This week we are joined with special guest Rich Reinert, a legend of all things musky fishing. Listen along as we dive into more than just the upcoming Wisconsin Musky Expo in Wausau March 15-17th. Rich covers some old school fishing stories involving Tony Rizzo, topwater tricks, sleeper baits, the musky industry, where the musky world is at today and many more. You won't want to miss this one so tap in!

This week Matt and Jozef from Taps and Tackle Co joined us from their bait shop bar in Stevens Point, WI. We had a great conversation regarding a lot of different aspects of the musky world, from owning a business, being a guide, to chasing river muskies. Tap in this week!

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We put a bookmark on the q&a questions for now as we spotlight the Taps and Tackle crew this week. Questions will be answered in a later podcast. Sorry for the delay!

This week we got the privilege to chat with Bryan Schaeffer about all things musky. Bryan has had quite the career as a guide, tournament angler, and seen regularly on Keyes Outdoors. We cover certain times of his guiding career, ffs, tournament fishing, traveling/filming, and much more. Long one this week, but we think you'll enjoy it. Kick back and tap in!

Hope you enjoy Bob the Garbage Man's wise words for this weeks cold opening quote! A classic

Brady Martz with BAM BAM Bait Co and Brett Wingfield with WF Custom Lures hop on with the fellas to discuss their bait making careers and gave us the full run down on Brady's new "Bowfin" rubber bait. We chat about the origin of their baits, how these two got linked up, and plenty more. These two are making some incredible baits and you won't want to miss this episode! Tap in!

The MOT fellas are joined this week with special guest Owen Seman from over in the eastern state of Pennsylvania. He is one of the hosts of The Muskie Hunks podcast which is one of the MOT crews favorite musky pods to listen to. He also makes bucktails and spinnerbaits by the name of Big O's Bucktails that are responsible for Gus's PB northern pike. We also get into the origins of the Hunks along with Canadian adventures and some good ol' fashioned musky talk. Tap in!

This week Michael joins our short list of reoccurring guests as he chats with us about his late fall/early winter marathon. We talk about nice fish he stuck and how he did it. We also chatted a lot of baits as we tend to do this time of year. Some unique mods, choices, etc.. Gus and Michael will be at the Musky Road Rules event this Saturday, February 3rd, to present their seminars at Sportsmans Repair Shop in Mosinee, WI. Tap in!

While Brian was off celebrating his b-day, the fellas had a blast sitting down with Austin Wiggerman for a long chat. We caught up on his time at the Chicago show and heard about his successful season guiding in Northern IL, Southern WI, and Western MN. We even had a surprise guest drop by. Tap in!

This week the MOT boys had the pleasure of talking to an extremely talented videographer in the musky industry and that is none other than Kyle Friedges. Kyle runs a YouTube channel by the name of Cabbage Dragon Media. In his short few years of doing it he's put out some incredible content. In this pod we touch on Kyle's travels in his home state of Minnesota and out to Wisconsin & Canadian shield waters while telling us his full camera setup. He also touches on the previous Musky Battles he's been to and what's to expect on that front. The MOT fellas then touch on the upcoming musky expos this winter as well as a new merch drop. Tap in!

This week we were joined by Capt. Curtis Cecchi, a multi species guide in Presque Isle WI that has the musky bug. Curtis has an extensive fishing background as a biologist & full time guide. We get into life as a younger guide, bar stories from the resort he guides out of, and a lot of conservation talk. We found it enlightening and hope you all do as well. Tap in!

The fellas get their NYE hangover cure from endless laughs while talking to musky fishing legend Gregg Thomas. Gregg has been doing the PMTT events since the beginning, guiding all over the musky range, and has his name well established within the musky fishing community. So with his background we barely breach the surface of musky tales and tips n tricks that Gregg can provide.

We hope everyone had a tremendous welcoming of the New Year and will be blessed with musky riches in the 2024 season. Tap in!