When musky season opened May 26 in Wisconsin waters north of State Highway 10, a small but growing number of anglers tried to land a lunker with fly fishing equipment. "Fly fishing for big esocids - ...

Longtime F&S fishing writer Joe Cermele has stepped up this week to settle the eternal debate of fly vs. spin, to weigh in walleyes and zanders, and to explain why fishermen from New Jersey are such ...

What’s probably the rarest game fish in Northwest Montana? I’ll bet that 99% of local fishermen can’t answer that question correctly. Give up? It’s probably the tiger muskie. Tiger muskies are only ...

Discover some of the freshwater species that together make the St. Lawrence a thriving river of life despite its cold ...

The 10th annual Treeland Premier Musky Fly-Fishing Championship drew 100 enthusiasts from around the country to the Hayward, Wis., area Sept. 26-27 for three days of competition, camaraderie, and ...

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 ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

If you ever hear a Midwesterner mention the “fish of 10,000 casts,” you can be sure they’re talking about muskies. Every region in North America has its own fish species that represents the pinnacle ...