Game plan for pressured muskies
Fishing pressure is a fact of life everywhere muskies are found. But there are ways to succeed in the face of this pressure, and here are five ways to do it.
Fishing pressure is a fact of life everywhere muskies are found. But there are ways to succeed in the face of this pressure, and here are five ways to do it.
What are these special lures? The first is a small bucktail spinner, the second a 6- to 7-inch minnowbait, and the third a 7-inch dive-and-rise-style jerkbait.
Many would argue that casting is simply more fun because you see follows and feel strikes. Others would argue that good trollers catch more muskies.
Interestingly, muskie hunters are really the only group of freshwater anglers that refer to follows as part of their overall fishing experience. It is quite common for muskie anglers to discuss how many follows they
Anglers who devote a lot of time and energy chasing muskies know that many of the year’s biggest fish are boated during late fall.
Corey Kitzmann, of Davenport, Iowa, caught a state-record muskie for catch-and-release in Minnesota. If you have a fish you think is a Minnesota state record, be sure to go to mndnr.gov to fill out a
Muskies are, without doubt, the most prized freshwater sport fish. Historically, catching just one has been a badge of honor, and expert anglers often spend several long days on the water to boat one.
Muskies have been called the “fish of 10,000 casts,” and when fishing is tough it can feel like you’ve exceeded that number
An 11-year-old Duluth girl had her ankle and foot cut in 25 places Wednesday, July 19 – possibly by a muskie, according to her doctors – while hanging off a paddleboard on Island Lake near
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