Expert strategies for locating and catching post-spawn muskies from opening day through the spring fishing season. Learn the right water temps and conditions, the best lures, and how to extend this ...

Full disclosure: I am not an expert muskie angler. If anything, muskies are the bane of my existence as a fisherman. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t have a deep appreciation for them as a ...

Although some states like Kentucky do permit muskie fishing early in the season, most of the states in native muskie range close the season until after the fish are done spawning. Fishing can be good ...

I spent the Fourth of July weekend fishing Lower Manitou Lake in Ontario, Canada, with friends, primarily for muskies. Members of the pike family, muskellunge are apex predators. They’re distributed ...

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 ...

Katia Rivers, 40, of Rochester, caught and released a magnificent 48.5-inch muskie on opening day on Chautauqua Lake. Rivers was fishing in 12 feet of water, using a 5-inch Baker muskie lure in ...