In a sport in which size really does matter, Ben Knutson has raised the bar to an almost unbelievable level. On November 25, 2020, Knutson, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, caught two 50-pound ...

Petersen says forward-facing sonar (FFS) — the latest gadget being peddled to anglers as a “must-have” — is ruining Minnesota ...

It seems like a simple recipe, really. Joe Bucher — longtime host of “Fishing with Joe Bucher” and a 2002 Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame inductee — believes there are just three ingredients to ...

Derek Balmas was fishing with his friend Mike Muehelemann (left) when he landed the record muskie. There’s a new world-record muskie on the books. Earlier this year, the International Game Fish ...

There may still be snow on the ground and Christmas is less than a week away, but this is also a great time to fish for ...

If you asked me point blank which is better as a game fish—muskie vs pike—I’m saying pike a thousand times over. This, of course, is just my opinion, but looks aside, the biggest difference between ...

BRAINERD, Minn. — “If you’re a very bad person in this life,” hall of fame angler Al Lindner once told me, “your punishment will be casting to muskies for the rest of eternity.” Admittedly, he said ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...

Hello folks, this week we have a fun video for you. Ivo hooks himself a huge muskie as he's out fishing for bass. He battles ...