By David A. RoseOn Sunday, September 27, Kyle Anderson set out to fish just a couple hours before work and ended up landing the state’s new record for Great Lakes musky – a 50-pound 8-ounce brute. The fish’s length was 56 1/8 inches, and had a girth of 27 inches.Anderson, of Rapid City, Michigan, was… Continue Reading
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Suick Lure Manufacturers Buys Muskie Mojo Tackle
Suick Lure Manufacturers of Antigo, Wisconsin, has announced the acquisition of Muskie Mojo Tackle Co. “We’re looking to expand our product line and we didn’t have any lures of this type and now we do. It fits us well,” explained Steve Suick. The sale was finalized August 15. Muskie Mojo was purchased from Luke Breyer… Continue Reading
New Maine State Record Musky Boated
Steve Thibodeau says he’d never before seen a musky as big as the one he caught in September from Maine’s Glazier Lake. And that’s okay, because nobody else had ever seen one that big before in the state, either.On September 22, Thibodeau, of Fort Kent, Maine, boated a new Maine state record musky — a… Continue Reading
Grant and Schultz Win PMTT Musky Hunter Event
By Duane LandmeierThe fourth qualifying event of the 2009 Professional Musky Tournament Trail, the Musky Hunter Magazine Fall Showdown, was held on the scenic St. Croix River near Hudson, Wisconsin, September 12-13. Over 160 anglers registered to participate in the event and the St. Croix River was a new destination to the Professional Musky Tournament… Continue Reading
Acid Mine Drainage May Be Cause Of Fish Kill That Includes Muskies
Pennsylvania and West Virginia natural resource agencies have been sampling water from Dunkard Creek to determine what might have caused a large fish kill, including numerous muskies. On Tuesday, September 15, it was reported that acid mine drainage may have been the cause.Helen Humphries, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, told news agencies… Continue Reading
Fall Walleyes and Rocks
By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson With a mouth full of predator teeth, big walleyes look like they could chew up underwater rocks. Instead, fall walleyes often frequent rocky bottoms while feeding heavily. Follow the formula outlined here by Ted Takasaki, and it’ll be you holding up a big fish for the picture. Though… Continue Reading
Muskies Go Mainstream: Saric, Musky Fishing Featured In Outside Magazine
(Deerfield, IL, August 25, 2009) A feature article in the August 2009 issue of Outside Magazine dissects the ins and outs of musky fishing for its 675,000 readers. The article is also published on Outside’s popular web site, OutsideOnline.com, which reaches 550,000 unique visitors each month. In the lengthy article entitled, Passion Fish, columnist Michael Perry… Continue Reading
Weed Muskies: They’re in There Somewhere, but Where?
By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson Ted Takasaki holds up a huge weed musky for a quick photo. Follow the formula and find your own weed monsters this fall! It’s not enough to know that giant, hungry muskies haunt weeds in fall. We all know they’re in the green stuff somewhere. Living weeds give… Continue Reading
Conditions Challenge LOTW Musky School Students
Water temperatures hovering around 60 degrees greeted the University of Esox as it held its annual Canadian Musky Adventure School at Sandy’s Blackhawk Island Camp on the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods in July. “The conditions made this our most challenging school yet, but perhaps our most rewarding,” said Musky Hunter Editor Jim… Continue Reading
The Musky Hunter Recently Wins Another 3 Telly Awards
MUSKY HUNTER TV SHOW WINS THREE PRESTIGOUS TELLY AWARDS … AGAIN Fourth Season to Begin in January (Deerfield, IL, July 17, 2009) Two episodes in the third season of The Musky Hunter were recently named winners in the 30th annual Telly Awards contest, which honors outstanding local, regional and cable TV programs, and the finest film and video… Continue Reading