After the start of its season was delayed by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Professional Musky Tournament Trail held its first qualifier event, Mercury Marine’s Summer Challenge, June 27-28 on the Eagle River Chain in northern Wisconsin. Top teams at the P
Though Bob Neisendorf has been fishing for muskies for over 30 years, he wanted his son-in-law to get some training in musky fishing. The two signed up for the Summer Musky Tactics session of the University of Esox on June 12-14, and before the school
The Professional Musky Tournament Trail has revised its schedule in order to have a full tournament slate. Having postponed its Vitaminerals Spring Shootout at Cave Run Lake, Kentucky, in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PMTT announced Tuesday i
Due to the threat of the coronavirus, Nicolet College has announced that it has canceled its annual Musky Seminar, which was to be held April 3-4. “I’m disappointed by this turn of events, but the most important thing is that everyone stays healthy dur
With its now-opened fishing tackle service center at its business office and distribution facility just west of Charleston, S.C., Shimano has the ability to provide maintenance and repair work for its fishing reels nationwide. According to customer ser
The top 40 teams from the PMTT’s 2019 season converged on the Spirit & Okoboji Chain of Lakes in northwest Iowa on October 5-6 for the Ranger Boats World Championship. Not only were they competing for the title, but for the first place prize packag
The PMTT launched on famous Leech Lake in Walker, Minnesota, on September 13-15 for its 2019 PMTT Mega Musky Tournament, with over 100 anglers from all across North America registered to compete in this special elimination tournament. Conditions seemed
The University of Esox is about to embark on its 25th year in 2020 and a huge milestone will be reached sometime during the season — the 3,000th musky caught in a school will be tallied. “I find it incredible that we’ve been doing these schools for 25
In a year when the National Championship Musky Open set a record for number of entrants, the buzz following the tournament was instead about what happened when the drawing was held for a free Ranger boat with a Mercury outboard at the conclusion of the
Two muskies on two casts late on the second day propelled Jason Hamernick and John Hoyer to first place in the PMTT Musky Hunter Magazine Late Summer Showdown tournament on Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka August 9-10. Hamernick, who splits time guiding in