URBANA, Ill. — If you've had problems catching that trophy muskie of a lifetime, it may not be your fault. Scientists at the University of Illinois say they have discovered some of the reasons why ...

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 ...

Pete Maina, one of America‘s best known muskie fishermen, wants more anglers to savor the thrill of catching the toothy critters at the top of the food chain in the lakes of the Midwest. “I know from ...

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Frank Smolick didn’t discover muskies so much as muskies discovered him. That was more than three decades ago — 1973 to be exact. Smolick was standing in the Lehigh River near the Tri-Boro Sportsmen’s ...

Most of my fishing energy over the last seven years has been devoted to finding and occasionally catching Minnesota's most elusive and frustratingly alluring game fish, the muskellunge. Thankfully, my ...

Few experiences in fishing leave such an indelible impression as an encounter with a muskie. Just seeing the torpedo-shaped fish appear from nowhere and follow a lure to the boat is enough to leave ...

SOLON - Muskies hogged the spotlight at a charity bass tournament last weekend on Lake Macbride. While 25 two-angler teams struggled to catch small, timid bass, large obstreperous muskies attacked ...