Muskies are notoriously hard to catch. But as the water cools in fall, like bears going into hibernation, muskies go on a feeding binge. There's no better time than fall to catch a trophy muskie, and ...

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 ...

During this transitional time of year, it’s not uncommon for one day of lights-out action to be followed by a total skunking. Even traditional methods of predicting fish behavior like tracking fronts, ...

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 ...

Sonya Kalez with her first-ever musky that she caught fishing with her husband in Chautauqua Lake last week. Photo courtesy of Dennis Young The abundant population of Chautauqua Lake muskies are ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

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 ...

Fishing for trophy muskies is all about the eat — that moment of ambush when a big fish finally commits and hammers your lure. These strikes can be savage, and they rarely happen when you’re expecting ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Fall fishing is holding steady across the Stateline, but anglers targeting big game fish like muskie, northern pike and walleye say the dry weather is making things more ...