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 ...

Apr. 28—For many anglers, musky fishing is the ultimate challenge. These elusive predators are known as the fish of a thousand casts because they require patience and persistance to catch. As an avid ...

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 ...

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 ...

Freeze-up was a couple of weeks away when Josh Stevenson and I launched his boat recently, looking for a muskie. Tricking one of these toothy behemoths into munching a lure or bait would, we knew, end ...

It was a cold and rainy day in early December — perfect weather for Musky fishing. If you don’t know what that is, think of a barracuda, with big teeth that lives in freshwater, and they can be up to ...

Knowledgeable musky fisherwoman, Katia Rivers, co-host for NY Musky Expo 2024, shares one of her Chautauqua Lake musky catches. Photo courtesy of NY Musky EXPO Musky fishing is often considered ...