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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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*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!

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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!

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Intro comes from a certified classic in the movie category as well as USA sports history - Miracle. "That'll get 'em going"