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
The world’s largest musky fishing tournament — the National Championship Musky Open — will be held in Eagle River, WI, next week. This event, which is the largest fundraiser for the Musky Clubs Alliance of Wisconsin, annually draws around 1,300 anglers
A great idea that has long benefited the musky fishery of Wisconsin has just become even better. The Wisconsin Musky Clubs Alliance, representing 25 member clubs from across the state, has donated $100,000 to create a scholarship endowment fund at the
Catching a personal best musky is always exciting, but imagine Jack Redmond’s week in July when he caught his biggest musky twice. Jack Redmond, 48 1/2-incher Redmond and his father, Michael, of Monee, Illinois, attended the University of Esox Canada M
By Tim Widlacki, Tournament Director There are so many different ways to approach a water that it could simply be overwhelming before you even launch the boat. Do you rely on past hotspots, baits, colors, current weather conditions, try something