Expert strategies for locating and catching post-spawn muskies from opening day through the spring fishing season. Learn the right water temps and conditions, the best lures, and how to extend this ...

Three-day early-summer musky trip targeting muskies in river spillways and backwaters. Budget car-camping through nighttime ...

If you’re not fishing for early-season muskies, you’re missing out on a great opportunity—and you’re hardly alone. With prime muskie fishing typically pegged for mid-summer and early fall, lots of ...

Muskies are known as the fish of 10,000 casts because they have a reputation for being finicky feeders. They are also known to follow lures to the boat, rather than striking them. It's always exiting ...

A two-day trip to North Dakota chasing river monsters — wading into a fish-filled backwater swamp where topwater baits were ...

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 lake surface. I point the rod at the water, reel in the slack, ...

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 ...

Fishing enthusiasts like Homer Glen resident Ted Koski say once you’ve caught a muskie there’s no turning back. “As far as the lure of catching muskie – no pun intended – it’s the size. They’re an ...

Ben Lorenz, 9, right, caught and released this 48-inch muskie recently on Lake Vermilion while fishing with his dad, Mike Lorenz, left, and his sister, Lena, 7. The big fish hit as Ben was reeling in ...

When it comes to fishing, Mundelein resident Tony Hernandez says he’s been hooked on catching muskies “since I was 21, which seems about as long as I can remember.” “It’s compelling. I used to fish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study looks at why muskies are considered to be the fish of 10,000 casts. If you ever hear a Midwesterner mention the "fish ...

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 ...