Thistle Dew Outdoor Adventures

Thistle Dew Outdoor Adventures Welcome! I am Clayton Spiess, a full time fishing guide in northern Wisconsin, specializing in Musky.

On Day 6 of our trip to Lake of the Woods, the muskies begin to eat again! We catch fish on some of our milk run spots a...
06/03/2026

On Day 6 of our trip to Lake of the Woods, the muskies begin to eat again! We catch fish on some of our milk run spots and find fish in some new overlooked spots that most people overlook. Burbot tubes were the key to our success on this day. They have a specific action that is just a little different from all other tubes, and sometimes it works over anything else.

FINS Braids
HunsyTails
Net Buddy
Thorne Bros.
Reck-n-Rack
Hammer Custom Baits
Red October Baits
Technautic Powersports & TPS Rentals

On Day 6 of our trip to Lake of the Woods, the muskies begin to eat...

Day 5 of our Lake of the Woods trip is up on the channel. Fair warning, this is a day that no muskies were boated. 2nd d...
05/22/2026

Day 5 of our Lake of the Woods trip is up on the channel. Fair warning, this is a day that no muskies were boated. 2nd day of the cold front made for neutral to negative fish. We decided to explore a new area. Even though we didnt catch muskies, we found some very nice fish and learned a bunch of new spots for when the fish turn back on. 2 big pike are the highlight of this day.

FINS Braids
Reck-n-Rack
Red October Baits
Hammer Custom Baits
Thorne Bros.
Net Buddy
HunsyTails
Technautic Powersports & TPS Rentals

Day 5 becomes the 2nd day of the cold front. We had intermitent rain and sun throughout the day. Probably not the best day to explore new areas. We made the ...

Day 4 from the Lake of the Woods trip is live.We begin the day back at TV2 looking for that giant tiger. The weather sta...
05/17/2026

Day 4 from the Lake of the Woods trip is live.We begin the day back at TV2 looking for that giant tiger. The weather started off nice, but she was nowhere to be found. After a couple close encounters with some low 40s muskies, the weather changes. That afternoon we find ourselves on a large pack of muskies with 1 really big fish that showed itself on a fat bastard. We hang around that area trying to get these seemingly hungry/active fish to commit to a bait. This proves to be a challenge until a musky decides to go suicidal boatside on a MUSKY MAYHEM TACKLE LLC jr cowgirl. Then it was all over for the day.

Net Buddy
FINS Braids
Red October Baits
HunsyTails
Thorne Bros.
Hammer Custom Baits
Reck-n-Rack
Technautic Powersports & TPS Rentals

We begin Day 4 back at TV2 looking for that giant tiger. The weather started off nice, but she was nowhere to be found. After a couple close encounters with ...

This was such a fun weekend! Can't wait to chop up the footage!
05/14/2026

This was such a fun weekend! Can't wait to chop up the footage!

There will be more to come soon on a trip south of the border earlier this year with Thistle Dew Outdoor Adventures (Clayton Spiess) & Gus Mantey chasing pre spawners on a stocked fishery. We found ourselves on the backside of some warmer weather. Welcomed by a real feel of 8 degrees. It was bitter cold with 35 mph gusts & I’m glad Clayton was the guy on the controls.

Line guides froze up fast, but it didn’t matter. We were just happy to be casting a line during that time of year. Fish were just a bonus.

Special shout to Iowa Muskie Guide Service & Ryan Joseph Becker for some good intel on the recent bite.

Id recommend all three of these guys to anyone looking to jump in a boat to chase Muskies…

Ryan & I decide to head East from the camp on this day. We were searching for new spots with new muskies. We find a very...
05/08/2026

Ryan & I decide to head East from the camp on this day. We were searching for new spots with new muskies. We find a very interesting complex of islands and structure that we end up calling "Tarvat II". Ryan gets 1 nice musky as we spend the majority of the afternoon chasing a giant Tiger Musky. This fish looked like a fish of a lifetime for either 1 of us, worth spending some quality time in the area.

HunsyTails
FINS Braids
Net Buddy
Red October Baits
Thorne Bros.
Reck-n-Rack
Hammer Custom Baits
Technautic Powersports & TPS Rentals

Ryan & I decide to head East from the camp on this day. We were searching for new spots with new Muskies. We find a very interesting complex of Islands and s...

Day 2 of the 2025 Lake of the Woods trip brings quality muskies over quantity. The weather remains beautiful. Ryan and I...
05/02/2026

Day 2 of the 2025 Lake of the Woods trip brings quality muskies over quantity. The weather remains beautiful. Ryan and I did not contact very many fish on this day, but the couple we found, ate. Red October Baits Boo Tubes continue to produce, as well as the (new for 2026) HunsyTails 8/10 Banger.

Thorne Bros.
Reck-n-Rack
FINS Braids
Net Buddy
Technautic Powersports & TPS Rentals
Hammer Custom Baits

5 likes, 1 comment. "2025 LOTW - Big Muskies on Boo Tubes & Bangers!"

Ryan and I head up to Lake of the Woods once again for our annual trip around Labor Day week. We join the usual crew of ...
04/24/2026

Ryan and I head up to Lake of the Woods once again for our annual trip around Labor Day week. We join the usual crew of buddies. This video highlights Day 1of the trip. We were a day late getting up there due to truck issues. This was the warmest day of the trip, and the fish were going pretty good like we expected. We catch muskies on Red October Baits Boo Tubes and Lake Edition Beaver's Baits. We each lost muskies on blades for 1 reason or another, and a couple giant pike visit the Net Buddy.

FINS Braids
Reck-n-Rack
Technautic Powersports & TPS Rentals
Thorne Bros.
Hammer Custom Baits
HunsyTails

2025 LOTW - Muskies Eating Beavers & Bears on the Spot

Jamie DeGroot and I had a day on the Bay back in August! We completed a Trifecta by catching a musky in 3 different coun...
04/17/2026

Jamie DeGroot and I had a day on the Bay back in August! We completed a Trifecta by catching a musky in 3 different counties in the same day without trailering the boat between counties. Big blades from MUSKY MAYHEM TACKLE LLC and HunsyTails were the ticket, and just staying around fish until the feeding window opened up! My setup for this day was a Thorne Bros. 10' XH Stealth rod, Diawa Pro-rex 5.3:1, and FINS Braids 100lb Big Game XS.

Net Buddy

On this beautiful August Day, Jamie takes me musky fishing out on The Bay! We catch 3 fish in 3 different counties. We install PIT tags on 2 of the fish and ...

Check out this recap of a great weekend with Matt and Travis! For my 1st time ever, I caught back-to-back tiger muskies!...
04/10/2026

Check out this recap of a great weekend with Matt and Travis! For my 1st time ever, I caught back-to-back tiger muskies! Every fish was caught on a different bait, so we really had the pattern dialed up haha.

Red October Baits
FINS Braids
Thorne Bros.
Reck-n-Rack
Net Buddy
HunsyTails
Hammer Custom Baits
Technautic Powersports & TPS Rentals

Matt and Trav jump in the boat for a weekend of musky fishing in early August. On day 1, I double with Tiger muskies for my first time ever! overall the fish...

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