The Muskie Junkie: An Angler’s Quest to Catch His First Muskie One. I cast a jerkbait. Nine inches long, 3 ounces, and with two 3/0 treble hooks, the lure sails 40 yards before it belly-flops on the ...

There are fish that people like to catch, and then there is the musky — a long, heavy, toothy, unpredictable apex predator ...

What’s probably the rarest game fish in Northwest Montana? I’ll bet that 99% of local fishermen can’t answer that question correctly. Give up? It’s probably the tiger muskie. Tiger muskies are only ...

It seems like a simple recipe, really. Joe Bucher — longtime host of “Fishing with Joe Bucher” and a 2002 Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame inductee — believes there are just three ingredients to ...

DULUTH — On land, Karen McTavish is a mild-mannered quilt shop owner serving customers with a bolt of fabric and a smile. On the water, McTavish turns into a muskie maniac, bitten by the esox bug ...

In a sport in which size really does matter, Ben Knutson has raised the bar to an almost unbelievable level. On November 25, 2020, Knutson, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, caught two 50-pound ...

Imagine catching a trophy fish and celebrating with a mount of your big catch on the wall, but only after you actually released the fish back into the lake. That's happening now in Wisconsin's ...

The first time I saw a musky, I was about 6, fishing with my dad in northern Wisconsin. Nervously peering over the edge of the boat, it seemed that fish was almost as long as I was tall. It had a ...

Musky are the apex predator of freshwater fishing. These toothy creatures, which reach lengths of 60 inches and can top out scales at more than 60 pounds, are not easy to catch, but tangle with one ...