GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- As a muskie fisherman with a knack for inventing things, developing a muskie lure came naturally for Jeff Sprecher. It appears the Grand Forks inventor and entrepreneur has landed ...

Hunting and fishing go hand in hand for many people, but for those who choose to angle for musky, a large freshwater predatory fish in the rivers and reservoirs of the Midwest, fishing is hunting.

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 ...

Freshwater muskellunge — often called “the fish of ten thousand casts” — sits at the very top of the angling world. For those ...

They say Muskies are the fish of 10,000 casts. I've always had a bit of an itch to go for Muskies, but a couple of things prevent me from getting too involved with them. Mainly, it's the cost of it, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Two things were obvious: the muskie following my lure was a giant, and it was coming in hot—its focus completely on my bucktail spinner. I swung the bait into a wide turn at boatside and then hung it ...

LAKE NEBAGAMON, Wis. — Jon Kopetzky says their fishing group was never expecting to catch a giant muskie on a nice June morning trolling along Wisconsin’s South Shore of Lake Superior, a spot where ...

Tiger muskies will follow a lure to the boat, then glare at you with disrespect. Perry Peterson calls it "the fish just gave me the fin." Tiger muskies will hide under your boat to check things out.

Muskie Joe Stamper was a living legend along the tree-lined banks of Kentucky’s Kinniconick Creek. For nearly 50 years, the dedicated angler pursued the muskies that this stream is famed for. He was ...