On the not-so-frozen tundra of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Bay lays out like a giant playing field for world-class muskie fishing. Forget the green and gold; the hometown players in this game are cloaked...View article
Finesse isn’t my strong suit, particularly when it comes to putting tough-bite panfish on the ice. I prefer carpet-bombing relatively beefy spoons over wide stretches of fish-holding areas to putzing...View article
Fish have the same five major senses as you—sight, smell, scent, taste and touch—although they’re a bit different, adapted for use underwater. Fish use their combined input to locate food and...View article
While fish share many of the same basic organs as you and I, they do have some unique attributes.Cold-Blooded—To begin, fish don’t maintain a higher body temperature...View article
To know that muskies follow trolled lures is one thing. But to see them, to know for sure, is something else altogether. The drama provided by an underwater camera is exactly that—the “something...View article
Radio-tracking studies reported in In-Fisherman beginning in the late 1970s verified that muskies often suspend over open water, starting soon after they spawn. The reason why might be as simple as...View article
Firsthand Field Report -- Northwest Ontario, Canada
Despite all the trappings associated with muskie fishing, a good part of our success still hinges on being in the right place at the right time. Northwestern Ontario was the right place to be and the...View article
Mark Windel’s Muskie Harasser was integral to a system of fishing for muskies as he imagined it—a grand, visionary departure from the tradition of sitting on a spot or two and casting until a muskie...View article
Roiling, boiling, water-flying, slashing, green-tinted, teeth-flashing strikes. What triggers them in nature? Baitfish in death throes. Baitfish feeding, or being otherwise distracted. Baitfish in panic...View article
Daiwa V.I.P. Specialty Muskie Rods series include three bucktail and four jerkbait rods that feature high modulus blanks, tough Fuji New Concept Alconite guides, and Fuji reel seats. The...View article
