Pennsylvania is stocking 32,000 muskellunge. Discover where to find these massive fish and how to catch them.

For anglers, landing a muskellunge, or muskie, is a big deal. The "fish of 10,000 casts" is notoriously elusive, making the massive fish an even bigger prize when one finally strikes a lure. In a new ...

A new Wisconsin musky record has just been certified on Green Bay, but there’s already talk of that record being broken, possibly this year. On June 4th, 2025, longtime fishing guide Jeff Van Remortel ...

An avid Pennsylvania musky fisherman caught a trophy fish so big that his knees actually started shaking. Jim “Jimbo” Hoffman of Industry, Beaver County, caught a 50.5-inch muskellunge while fishing ...

Some fishing hobbies are relaxing. Muskie fishing is closer to an obsession. Muskies have long carried the nickname “the fish of 10,000 casts,” and that reputation is not marketing fluff. Minnesota’s ...

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 ...

Get ready to fish for muskellunge! The fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 for inland waters and June 15 for the Great Lakes waters and their tributaries (Lake Erie, Upper Niagara River, ...

At the time, I had caught more than 25 northerns that exceeded 40 inches from Wanahoo, rivaling some of the best I had hooked ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An angler in West Virginia has caught a record-breaking muskie at ...

Simpson has been making an annual pilgrimage to that southern Ontario system of rivers and lakes for more than two decades. It's where he caught his biggest muskie, a muscular 51½-inch fish. "I like ...