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Want to Fish Muskies? Keep it Simple

Most years at this time, I write about spring muskie tactics. I cover the conventional wisdom (small, shallow, fast-warming

Early season muskies-opening day muskies… Everyone knows where they are, right? Sure we do. Spawning bays. Shallow water. Dead weeds.

Here’s another entertaining read from Jack Burns – reprinted from the pages of Minnesota Outdoor News. If you’ve read my

This is the time of year when I would normally write about preparing for the upcoming season. We would look

After Labor Day, muskie anglers start thinking about the transition from summer muskie fishing-which often centers around coping with excessive

Mid-October to ice-up. Prime time muskie fishing. This is where I typically use the phrase "troll-o-rama." And why not? On

This article originally appeared in Minnesota Outdoor News. I’m old school. I started muskie fishing before the internet, before muskie

There’s a couple feet of snow on the ground right now, so I guess you could say winter has arrived.

A long-standing debate among catch and release anglers of Esox involves the merits of horizontal holds versus vertical holds for

As I write every year at this time, the best part of the muskie-fishing season is fast approaching. Late September,