By Luke Ronnestrand, Contributing Writer Having a new foundation to build on after a fishing season is a great feeling. For the first time in a long time, fishing for muskies changed for me last season because I discovered something that has given me a
By Steve Heiting, Managing Editor The air was cooler with less humidity, and the muskies had stopped chasing our bucktails a couple hours before. A cold front was upon us. I turned to my fishing partner and said, “Let’s switch to jerkbaits. Put on
By Steve Heiting, Managing Editor My eyes flashed back and forth from my GPS’ screen to the water behind my spinner. Twenty minutes earlier a big musky had followed my lure to the boat and spun off, its aggressive movements indicating it would f
By Joe Bucher, Editor Emeritus I relate back to my days as a guide quite often in articles. To this day, it is the foundation of my musky memories and knowledge. Admittedly, I still rely on it a lot in my writing since it involved so many experiences o
By Steve Heiting, Managing Editor The musky moved quickly from the side but then slowed as it turned to follow the topwater toward the boat. Thick across the back, the fish appeared short but its great length became readily apparent as it sank beneath
By Tony Grant, Field Editor Have you ever thought of kicking off your musky fishing season in the South before the snow has melted in the North? Action fires up on most southern waters as early as late February, and muskies are at their heaviest and ea
By Gregg Thomas, Field Editor It has been said that “the set-up is the key.” Having everything in place and having a reason why things are in place can explain why a technique or pattern is successful. In this article, we will discuss how to set up you
By Spencer Berman, Field Editor The air temperature was around 26 degrees as my clients and I launched my boat on December 7, 2014. At that point over half of Lake St. Clair was frozen over, and the crazy few of us who still wanted to fish for muskies
By Jon Bondy For some anglers, jigging for deep water muskies is not by any means a new technique, but if you look at the increasing sales of my original Bondy Bait and other rubber jigging baits, the targeting of deeper fish has clearly been embraced
By Steve Heiting, Managing Editor Whenever you’re faced with cold water, a cold day or a cold front, a crankbait is often the best lure choice you can make. In the hands of an angler who understands their applications, crankbaits can be tremendously ef