Muskies On Tap
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!
Muskies on Tap - a division of Sug's Fishing LLC
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 96 minutes
- Episodes
- 121
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
E60 - Jody Marler w/ Fishcamp Creative
This week the MOT crew talks with Jody Marler from Fishcamp Creative. Jody is extremely passionate about the outdoors whether it's musky fishing, hunting, or building custom log homes & cabinetry. He…
E59 - Will Zeichert Talks Mad Chain Muskies (6th Place Madison PMTT Finish) + Mid June Northwoods Report
This week the fellas get on their buddy from Madison, Will Zeichert, to chat about Madison Chain musky fishing. Will and his tournament partner Aaron took home a 6th place finish at the 2024 Madison …
E58 - Madison PMTT Recap: Heartbreak City
This week Gus and Max breakdown everything that went down on the Madison chain from the first day of pre fishing right to the very end of Sunday. This one isn't filled with sunshine and rainbows but …
E57 - Madison PMTT Preview + Northwoods Early June Update
This week it's just Gus and Max with a quick hitter on an early June update on how the bite has been since opener plus preview of Madison PMTT this weekend. Gus discusses current conditions like wate…
E56 - Northern WI Opener Recap + MN Opener Preview w/ Alex McLean & Tyler Schlabsz
This week the MOT crew gets together with their good friend Jack and chat about Northern Wisconsin musky opener 2024. Lots of highs this low but we touch on the lows as well. The entire gameplan and …
E55 - Northern WI Musky Opener Preview: Phil Stodola on GB + Michael Hanson on Hayward
Northern WI musky opener is upon us! We gathered two guests this week to talk about the other ends of the state that are opening for muskies: GB and Hayward/NW Wisconsin. Phil Stodola of the GB area …
E54 - Todd "Tadpole" Powell of Tadpole's Sports
On this week of Muskies On Tap we bring to you a local legend and guide Todd "Tadpole" Powell. Todd grew up in Eagle River, WI and cut his teeth guiding at a very young age. Fishing has been a huge p…
E53 - Austin Wiggerman Talks On Pre, During, and Post Spawn Muskies + Southern WI Opener Recap
This week we have Austin Wiggerman on to take us to school on some pre, during, and post spawn muskies. He has been on the water keeping tabs on these northern Illinois muskies since ice off and soon…
E52 - Cave Run PMTT Recap + Southern WI Musky Opener Preview
The start of the PMTT season has begun. Join us this week on a full rundown of how Gus and Max squeaked out a top 10 finish for the first leg of the PMTT at Cave Run Lake down in Kentucky. Lot's of u…
E51 - PMTT Mega Pod + Cave Run 2024 Preview
This week we sit down in person with two other PMTT trail teams; Clayton Spiess/Nice Amorose and Jeremy and Trevor Barber to preview the upcoming PMTT event at Cave Run, KY. We touch on past tourname…
E50 - MOT Crew Chops It Up w/ Q&A + Spring Update
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 minut…
E49 - Northern Wisconsin Muskies w/ Guide Taylor Flannery
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, be…
E48 - David Dykowski w/ Findingfish906
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 ta…
E47 - Jeff Widmann w/ Team Rhino Outdoors
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 coo…
E46 - Wisconsin Musky Expo Recap + q&a
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 w…
E45 - Hunseytails + Hammer Customs: Kyle Hunsader & Nick Amorose
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 Ex…
E44 - Spotlight: Rich Reinert
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. R…
E43 - Taps and Tackle Co.
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 own…
E42 - Spotlight: Bryan Schaeffer w/ Schaeffer Outdoors
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 certai…
E41 - Bait Talk: Brady Martz w/ BAM BAM Bait Co + Brett Wingfield w/ WF Custom Lures
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…