Thistle Dew Outdoor Adventures

01/18/2025

Day 2 is the extended version of the day Clint caught his "Vilas Co. Wisconsin Mega". This was a half day outing that showed the progression of fish activity from curious to feeding! Fish on this day were caught on HunsyTails and Spanky Baits. Also had action from swimmindawgs and LakeXLures Dr. Evil. We downsized from the day prior with the cooler temps, and post storms from the night before. Books are open for the 2025 Musky season! Prime spots are starting to fill already, so message, or call me if you want to get out this summer! FINS Braids Reck-n-Rack Nortech Marine Humminbird Musky Innovations Hammer Custom Baits Shimano North America Fishing

After the evening storms the night before, we start day 2 with a bit of a cold front. The water temps did not drop, but the air was cool with periods of ligh...

01/11/2025

Clint & Mason joined me in the boat for 2 days of mid-summer musky action. This was day 1 and everyone got in on the action as a strong summer thunderstorm approached! Fish were caught on a double cowgirl by MUSKY MAYHEM TACKLE LLC and a swimmin dawg by Musky Innovations FINS Braids 100lb XS was the choice line used. Reck-n-Rack had me testing out a new MegaLive pole mount on the side of the boat throughout the summer. You will see 1 of the prototype models on my boat in this video. It's a well-built mount that is super easy to use. Make sure to check them out as they put the finishing touches on this product.

Clint and his son jump in the boat for this past summer for a couple days of musky fishing. Everyone gets in on the action as the barometer pressure drops ah...

01/04/2025

For anyone wondering how things played out for us on the 2nd day of Northern WI Musky Opener, here is the video to watch. Spoiler alert, it didn't go as well as we had hoped. That's fishing though. Take the good with the not-so good.

We get the weather change for Day 2 that we wanted, but the fishing got tougher. All of our chances were that morning as I finish the first video without a m...

12/28/2024

A video from the Northern musky opener is up. I meet up with some buddies and chase some stubborn fish in super clear water. There were muskies everywhere, but can we get them to eat? Reck-n-Rack FINS Braids HunsyTails Hammer Custom Baits Nortech Marine Shimano North America Fishing

Day 1 of opening weekend for the northern half of Wisconsin. I jump in Jamie's boat with brothers, Logan and Mason. We chose to fish some ultra clear water i...

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas to all, and a very blessed New Year! May the new year be filled with amazing adventures that lead to memories for a lifetime!

12/21/2024

Ryan got himself a nice musky over bait back in July on a quick morning of fun fishing. This fish came on a Chaos Tackle Company Medusa.

FINS Braids Nortech Marine Reck-n-Rack Shimano North America Fishing Humminbird

Ryan and I sneak out for a few hours in the morning for some fun fishing. We contacted a few fish right away before this beatiful pattern fish ate boatside.

12/14/2024

1st solo casting musky of 2024 reminded me I was a little out of practice. I choked way up on the rod, making it easy to break if the fish decided to take 1 more run. Thankfully it didn't, and the rod was spared this time. Next time, I would let some line out, lift the rod tip up to bring the fish closer to the boat. Another good "what not to do" video. Spotted the fish on first, and then you can see the shadow of the fish as it followed the bait to the boat deep on . This fish was caught on a prototype HunsyTails micro blade. This bait was very good for my clients and I early season. FINS Braids Reck-n-Rack Nortech Marine Humminbird

Solo afternoon scouting trip finds a nice musky. I used a non recommended method to get the fish in the bag that could cause your rod to break.

12/09/2024

Very excited/honored to be invited to speak in March!

We are very excited to announce our meeting/speaker schedule for the first half of 2025.

December 11 Chuck Nelson

Chuck has over 40 years of musky fishing experience to bring to the table. He has also been instrumental in the development and testing with Mepps musky lures and now works closely with Figure 8 Lures.

January 8 Brian Skaife

I’ll bet most of you probably heard of Brian’s you tube channel Angling Anarchy. Brian will be sharing his knowledge of capturing your fishing trip and catches on video.

February 12 Austin Wiggerman

Austin has really made his presence know in the past 5-10 years with the success he has had in several states musky fishing. He guides in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota and will be sharing some of the tactics that has made him successful in these states.

March 12 Clayton Spiess

Clayton guides in northern Wisconsin and is also a very successful tournament angler. If you have followed the PMTT the past several years you have seen Clayton’s name on the leaderboard. Clayton will be talking about all of the electronics out there and when and how to use them to be successful.

April 9 Jim Shell

Jim is going to bring years of knowledge on structure fishing. Jim will be sharing the many seasonal tactics and presentations in structure fishing.

May 14 DNR Conservation Officers & UWSP research team.

The DNR Conservation officers will be telling us about any new rule changes in 2025 and what we can look out for on the water.

The UWSP research team will be talking about some of the upcoming studies they will be doing on Green Bay

June 11 Jason Breggemann

Jason is the DNR biologist for Green Bay and the fox river. He will be shafting the results of the spring egg collection as well as what the future looks like for Green Bay Muskies.

We hope to see you at one of our meetings!

12/07/2024

It looks like my musky season is over in Northern Wisconsin. With that, brings on video editing season. Might as well start at the end and show a little bit of when things don't go as planned. This happened to be the last musky I would attempt to net in 2024. Not exactly what I was hoping for. HunsyTails Reck-n-Rack Nortech Marine FINS Braids Hammer Custom Baits

Exploration mission with Kyle and Jamie finds 1 bite at the end of the day. Will we get to take pictures of this fish after I botch the net job?

11/16/2024

The new shirts and hoodies have been quite popular, and proving to be good luck on the water! I have some shirts and only a few hoodies left. Message me if you want 1. Debating on another order, so if you don't see your size below and want 1, let me know and I'll make sure to set 1 aside in the next order. I also have some set aside for people that ordered in this last batch. Sorry, I haven't gotten them to you yet. I haven't forgotten. Thanks!

Sun Hoodies - $45
3 - XXL
3 - M

Sun Shirts - $40
3 - XS
1 - S
1 - M
2 - L
4 - XL
2 - XXL

10/21/2024

10/05/2024

Got another shipment of UPF sun shirts and sun hoodies in recently. I have all sizes available in limited quantities. Will ship for $6 extra.
*Nonhooded shirts are $40
*Hooded shirts are $45
Message me if you are interested!