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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
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 ...
By Luke Ronnestrand If you would have asked me 10 years ago what my five favorite lures were for catching big muskies, it’s likely all five lures would have been topwaters. A lot has changed since then, but topwater lures still catch muskies and ...
By Rob Manthei During 19 years of guiding on the waters surrounding St. Germain, Wisconsin, I’ve come to realize that muskies can be predictable, yet most of the time they have a mind of their own. Muskies will act like no other critter, and ...
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. ...
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 ...
SEAN OSTRUSZKA, Social Media Liaison Throughout the season, MuskyHunter.com will check in with guides and anglers around the country to see where the bite is on fire. Hence the name of the section: Hot Bite. If there is a hot bite on the waters ...
SEAN OSTRUSZKA, Social Media Liaison Throughout the season, MuskyHunter.com will check in with guides and anglers around the country to see where the
By Steve Heiting, Managing Editor Over the years I’ve heard many musky anglers tell the story of a big follower or a missed fish that left a “washtub-sized boil†on the surface when it vacated the area. In more than 30 years of chasing ...
By Jordan Weeks For musky anglers, it helps to know where in the lake, river, or reservoir muskies will be in order to maximize time and effort. After all, you can’t catch a musky where none exist, or at least exist at that period in time. ...
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. The annual ...
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 ...
Deerfield, Illinois — “The Musky Hunter” television show announced October 11 that beginning with its new season, it will also be broadcast nationwide on CBS Sports Network, expanding its reach to 100 million households throughout ...
By Rob Manthei During 19 years of guiding on the waters surrounding St. Germain, Wisconsin, I’ve come to realize that muskies can be predictable, yet most of the time they have a mind of their own. Muskies will act like no other critter, and ...