Muskie fishing demands both mental grit and physical endurance. Hours of casting and retrieving—at times with lures measured in pounds, not ounces—push both anglers and gear to their absolute limits.

The right musky reels are critical pieces to landing the so-called fish of 10,000 casts. These powerful, toothy fish leave anglers questioning their every decision. While muskies aren’t known for ...

A Facebook post about a monster fish this past winter went viral among anglers and garnered hundreds of shares and comments. It showed a couple local anglers holding a huge muskellunge, or muskie, ...

Frank Smolick didn’t discover muskies so much as muskies discovered him. That was more than three decades ago — 1973 to be exact. Smolick was standing in the Lehigh River near the Tri-Boro Sportsmen’s ...

The secret is out: the Ottawa River is becoming a destination for anglers from across the continent looking to reel in the massive, elusive muskellunge, or "muskie." Fishing guide John Anderson has ...

Muskies are notoriously hard to catch. But as the water cools in fall, like bears going into hibernation, muskies go on a feeding binge. There's no better time than fall to catch a trophy muskie, and ...