Fat A.Z. Musky Podcast

We talk the Muskie Max with some random topic mixed in, then switch over to a story from Todd's early season in NY

Todd talks of a client he took last spring, and the story leads to another strange fish caught in Andy's back yard

We run down The Ny show, then we jump topics to a big musky caught walleye fishing in lake Erie and the back story of the loose connection that fish has to Todd.

Andy and Todd discuss the first place win from this past fall.

Andy and Todd hit quickly on the up coming shows, the progress of preparing. We discuss progression and change over time from bait type and style, preferences on rods from the past 15 years. Turn over rate in the muskie community. 

Andy and Todd play catch up since the last show (very long time ago). Anyway, Andy hits on his fishing season, most of it. Todd quickly goes over his early season PA trips. Stay tuned as we got more shows to come.

We take some time to discuss the new Osprey glider, the new aluminum AZ cup, and the extension handle for the Boga.

Andy and Todd give a quick catch up from our last show. The main body of the show was talking about issues with old habits colliding with change.

Andy and Todd exchange stories from this past summer of fishing. 

Jeff joins Andy and Todd, we discuss just about everything. From fishing, parent life, running the bait shop,  to choosing boxes for shipping baits. 

Andy and Todd caught a break in their schedules and recorded this show wrapping up their spring stories.

Andy and Todd discuss the spring charter trips. We stumble into a FFS discussion. We wrapped it up with a Project X talk. 

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

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

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

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

Andy and Todd share some early season stories from 2023.

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.

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.

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

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

Andy and Todd catch up on random topics.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Stories of the struggles that come from fishing

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

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

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.

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...

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

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... 

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

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"