I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend spending time with friends and family. Our schedule was full and it went way too fast. Speaking of fast, here we are post-Independence Day, where I dare say ...

Ben Lorenz, 9, right, caught and released this 48-inch muskie recently on Lake Vermilion while fishing with his dad, Mike Lorenz, left, and his sister, Lena, 7. The big fish hit as Ben was reeling in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Muskies are known as the fish of 10,000 casts because they have a reputation for being finicky feeders. They are also known to follow lures to the boat, rather than striking them. It's always exiting ...

Fisheries biologists began cross-breeding muskies and northern pike back in the mid-1960s. The process produces a hybrid predator with a voracious appetite for baitfish that can grow to staggering ...

PHELPS, Wis. (WJFW) – After three days of fighting fish on the lakes of Phelps, a winner emerged Sunday at the 45th annual ...

They have been called the fish of 10,000 casts. They are among the biggest, smartest and rarest species in Idaho — and when you finally get a bite, the hard work is only beginning. Meet the legendary ...

‘Tis the season to catch toothy critters — muskellunge. Years of chasing muskies around have taught me and others many things, but the one thing that most can agree on: muskies are hard to catch ...