on a very special guest: Joe Bucher. He is a pioneer of many aspects of musky fishing and been through it all from the 70s to today. He created Joe Bucher Tackle, Musky Hunter Magazine, and Fishing with Joe Bucher TV show. On top of these many accolades he also is great at story telling and giving advice! We also briefly mention the new ownership of Joe Bucher Tackle which changed its name back to the original and has exciting stuff coming out in the future! You don't want to miss this one so tap in!https://sugsfishing.com/https://www.thornebros.com/Cold opener comes from the classic Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
This week Gus has a chat with Kyle Hunsader, the creator of HunsyTails bucktails. Kyle chats about Chicago show, the new 8/10 banger, and Green Bay stocking/pit tagging. He also is announcing that he will be at the Minnesota Muskie Expo as well as the WI Musky Expo in Wausau. So to all you MN peeps go check out Kyle's booth! Before we get Kyle on, the 3 MOT amigos chit chat on the new regulation changes made to the musky season in WI for 2026. As you can expect, spicy hot takes are made here so you won't wanna miss this weeks episode! Tap in!https://sugsfishing.com/https://www.thornebros.com/This weeks intro comes from one of the fellas greatest comedy movie of all time - The Other Guys. This is right before Allen describes how he became a pimp
Mike Keyes comes on the pod to not only drop his story but also some incredible fishing/life advice on the way. Of course there's plenty of stories being told throughout the pod as well, because for Mike it's all about the journey and pursuit of the musky. Dive in and listen to the story of Mike Keyes who has been operating Keyes Outdoors Musky Hunting Adventures for over 26 years. Tap in!https://sugsfishing.com/https://www.thornebros.com/That's why he's the GOAT meme for this weeks intro
The MOT pod is back! We hope everyone had a great holiday break! The crew gets together to catch up and chat on New Years resolutions. Michael Hanson of NW Wisconsin and Phil Stodola of GB hop on the pod to have a good old fashioned winter chop sesh. We hope everyone enjoys it as much as we did recording it! Tap in!https://sugsfishing.com/https://www.thornebros.com/This pod starts with 2 different quotes - 1 from Hot Fuzz "You've got a mustache..... I know" & the other one from A Million Ways to Die in the West on the mustache song. These intro quotes will make sense when Michael and Phil get on the pod!
Wuddup folks! Thought we stopped the rest of 2025? Think again! Lots of new listeners since we began this pod so decided to give you a rerun of Gus and Max's recap from the PMTT Championship in 2023 on the mighty Chip. The boys bring home some hardware! Tap in!
The Final Pod*!!!! Join the crew along with Rowan Stamm from Southern WI as they polish the year off with a good old fashioned BS sesh. Some more goals are talked about as well as some solid patterns that worked for Rowan in the 2025 season. Some news in this pod you don't want to miss so tap in!Merch -> https://sugsfishing.com/*final pod of 2025
The fellas get on river musky guide Luke Bogdanovic to chop it up on how his season went. Awesome tidbits sprinkled throughout this one so you won't want to miss it! Luke's a down-to-earth guy with a lot of background on Northern WI rivers. At the start the fellas do a little catch up on things, Brian eats pizza, Max talks about good shows to watch and Gus talks about jigging Red Octobers for some reason (probably because this is supposed to be a musky podcast) - tap in!Merch -> https://sugsfishing.com/Another TPB classic scene for this weeks intro
This week the fellas get to speak with Jason Summers, a well renowned tournament angler who also is the originator of the Medussa rubber lure and Chaos Tackle. Listen in on how that was developed in its early years during the glory years of MN musky fishing. We also get into lots of tournament talk from tips, stories, and more. Tap in!Merch -> https://sugsfishing.com/Intro comes from a certified classic in the movie category as well as USA sports history - Miracle. "That'll get 'em going"
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!Merch -> https://sugsfishing.com/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!Merch -> https://sugsfishing.com/https://centralwaters.com/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!Merch -> https://sugsfishing.com/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!!!https://sugsfishing.com/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!https://sugsfishing.com/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!https://sugsfishing.com/"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!https://sugsfishing.com/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!https://sugsfishing.com/"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!https://sugsfishing.com/"I got 26 days left, I plan on playing ball hockey every day" - Ricky
The September super shallow water musky movement has commenced... and on this episode we chat on this heavily! We bring special guest/co host Taylor Flannery of Musky Guarantee Guide Service on the line to help us talk through tactics and MOT-lines sent in by some listeners. There might have been a drink of choice segment sprinkled randomly too! We got some great musky movements going on so get out there and get fishing! Tap into this one!https://sugsfishing.com/Been awhile since we've used a Kicking and Screaming movie quote so please enjoy this weeks cold opening
This week we get David Dykowski back on to chop it up on some fall muskies. Although it still isn't technically fall, we are greeted with fall weather and muskies eating fall baits. Temps are cooling and muskies are chowing. Day to day changing a lot, the fellas explain in this one how to stay versatile and diverse with bait and spot choice. Tap in!https://sugsfishing.com/Eastbound and Down outtakes again because they're classic
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