Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

Aug. 26—BEMIDJI — Ask any serious muskie angler, and they'll probably say that a 50-inch muskie is a fish of a lifetime. They'd be right, of course, but 13-year-old Noah Moss topped that benchmark ...

A story elsewhere in this section – or website, if you’re reading online – reminded me of one of the things I love most about fishing. And, indeed, pretty much all things outdoors. Brad Dokken It’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Ethan Plutko released the fish he caught on Lake Bemidji on Sunday, he knew he'd never see another one that size again.

Downtown Hayward is celebrating their biggest catch and point of small-town pride this weekend for the 76th annual Muskie ...

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 ...

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 ...

For anglers, landing a muskellunge, or muskie, is a big deal. The "fish of 10,000 casts" is notoriously elusive, making the massive fish an even bigger prize when one finally strikes a lure. In a new ...

Travis Kahlbaugh, Grand Forks, shared this story of a big muskie he caught May 29 while fishing walleyes on Lake Bemidji: I was fishing for walleyes with 6-pound monofilament line and a silver Rapala ...

A Maryland fisherman did what no other fisherman could do over the past 13 years, and that’s catch “Fish 691,” as the muskie he landed had been dubbed by fishery biologists. Garrett Davis of Clear ...