When you fish as hard and often as Kieper, you’re bound to run into big muskies—lots of them. In 2008, Kieper and his anglers released 243 muskies. Forty-six were bigger than 45 inches, and eight ...

When it comes to fishing, Mundelein resident Tony Hernandez says he’s been hooked on catching muskies “since I was 21, which seems about as long as I can remember.” “It’s compelling. I used to fish ...

At the end of 12 days of fishing, much of it in weather that froze lines to rods and started the first ice of the season creeping out from the shores of Sawyer County lakes, Tony and his partner had ...

While many of us trade rods for rifles this time of year, muskie angling diehards know that fall is the season to swing for the fences, as giants are just a cast away. As waters cool and days shorten, ...

Maybe fishing for a muskie in Virginia isn’t equal to going after “Moby-Dick,” but here is a mystical species that lets you put punch to your prose with descriptive words, like ferocious, beastly, ...

The New London Fish Hatchery is once again raising muskie fry. It's part of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' efforts to improve muskie fishing. New London Fish Hatchery Manager Jeff ...

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 ...

Get ready to fish for muskellunge! The fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 for inland waters and June 15 for the Great Lakes waters and their tributaries (Lake Erie, Upper Niagara River, ...

This story, “Strange But True Fish Stories,” appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outdoor Life Every angler has a fish story. Some are so unbelievable that the story’s plausibility becomes suspect. A ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

“But muskie stocking in Minnesota has seen a downturn, which is affecting muskie fishing here,’’ he said. “Add to that the more often these fish are being touched due to the higher catch rates ...