This week the Hunks are joined by a very, very special guest Bucko Muro, owner of Bucko’s Branded Baits. We get a deep dive into Bucko’s background, how he got started both fishing and making baits. The guys talk fishing, destination waters, guiding, lure building and more. Bucko gives us the lowdown on his bait lineup, as well as what folks can expect to see at the New York Musky Expo. Give it a listen and give Bucko a follow!

E91 - Bucking the Trend with Bucko’s Branded Baits

We, the Muskie Hunks are a group of fisherman from the state of Pennsylvania (and Washington) that love fishing and love Muskies. We are not professionals, we are not on the water every day. Our goal is to bring you content from the average anglers perspective and share helpful tips that we are learning in real time. This podcast is for fun and for the love of Muskies. 

Our team of hunk s are as follows:

Tom Vanatta - Pennsylvania Monsters 
Owen Seman - Big O‘s Bucktails 
Nick Fiesler - Three Blind Mice
Donnie Swink - Swink Outdoors
Ryan Read - Fishing PA w Ryan Read

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In this episode we catch up with local western PA boys Garrick Sobeski and Aaron Parise and hear the tale of their recent experience at the PMTT tournament on Cave Run. We talk about tournament preparation, planning and the execution of their gameplan on the water. Here’s to lure swap half priced dying dogs and friendships forged through Muskies Inc! These boys did us proud in Kentucky and we are pumped to cheer them on in the next tournament in Wisconsin.

E114 - You'll Always Remember Your First PMTT with Garrick Sobeski and Aaron Parise

In this episode we recap THE 2024 Muskie Hunk A Palooza! Most of the Palooza participants are present to talk about their experience fishing in western PA. This episode is filled with fishing trip trials, fish stories and lots of laughs from last weekend. There is a strong possibility that another Eli podcast musky ends up in the bag! 

Shout out:

Bucko Muro - Bucko’s Branded Baits

Noah Clarke - Clarkey Baits

Greg Jones - Lila Lures

Dave From Minnesota

E113 - MuskyHunkaPalooza 2024 Recap

This week the Hunks are joined by return guest, none other than Ben Stone of Ben Stone Media. Ben sits down to talk about his season from last year, some of his past work filming for Kanal Gratis and Devoted Outdoors and what he has planned coming up for his new venture which includes all types of outdoor videography and editing. He’s one of the best at shooting content that is not only entertaining and educational but much more visually pleasing than most YouTubers out there, so definitely give him a look!

E112 -  Ben Stone Returns

In this episode, it’s our privilege to chat with Greg Nimmer, who illustrates over and over during this talk why he’s known all around the country for his one-of-a-kind creative genius. Greg shares some of his journey making off-the-rails and unique musky baits for over 20 years (in an equally unique way). He tells us about his first expos, some things he’s learned in fishing and in building, and what his creative process looks like when it comes to dreaming up his zany creations. He gives us a few secrets and unexpected surprises, holds back on a few others, and tells us some incredible fishing stories from the north woods of Wisconsin. It’s a click-clackin’ good time.

E111 - Poggin’ Around With Greg Nimmer

In this episode Josh Marshall and Marshall Custom Tackle facilitate a conversation with one of Ohio’s Muskie fishing’s greats, Ray ”Grandpa” Elkins. Ray is 81 years young and has been Muskie fishing for well over 65 years. Ray gives us some background on how he got started muskie fishing, what it looked like to fish Ohio in the 50’s & 60’s, how the Ohio Huskie Muskie Club got started and the impact that they have had, how he spent all his money on Wiley’s and had to bum money for lunch and how he got the nickname ”GRANDPA”. This episode is a walk through Ohio Muskie history and Ray tells allot of fun and amazing stories. This was truly an honor for us to interview Ray and we could listen to Grandpa talk muskie fishing for hours. 

Special thank you to Josh Marshall for helping set this up and helping Ray join the call!!!

E91 - Bucking the Trend with Bucko’s Branded Baits

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