Muskies On Tap

This week there's lots the fellas have to recap plus a great chat with Madison Chain guide Jeff Hanson. Jeff has been fishing the Mad chain since the mid 80s and has that place dialed! We go through some of the beginnings of his fishing, spring tips and the state of the fishery. Afterwards we get a recap of the Master's tourney and the most recent Spring Hearing that Gus attended in Vilas County. Lots of spiciness in this pod so tap in! We hope you had the chance to get to Thorne Bros Spring Sale! If not, still go and check them out online or if you're in the MN metro area https://www.thornebros.com/ https://sugsfishing.com/ Cold opener comes from Tommy Boy this week!

This week on the MOT pod we get Jimmy Gallant on from JG Outdoors guide service and YouTube channel to talk all things musky. We cover quite a bit on LOTW and Eagle plus plenty on northern Wisconsin and some spring tactics. Big fish stories are told as well! You know we all love those! Tap in! Also on the calendar up and coming we have the annual WI DNR conservation congress spring hearings April 13th 6-9pm. f you'd like to vote to rescind the new musky regulation change you must attend IN PERSON to vote. Locations for each county here: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing Thorne Bros Annual Spring Sale April 10-12th in-store plus seminars and new video watch parties going on! Online sale April 13-14th as well https://www.thornebros.com/ Upcoming seminars for Gus: - April 11th Capital Cities Muskies Inc Fundraiser starting at 9am, seminar starts at 11am located at The Mekong restaurant in McFarland - April 18th American Marine in Chippewa Falls seminar at 10am - May 6th Winnebagoland Musky Club seminar at 7pm https://sugsfishing.com/ intro comes from an animated classic: "Barnyard". This is a cow farm... you're gonna have cows outside!!!!

This week the fellas show off their top 3 baits hauled in from expo season along with a few extra sneaky finds/baits we're pumped to throw. We get up to date with current events and Gus let's everyone know his upcoming seminar schedule. After a ninja trick discussed (and potential new ninja tricks to try) we get on Nick Amorose: the brains and muscle behind Hammer Custom Baits. We discuss the show and future of Hammer Customs Also, big Spring Sale in person only happening at Thorne Bros April 10-12. If you want to get stocked up for the season on musky, walleye, bass, fly fishing, electronics, etc then I suggest you go! https://www.thornebros.com/pages/spring-sale https://sugsfishing.com/ Upcoming seminars for Gus: April 6th - Wausau Area Muskies Inc @Dales Weston Lanes 7pm April 7th - Northwoods Chapter Muskies Inc @Norwood Pines (Minocqua) 6:30pm April 11th - Capitol Cities Muskies Inc Fundraiser @The Mekong in McFarland 9am (find details to sign up on Capitol Cities Facebook page) April 18th - American Marine in Chippewa Falls, WI Alumacraft/boat Event Intro comes from a classic Simpsons bit

Welp, here's the live recording in the Hammer Customs booth at the Wisconsin Musky Expo Saturday night. We get a large array of guests on so press that play button and find out who tapped onto the mic that night! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ TPB - Bubbles talks about liquorball sandwiches

The fellas get some spicy questions in this one! We also get into details of some secret baits to look for at the Wisconsin Musky Expo this weekend March 20-22 that we have not talked about yet! Kyle Friedges from Beyond The 8 Media joins up as a co-host. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ https://youtube.com/@cabbagedragonmedia?si=0uyZSzYUqNJkMLMw "The dude abides"

This week we chat it up with Jake Smith from Smity Baits. We talk about the origin of Smity started by his dad, Russ. Lots of great bait talk on new and old baits from Smity's lineup that we love or are excited to try! We also talk about early season musky strategies and live bait fishing. The fellas also get into details on the upcoming MOT March Madness Bracket Challenge and what's at stake for the winners! Great stuff from amazing brands we love. Gus also dropped a heater of a YouTube video so check that out on Muskies On Tap YouTube channel and smash that subscribe button please! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ https://youtube.com/@muskiesontap?si=h7FYRXfydURnnN82 the classic wrap around from Jim Lahey for this weeks intro clip

This week the fellas chop it up with Rob Manthei who is based out of St Germain and owns Fibbers and St Germain Lodge & Resort. We talk about his early days of guiding and filming with John Gillespie. There's also a lot of talk on what changed the musky game for Rob with one being the Red October tube which we go into detail on. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Intro comes from Ricky admitting to eating 9 cans of ravioli - everyone knows the first can doesn't count

The MOT crew gets on Mike Kramer this week to share some new baits Kramer Bros Tackle has to offer for 2026 and this weekends Minnesota Muskie Expo. We dive into details on his lineup for when, where, and how to use his baits. He's got a fresh bait lined up for the 2026 season that will be a must cop when it comes out. We hope you enjoy another week of a video format podcast! Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Intro comes from the show Trailer Park Boys - a MOT favorite - about the scene where Ray does not know the difference between wins and losses in gambling

This week the MOT crew gets on Taylor Flannery and Rich Reinert to talk all things WI Musky Expo coming up this March 20-22nd. We show these baits off in a debut of a live recorded podcast presented on YouTube to watch! We also dive deep into how to run certain lures that have been on the market that you won't want to miss like Red October tubes and BamBam swimfins. We hope you enjoy this one and get the chance to watch it on Muskies On Tap YouTube channel, tap in! YouTube link below https://sugsfishing.com/ https://youtube.com/@muskiesontap?si=dQrgTbLDjCZ5U8Ee https://www.thornebros.com/ Cold opener comes from a classic Simpsons scene about the name Bort

This week the fellas get Jeremy Smith on to chat about Canadian Shield lakes. You probably have seen Jeremy all over Lindner's Angling Edge videos from TV and YouTube. He's been able to fish many, many lakes in Sunset Country so of course we are given great musky tips and stories along with it. Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ MN guest = MN movie quote. This week comes from the movie Fargo. A true MN classic.

This week the fellas get on Ben Olsen, co-owner of Thorne Bros. Ben has a way of curing the winter blues with the way he tells his stories in this one! We get into details of some giant musky catches whether it was on the fly or conventional and also talk about some old school adventures Ben had on Keyes Outdoors! We also chat on the differences of Stealth and Predator series of custom rods. Another special guest/co-host joins us for the pod so tune in to find out who!!! Tap in! https://sugsfishing.com/ https://www.thornebros.com/ Dr. Evil gets his wish fulfilled to have sharks with fricken lazerbeams attached to their head.... COOL!!! Cold open comes from Austin Powers: Goldmember

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!