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Muskies On Tap

Gus Mantey, Max Mantey, & Brian Eckle

Leisure

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 175

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!

https://sugsfishing.com/

Muskies on Tap - a division of Sug's Fishing LLC

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https://sugsfishing.com/
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https://www.thornebros.com/
78 shares
https://www.nextgenmuskies.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/@smithsfishingoutdoors
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https://youtube.com/@muskiesontap?si=dQrgTbLDjCZ5U8Ee
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E174 - Tourney Talk w/ PMTT Champion Pete Blicharz

Season 1 · Episode 174

Thursday, October 22, 2026 • Duration 01:36:12

This week the fellas chat with 2x PMTT Championship winner Pete Blicharz on everything tournaments. Pete has an impressive track record of placements and top gun standings in this past decade alone of fishing the trail. We chat about how he and his boat partner Jarod Donar got it done plus many other discussions. Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

Bruce Buffer intro! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's tiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmeeeee!!!!!!

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E173 - Fall Q&A + Big Musky Pre-turnover into Turnover Tactics

Season 1 · Episode 173

Thursday, October 15, 2026 • Duration 01:04:16

The fellas chop it up on some fall fishing listener Q&A. Turnover is talked about. Fall baits talked about. Sucker rigs talked about. Big fish talked about. Shallow fishing. Brewers dub. Packers dub. Life is good. Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

Monty Python quote for the week. Probably has been used in the past. Oh well, it's just a classic!

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E172 - Frank Schneider Winner: Mac Hoekstra + Leech Lake + Current Fall Bite

Season 1 · Episode 172

Thursday, October 8, 2026 • Duration 01:08:05

This week the fellas get on Mac Hoekstra fresh off his W at the Frank Schneider Memorial tourney to chat about how he got it done on Leech. He goes into depth on the transitions of sand, weeds, wind and blades. The combo of these factors helped him win the tourney despite losing many fishing hours from boat mishaps. Just before getting Mac on the line Gus chats on the current bite in the Northwoods of WI on the heat up of the sucker bite, water temps, when turnover will hit and baits to try. Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

Opener comes from Superbad. McLovin debut.

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E171 - GIANT Vilas Co Musky + Tough Fall Weather Patterns/Tactics

Season 1 · Episode 171

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 01:01:30

The fellas hop on for an early fall chop sesh chatting from the biggest bite Gus has ever got to the tough warm up, east winds, and conditions we have faced recently. A MOt episode jam packed with musky fishing information to help you out on the water right now! Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

Intro comes from Talladega Nights "That just happened!"

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E170 - Gregg Thomas on LOTW PMTT Championship bite + Northwoods Fall Update

Season 1 · Episode 170

Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Duration 01:46:11

This week the fellas do a breakdown of the current Northwoods bite and then get Gregg Thomas from Musky Hunter and Road Rules Podcast to run down everything that went down at LOTW last weekend. The PMTT Championship put up some impressive numbers/size of fish and Gregg brings out all the details of how the week and tourney progressed. What worked, should've worked and started to work days after the tourney was over. Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

Opener comes from Wedding Crashers. MA!!!! THE MEATLOAF!!!!!

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E169 - Doug Wegner 3.0 + LOTW PMTT Championship Preview + GB Muskies (Video Pod)

Season 1 · Episode 169

Thursday, September 17, 2026 • Duration 01:42:34

This week the fellas get on Doug Wegner for an all out musky special VIDEO pod covering a broad musky range starting with Doug's season on the woods so far to some far out adventures and Green Bay. We dial in a long discussion on musky reels specifically and some sneaky bucktail details. We also want to wish goodluck to all those fishing in the PMTT Championship on LOTW this weekend. Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

Cold opener comes from The Hangover where the squad gets the wrong Doug back. Luckily the real Doug joins the fellas for the pod this week

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E168 - Michael Hanson on Cool Down Muskies + Bucktail mods

Season 1 · Episode 168

Thursday, September 10, 2026 • Duration 01:12:34

This week the fellas (Gus and Brian) get Michael Hanson on to catch up on his season and specifically talk about the bite right now and what's coming up... super shallow muskies!!! Great chat on topwater and bucktails tips and mods to get more sound out of them. Always a pleasure having Mike on the pod and reach out to him if you're in the Hayward/Cable area to book a trip with him! Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

Intro clip comes from Apocalypse Now about the smell of napalm in the morning. A tribute to Brian's fourth Mt Rushmore pic for Fall things. Intro idea sent in from Travis (danceswithmuskies)

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E167 - Late Summer/Early Fall Bite + Mt Rushmore of Fall

Season 1 · Episode 167

Thursday, September 3, 2026 • Duration 01:00:32

This week the fellas do a little recap of some recent fishing outings that sums up the current bite going on in the northwoods. We chop it up on some current events along with Gus's recent adventure to MN for an Alumacraft event plus some exciting news on that front! Brian might be getting on Green Bay for some muskies soon, can he pull it off and get a big one? We then cap off this more quick hitter of a pod with the fellas Mt Rushmore of Fall things in a snake draft fashion. Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

Intro comes from a classic Simpsons bit when Homer took on the role of Mr Burns assistant. "Is it about my cube?"

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E166 - Wabigoon Lake Recap at Bonny Bay Camp

Season 1 · Episode 166

Thursday, August 27, 2026 • Duration 01:51:08

The fellas recap a fantastic trip to Wabigoon Lake staying at Bonny Bay Camp in Dryden, Ontario. This was the first time any of us here at MOT has musky fished NWO. It was a great week of fish catches, heartbreaks, accommodations, travel, hanging with friends, tough days, wind, weather, and some of the coolest eats we've ever seen in musky fishing! We breakdown basically a day by day playbook on how it all went down. Tap in!

https://sugsfishing.com/

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https://www.bonnybay.com/

Opening quote from TPB, Jim knows you or you know Jim. Ties into the Canadian border story told on the pod

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E165 - Wabigoon Breakdown VIDEO Pod

Season 1 · Episode 165

Thursday, August 13, 2026 • Duration 01:21:44

The band is back together for this one. Gus hops back on with the fellas as they do a full run down of Wabigoon Lake. MOT crew plus Clayton, Jamie and Josh will be staying for 1 week at Bonny Bay Camp in search of some big ol Canadian muskies. In this podcast we do some screen sharing for the fellas top 3 spots they want to check out on the goon. We also do a snake draft on our top 4 baits we're most pumped to be trying next week. Tap in, or better yet open up YouTube and watch, eh!

https://sugsfishing.com/

https://www.thornebros.com/

The fitting intro comes from Super Troopers 2 at the Canadian border crossing

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