Muskie fishing opens in Minnesota this weekend, but excitement for the season's first days isn't what it once was. That's because the state's lakes and rivers hold fewer muskies than they did a decade ...

Freeze-up was a couple of weeks away when Josh Stevenson and I launched his boat recently, looking for a muskie. Tricking one of these toothy behemoths into munching a lure or bait would, we knew, end ...

MILLE LACS - A muskie caught on Lake Mille Lacs the day before Thanksgiving could have been a world record - although it’ll never be official. Caught by Dominic Hoyos of Stillwater, who was fishing ...

DULUTH — Minnesota has just over 100 lakes and rivers considered prime for muskie fishing, and the state Department of Natural Resources wants your input on how to manage them. This week, the DNR ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Cass County Deputy Sheriff Bob Landreville and veteran fishing guide Dan Craven refer to their beloved Leech Lake as the mother of all Minnesota muskie lakes. At a fishing forum ...

Muskellunge are not the kind of fish most would choose to introduce a first-time angler to the sport. It takes hard work, a lot of time, the right tools and patience before they may even catch a ...

After a tough summer last year, muskie anglers on the St. Louis River aren't sure how fishing will be this summer. Sampling by Minnesota and Wisconsin fisheries crews this spring turned up lots of ...

Hunter Zietz was fishing with his best friend on opening morning under the Mississippi River bridge between Lake Bemidji and Lake Irving, but he never expected to reel in a 52-inch muskie. Hunter ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — MN-FISH is funding a critical Leech Lake muskie movement and survival study set to begin this spring, the state fishing organization said in a news release. According to Ron ...

Two-year-old Lance Weiss of Fargo caught a muskie nearly as long as he is. The 36-inch tall Weiss caught an 8-pound, 32-inch muskie July 15 on Big Pelican Lake in Minnesota. He reeled the fish in on ...

MERRIFIELD, Minn. — They say muskies are the fish of 10,000 casts. For 91-year-old Bertha Lunzer, who spends her summers in Merrifield, the count is not measured by the number of casts but by the ...

While the muskie fishing season remains months away, organizers of the expo at the Kane County Fairgrounds did their best to stoke the fires of those looking for new equipment, the best muskie ...