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 ...

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 ...

Muskellunge will be released this fall in the Gull Lake chain of lakes near Brainerd and the Fairmont chain of lakes in southern Minnesota as part of an effort to establish new muskie angling ...

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 ...

MILLE LACS - A muskie caught on Lake Mille Lacs the day before Thanksgiving could have been a world record - although it’ll never be official. Caught by Dominic Hoyos of Stillwater, who was fishing ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — MN-FISH is funding a critical Leech Lake muskie movement and survival study set to begin this spring, the state fishing organization said in a news release. According to Ron ...

DULUTH — On land, Karen McTavish is a mild-mannered quilt shop owner serving customers with a bolt of fabric and a smile. On the water, McTavish turns into a muskie maniac, bitten by the esox bug ...

Muskellunge are not the kind of fish most would choose to introduce a first-time angler to the sport. It takes hard work, a lot of time, the right tools and patience before they may even catch a ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) has certified a state muskellunge fishing record months after it was released back into the wild. Eric Bakke, an angler from Princeton, Minnesota, ...

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 ...

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 ...