This lure’s metal lip not only holds up to whacking hard bottom, but can be tweaked so the bait’s action matches the musky’s mood. Musky lures are so important because, well, muskies are moody.

The abundant population of Chautauqua Lake muskies are scattered in late summer. As the leaves begin to turn with the change ...

LA SALLE, Ontario — Muskies are known as the fish of 10,000 casts, but if you’re not casting for them, how many presentations does it take? I was fishing with Jon Bondy, the guy who revolutionized ...

“Everything about spring is in going fishing, from the spring run of the walleye to catching bluegills and crappies,” said Hunter Karlen, sales associate for Chase Outdoors LLC in Rothschild. In ...

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When it comes to Canadian muskies, Gordon Pyzer is “professor of the north.” He is a major muskie angler and sought-after teacher with 50-pounders to his credit. But as provincial fisheries manager in ...

Eight months is a long time to wait between casts. When the season finally opens in May or June in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario, casting withdrawal reaches maximum angst. It’s just the sort of ...

The two anglers stood on opposite ends of the boat, lobbing long casts with big lures. Jacoby used a bucktail, Van Remortel a paddle tail swim bait. About 8 a.m. Jacoby had a musky follow his lure to ...

Steve LeFebvre, of Baldwinsville,caught this 24-inch walleye recently with a silver bladebait in 14 feet of water off Shackelton Point on Oneida Lake. The statewide season for muskellunge starts ...