Today we go into the creation story of Red October Baits and how they have become popular.

We discuss the best way to maximize hook up percentage. And why they work so well, despite not looking like much in the water.

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Larry Ramsell is a legendary musky angler and fishing historian.

Today we cover the early, and sometimes dark history of Eagle Lake and whether it can truly produce a 60 pound class, world record fish?

We talk conservation and the who and why we should be saving the industry.

Join us and enjoy.

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Heinrich, and partner, Mike Grant were some of the earliest anglers to self film musky fishing. The started Giant Quest on youtube and invented the EZ Cam Post system.

Join our amazing conversation about early video and figuring it out as you went.

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https://www.youtube.com/@TheGiantQuest

Steve Heiting is a legendary musky anglers and former editor of Musky Hunter Magazine.

http://www.steveheiting.com/

Freshwater fishing Hall of Fame, originator of Musky Hunter magazine, Joe Bucher Outdoors lures...

Simply put, in the musky world, LEGEND.

The history of musky fishing will always go throught Musky Hunter magazine, and through Joe Bucher.

Join us for a history lesson, a talk about how to be successful, how crank baits can teach you on the water.

This was bucket list stuff for me, I always aim to pay respect to those that came before us, and without Joe, modern musky fishing might not be what it is today.

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Join us for an exclusive announcement about the future of Boss Shad baits.

https://www.bossshad.com/

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Join me as we talk Sunset Country muskies with friend and mentor, Jeremy Smith.

How he got into the sport, how he manages to stay off social media. His favourite techniques for shield muskies.

Different baits and different colours. We deep dive into suspended crank bait fishing as well.

Plenty to take away from todays episode.

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https://www.youtube.com/@LindnerMedia

https://www.facebook.com/LindnersAnglingEdge

I sit down with one of the cornerstone anglers of the musky industry, Jim Saric.

Famous for his Musky Hunter TV show, owner of Musky Hunter magazine from 1997-2018 and countless seminars and speaking events.

His list of accolade's is long and distinguished.

We talk the sale of musky hunter magazine, the shift from TV broadcasts to youtube and social media.

Where the industry is at, and where it's going.

I ask him if there can ever be another big three like they had at Musky Hunter magazine, Joe Bucher, Steve Heiting and Jim.

Who is the next musky industry spokesperson?

His thoughts on pay wall and subscription based content.

We go deep and I throughly enjoyed this one.

Check this conversation off the bucket list for me.

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Today we go on a deep dive on leaders and terminal tackle for musky fishing with John Bette or Stealth Tackle.

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This week we go in-depth with Matt Ridgway of Ridgway Customs LLC

We find out what makes his baits tick and how we can all benefit from using them.

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Ridgway Customs LLC

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