GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- As a muskie fisherman with a knack for inventing things, developing a muskie lure came naturally for Jeff Sprecher. It appears the Grand Forks inventor and entrepreneur has landed ...

This lure’s metal lip not only holds up to whacking hard bottom, but can be tweaked so the bait’s action matches the musky’s mood. Musky lures are so important because, well, muskies are moody.

Husky wooden musky lures like these from Fretthold Baits were show-stoppers for folks visiting the recent Musky Expo in Celoron. Folks asked about what, how, why, and where to fish for secrets to ...

Most anglers don’t know what to think when they walk into a musky shop and are greeted with rows upon rows of strange-looking lures ranging in size, shape, and color. From massive rubber swimmers with ...

At the end of an increasingly raw and windy day, and nearly eight hours after the bite, Mike DeBella was still smiling. Just after 9 a.m. Monday morning, DeBella, 22, of Chicago, hooked a 33-inch ...

Ever since he was a youngster, Mike Koepp has been a musky hunter. It all started one summer afternoon when Koepp, then 10, was fishing off a dock in Pewaukee Lake, not far from Milwaukee. “I’d caught ...

Knowledgeable musky fisherwoman, Katia Rivers, co-host for NY Musky Expo 2024, shares one of her Chautauqua Lake musky catches. Photo courtesy of NY Musky EXPO Musky fishing is often considered ...

"There's one," Vollrath said as a sizeable fish zeroed in on the BullDawg muskie bait he was casting toward a rocky shoreline. Vollrath worked the lure, a slithering piece of plastic about the size a ...

My pursuit of the mythical muskie continued in the Northwoods this summer. Conditions were ripe. I visited a popular muskie fishery — this place believes it invented muskies. I fished with a legendary ...

The Lower Wisconsin River from the dam at Prairie du Sac to the “Trestles” just past the Highway 12 Bridge is well worth fishing for muskies this time of year. The activity on the river and number of ...

Muskie baits are different. Although most major lure manufacturers have muskie-sized versions of their popular baits, muskie anglers tend to use lures made by companies that make just muskie baits.