Full disclosure: I am not an expert muskie angler. If anything, muskies are the bane of my existence as a fisherman. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t have a deep appreciation for them as a ...

Derek Balmas was fishing with his friend Mike Muehelemann (left) when he landed the record muskie. There’s a new world-record muskie on the books. Earlier this year, the International Game Fish ...

While the muskie fishing season remains months away, organizers of the expo at the Kane County Fairgrounds did their best to stoke the fires of those looking for new equipment, the best muskie ...

A 57-inch-long muskellunge claimed a state record. Here are the other longest fish on record, according to three DNR ...

Clear Spring angler Garrett Davis recently caught a 16-year-old tagged muskellunge, known as Fish 691, from the non-tidal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. September 1957 had been, Art Lawton recalled, a “miracle” month of muskie fishing. The muskies in New York’s St. Lawrence River ...

If you asked me point blank which is better as a game fish—muskie vs pike—I’m saying pike a thousand times over. This, of course, is just my opinion, but looks aside, the biggest difference between ...

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. May 21—Fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 in inland waters and June 15 in Great Lakes waters (Lake Erie, upper ...

Wisconsin's catch-and-release muskie record was broken for a third time in 2025 by Sam Becker, who caught his 57-inch muskie ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aug. 26—BEMIDJI — Ask any serious muskie angler, and they'll probably say that a 50-inch muskie is a fish of a lifetime. They'd be right, of course, but 13-year-old Noah Moss topped that benchmark ...