Fat A.Z. Musky Podcast

Fat A.Z. Musky Podcast episodes:

• 04.12.2024

  Hans the Carver

  Hans Mann joins Todd and Andy to chat about the Muskie Odyssey, guiding trips, and his newer line of baits.

  
• 03.29.2024

  Andy and Todd play catch up from last spring.

  Andy and Todd pick up where they left off from the spring of 2023

  
• 03.07.2024

  GMS and Muskie Max recap

  Andy, Todd and Steve recap the weekend at the Muskie Max

  
• 03.01.2024

  Ryan Read and Muskie Max eve

  Ryan joins Andy and Todd to talk mostly about Muskie Max. Past, present and future.

  
• 02.17.2024

  Andy and Todd stories from last spring

  Andy and Todd share some early season stories from 2023.

  
• 02.02.2024

  Andy and Todd, catching up.

  Andy and Todd give a quick catch up on Todd's fishing season. We look back on the early days of AZ, prepping for the NY show, and joke around.

  
• 12.24.2023

  GMS, Spot recommendations

  Andy and Steve go into a pod cast they wanted to record 6 months ago, while it was all over the map it should be a little entertaining.

  
• 03.17.2023

  Muskie Max round up

  We discuss the journey of the Muskie Max. Also its not good bye, its just see ya later.

  
• 03.02.2023

  Pre Muskie Max talk

  Andy, Vance and Todd discuss some of the stuff we went through to leading up to the Muskie Max.

  
• 02.17.2023

  Random topics

  Andy and Todd catch up on random topics.

  
• 02.03.2023

  I get knocked down...

  As the shows get near we are put through the ringer on the production front. Andy and Vance share some of the recent struggles

  
• 01.20.2023

  Steve Gould, New York Musky Expo

  Steve catches us up on the happenings of the upcoming NY show.

  
• 01.06.2023

  Andrew Eye, Spray Bomb Baits

  Andrew joins Andy and Vance to discuss his journey in fishing and bait making. Andrew talks about the baits he makes, what he is bringing to Muskie Max, his build process, stories of him fishing with Vance...

  
• 12.22.2022

  Customer Service issue

  Andy shares some of the recent issue with getting tooled up with the start of bait making season.

  
• 12.09.2022

  Truths you may not want to hear

  Andy and Todd just start by randomly talking about stuff and highlighting truths that are often over looked.

  
• 11.23.2022

  Thanksgiving story

  Andy and Steve do the pre thanksgiving show on Andy's archery buck from early October.

  
• 11.11.2022

  End of the year boat talk.

  We discuss boat stuff from Todd year on his new boat. Motor setups, top speeds, weight placement...

  
• 10.28.2022

  Caring for custom gear, big netting boat

  Steve talks about his custom gear and the the care he takes to keep it nice, Vance talks about a big boat netting fish. We wrap it up with how Steve got to go on his last fishing trip.

  
• 10.14.2022

  Bait review #3 2022

  We review Spray Bomb Baits "6" teeth seeker", Fat AZ "CBW", DK Lures "11" 50 finder"

  
• 09.30.2022

  General chat with the guys

  We discuss the affect of the recent rain and cold front, weird sonar stuff and basic catch talk.

  
• 09.16.2022

  2022 Bait review #2

  Andy, Vance, and Steve run down Spray Bomb 4" Teeth Seeker, LA Glider, and Lila lures 9" crank bait.

  
• 09.02.2022

  Kamden Glade, #fishpuke

  Kamden is a Fisheries Research Specialist who is studing fish diets. We talk to him about the process, some of his findings and what some of it can mean for anglers.

  
• 08.19.2022

  2022 Bait review #1

  We review three baits for the minnow fund.  Lila lures, "Spud" Fat A.Z. 10" Soft tail raptor Jake Latkovic, 5.25" Shad "N' At

  
• 08.05.2022

  Jim Saric, Musky Hunter TV

  Jim tell us about his fishing history, fishing stories, and what goes on filming a TV show.

  
• 07.15.2022

  Andy and GMS, recapping their fishing week

  Andy and GMS share the up and downs on their fishing trips over the 4th of July break.

  
• 07.01.2022

  Gregg Thomas, Tournament drama talk and MH news

  Gregg chats with Andy and Vance, we discuss the recent drama in the PMTT and the MH magazine news.

  
• 06.23.2022

  Andy and Todd, recent experiences

  We start off with talking about the prop change Todd is about to do. We switch gears and discuss some recent line failures.

  
• 06.10.2022

  Solving the worlds problem.

  Andy and Vance discuss changes in boat traffic and go into the world of hook point vs hook barb discussion

  
• 05.27.2022

  Bryn Roach, BR Baits

  Bryn chats with us about his fishing story and how it got him into making baits. Check out his baits on Facebook and Instagram at BRbaits.

  
• 05.13.2022

  Early season fishing stories

  Stories of the struggles that come from fishing

  
• 04.29.2022

  Greg from LiLa Lures

  Greg joins Andy, Vance and Todd to chat about his fishing history in Canada, and the lure business Lila Lures.

  
• 04.15.2022

  NY show recap

  We wrap up show season with how our weekend went at the NY musky expo.

  
• 04.01.2022

  Steve Gould, new baits for a new show

  Steve hops on and discusses the new WV state record musky, his new bait offerings, and some details about the NY Musky Expo coming next weekend April 9, and 10.

  
• 03.18.2022

  Muskie Max round up and AZ update

  We break down the weekend at the Max, then we discuss the struggles from the bait factory, the hook shortage, epoxy shortage, Andy drilling drilling his finger...

  
• 03.03.2022

  Quick show before the Max

  We snuck in a short show to discuss what we have going on for the Muskie Max.

  
• 02.25.2022

  Paul Boss Shad, Muskie Max talk

  Paul joins the guys to talk about what he has been up to. New baits models, what he is bring to the Muskie Max, hook shortages...

  
• 02.11.2022

  GMS; How do you spend a gift card.

  GMS and the guys break down the schools of thought on spending gift cards when you have every thing.

  
• 01.28.2022

  Old men complaining

  This show is all backwards, it starts out us complaining about the weather. It turns into us making fun of our journey in the bait world. To wrap it up we develop the early plans for the "Deal Wheel"

  
• 01.14.2022

  The hidden cost of bait making

  We take the long approach to discussing the bait pricing some obvious factors, and some not so obvious factors. We also threw in a couple stories of years past.

  
• 12.30.2021

  End of year show

  We take this show to wrap up the hunting seasons.

  
• 12.16.2021

  Jim, Chautauqua Lake fish hatchery

  Jim joins us to discuss the Chautauqua fish hatchery. The working, the history, and some QnA. It was great conversation about the NY hatchery.

  
• 12.03.2021

  Vance and Todd year end wrap up.

  Checking out how the guides did this season. Here the ups and downs, and some fishing stories.

  
• 11.19.2021

  Vance boat stories and sonar question

  Vance discusses some boat issues from this past season. Then Vance brought up a question clients ask often regarding sonar and fish marks.

  
• 11.05.2021

  Jared Sayers, Musky stamp 2020 funds

  Jared talks to us about the "new trucks", "reduced steelhead stocking", "bigfoot", and the bulk of the conversation being around the funds from the 2020 musky stamp.

  
• 10.22.2021

  ”I dont care anymore” - Vance

  Andy and Vance have a catch up show that go down several rabbit holes. We coin the term "Forbidden Digit" with the Pilgrims, Aqua traction suck at sea, adventures with Vance, and not caring anymore.

  
• 10.08.2021

  Archery opener 2021

  Andy and Todd discuss the PA archery opener and the story of "Can Opener"

  
• 09.24.2021

  Looking ahead

  Our discussion revolves around the topic of the show season. Our feeling of what we think will happen, should there be changes, and our hopes of what could happen.

  
• 09.10.2021

  Bait review 3

  This show we review, Andrews Muskie Baits "twitch 6", Ashcrafted Musky Lures "8" Honey Badger", and Supernatural Big Baits "8Five Mattlock"

  
• 08.27.2021

  Bugs, weeds, and boats

  Andy, Vance, and Todd talk about insects, trying to invent a weed clearing device, and basic run down of what you would get if you were buying a new boat.

  
• 08.13.2021

  Random chit chat

  We go where the wind blows. Vance and bee's, casting, teaching basics, Vance's choice... Little bit of everything