If you're not fishing for early-season muskies, you’re missing out on a great opportunity—and you're hardly alone. With prime muskie fishing typically pegged for mid-summer and early fall, lots of ...

In typical years, Minnesota’s muskie opener isn’t the best time to actually hook into a large muskie. Water temperatures are often below 70 degrees — considered a magic number by some — and large ...

Winter moves along like molasses for muskie anglers, who have been chomping at the bit for the spring opener. Luckily, the wait is over. The first few weeks of the season, post-spawn muskie can be ...

MADISON, Wis.– The Muskie fish migration lured spectators to the Wingra Dam to see the fish jump from Lake Monona to Lake Wingra. "It's amazing how big they are when you get them out of the water. You ...

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For as long as I can remember, there have been stories about an angler hooking into a monster muskie while fishing for pan fish. The story gets better each year, and while the dates and names may ...

While the Cubs and the Cardinals have hit spring training, fishing guide Thad Hinshaw is planning on a little spring training of his own. Hinshaw, 41, of Hudson, usually guides for muskies on the ...

As muskies go, he was a beautiful specimen. A big male, 46 inches long. His day was about to change. Already he was lying belly-up in a wooden trough that served as an operating table. Using a sharp ...

Muskie fishing opens in Minnesota this weekend, but excitement for the season's first days isn't what it once was. That's because the state's lakes and rivers hold fewer muskies than they did a decade ...

A 16-year-old Potomac River muskie monitored since 2013 was caught by an angler for the first time, marking a rare moment for ...