Walk into the Moccasin Bar in Hayward, Wis., and along with sipping a tall, cool one you can gawk at a mount of Cal Johnson’s record 1949 muskie. At 67½ pounds and a tad longer than 60 inches, Old Cal ...

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 ...

The Chautauqua muskellunge nearly vanished. Its recovery is one of freshwater fishing’s great conservation wins — even if I ...

It was the first and last muskie anyone in our family ever caught, but we were in hot pursuit of any unseen creature that ...

There's been a big push the past several years to market the Mahoning River as a waterway for recreation and leave the ...

Pike and muskies are nearly identical cousins, but pike have chain-like light spots on darker flanks while muskies show bars, spots, or no pattern. Pike have rounded tail fins with dark lines; muskies ...

Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

Imagine catching a trophy fish and celebrating with a mount of your big catch on the wall, but only after you actually released the fish back into the lake. That's happening now in Wisconsin's ...

A new Wisconsin musky record has just been certified on Green Bay, but there’s already talk of that record being broken, possibly this year. On June 4th, 2025, longtime fishing guide Jeff Van Remortel ...

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Fishing enthusiasts like Homer Glen resident Ted Koski say once you’ve caught a muskie there’s no turning back. “As far as the lure of catching muskie – no pun intended – it’s the size. They’re an ...

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