Freeze-up was a couple of weeks away when Josh Stevenson and I launched his boat recently, looking for a muskie. Tricking one of these toothy behemoths into munching a lure or bait would, we knew, end ...

DULUTH — Minnesota has just over 100 lakes and rivers considered prime for muskie fishing, and the state Department of Natural Resources wants your input on how to manage them. This week, the DNR ...

In Minnesota, hot fishing always has meant that walleyes are biting, or perhaps sunnies or crappies, or bass, northern pike or muskies. Now, as weather vagaries tied to climate change become more ...

After a tough summer last year, muskie anglers on the St. Louis River aren't sure how fishing will be this summer. Sampling by Minnesota and Wisconsin fisheries crews this spring turned up lots of ...

Two-year-old Lance Weiss of Fargo caught a muskie nearly as long as he is. The 36-inch tall Weiss caught an 8-pound, 32-inch muskie July 15 on Big Pelican Lake in Minnesota. He reeled the fish in on ...

Hunter Zietz was fishing with his best friend on opening morning under the Mississippi River bridge between Lake Bemidji and Lake Irving, but he never expected to reel in a 52-inch muskie. Hunter ...

MERRIFIELD, Minn. — They say muskies are the fish of 10,000 casts. For 91-year-old Bertha Lunzer, who spends her summers in Merrifield, the count is not measured by the number of casts but by the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Cass County Deputy Sheriff Bob Landreville and veteran fishing guide Dan Craven refer to their beloved Leech Lake as the mother of all Minnesota muskie lakes. At a fishing forum ...

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 ...

There’s a new world-record muskie on the books. Earlier this year, the International Game Fish Association certified Derek Balmas’ 53.15-inch muskie as the new all-tackle length record for the species ...

Drawing attention like a fish flopping around out of the water, a massive muskie near Lake Winnibigoshish in Cass County, Minnesota, has been reeling in the attention of tourists for more than 65 ...