New Jersey officials say they will not certify Victor Gelman's 45-pound muskie as a state record, but that they're still ...

"I've told everyone who saw that photo in my shop that I'm going to catch a muskie that size in New Jersey, and I finally ...

Full disclosure: I am not an expert muskie angler. If anything, muskies are the bane of my existence as a fisherman. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t have a deep appreciation for them as a ...

In a sport in which size really does matter, Ben Knutson has raised the bar to an almost unbelievable level. On November 25, 2020, Knutson, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, caught two 50-pound ...

Catching musky is hard. They’re evasive fish that can be difficult to find, so trying to hook into one from kayak—which has limited range—probably seems impossible to most anglers. But I prefer to ...

If you’re not fishing for early-season muskies, you’re missing out on a great opportunity—and you’re hardly alone. With prime muskie fishing typically pegged for mid-summer and early fall, lots of ...

Imagine catching a trophy fish and celebrating with a mount of your big catch on the wall, but only after you actually released the fish back into the lake. That's happening now in Wisconsin's ...

The first time I saw a musky, I was about 6, fishing with my dad in northern Wisconsin. Nervously peering over the edge of the boat, it seemed that fish was almost as long as I was tall. It had a ...

Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

A big muskie drummed up some debate when an angler attempted to certify it as a New Jersey record. See what NJ said.