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 ...

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 ...

Appearance is the only difference between the Great Lakes spotted muskie and muskies that are found throughout Wisconsin.

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

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 ...

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 ...

There are fish that people like to catch, and then there is the musky — a long, heavy, toothy, unpredictable apex predator that fuels obsessions, stories and lifelong pursuits. Renowned as the fish of ...

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

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 ...

Freshwater muskellunge — often called “the fish of ten thousand casts” — sits at the very top of the angling world. For those who chase them, muskies represent the ultimate challenge: powerful apex ...

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 ...