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 ...

If you asked me point blank which is better as a game fish—muskie vs pike—I’m saying pike a thousand times over. This, of course, is just my opinion, but looks aside, the biggest difference between ...

, tuna, and many other fish I love to spend hours casting for a muskie and (probably) not catching one. But over the last 20 years, I’ve spent time on the water with many anglers who live for that ...

Northern pike might be closely related to muskies, but they’re not muskies. They have very different feeding habits. They exhibit different predatory behaviors. Pike are also smaller. Yet despite this ...

In July of 2017, I was guiding a group of kayak bass anglers on Lake Wanahoo, a flood control reservoir in southeast Nebraska that was built in 2012. The lake is stocked with bass, panfish, blue ...

Katia Rivers, 40, of Rochester, caught and released a magnificent 48.5-inch muskie on opening day on Chautauqua Lake. Rivers was fishing in 12 feet of water, using a 5-inch Baker muskie lure in ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Anglers have a reputation for exaggerating the size of a catch now and then, but pictures — and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) — verify that a couple of fish ...

Chad Jackson, from New Hartford, recently reeled in a 36-inch tiger muskie and a 45-inch northern pike three days apart from the same spot on the Mohawk River in Utica. Jackson caught both fish at ...

Although the traditional trout season is closed, anglers can take advantage of productive fall fishing opportunities for ...

The Minnesota DNR has certified a new catch-and-release northern pike record and muskie tie. Both fish were caught this summer. Fifteen-year-old Brecken Kobylecky, from Geneva, Ill., is the new ...