By Tony Grant Goin’ Fast for Muskies “When things seem slow” One thing that many years of guiding and professional tournaments have taught me is there can be many different observations of what one might describe as SLOW muskie fishing. Almost always when I might define things as slow one of my fellow guides, lodge… Continue Reading
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Night Shift for Muskies
By Tony Grant “Big Muskies After Dark” After a guiding career that dates back well over fifteen years I now find myself working somewhat a swing shift. Like many other occupations guiding for muskies successfully means working long unusual hours. During the past few years while guiding summers in the northern muskie range I find… Continue Reading
Consider Small Changes for Muskies
By Tony Grant “Top 5 times to downsize baits” Let’s fess up; we all like to throw those MANLY muskie baits. Tossing those magnum Bulldawgs, Cowgirls and Hangten Mantas just seem to be part of the mystic in chasing the “King of Fresh Water” the mighty muskie. These large baits that make your body ache… Continue Reading
MSI: Muskie Scene Investigations
By Tony Grant “Scope out a few tips on how to examine, analyze and evaluate the evidence to establish patterns to prime muskie territory and forage” Muskie anglers today more than ever are visiting foreign waters. Whether it is club outings, weekend getaways, vacations or even tournaments, we all are finding ourselves regularly… Continue Reading
Proven Season Starters for Muskies
By Tony Grant “The first lures out of my box, north to south”Kicking off your muskie year more than any other time can be one of the most tricky to determine what baits to throw and where to throw them. More often than not constant changing weather and or water conditions make it tough to… Continue Reading
Tiger Time
By Tony Grant “A surefire yet unusual summer pattern for Giant Hybrids” What do we really know about big tiger muskies? This question has consumed my thoughts over the past few years. It had always been a goal of mine to be able to spend time on waters with trophy tiger potential that… Continue Reading
What lies beneath?
By: Tony Grant “Whether a vacation, weekend getaway or competing in a tournament or club outing, we all find ourselves treading in unfamiliar waters.” During the past few seasons I have been preparing to extend my summer guiding into the big waters of Northern Minnesota, maybe more than ever before I understand how… Continue Reading
Fish like a Pro on a Poormans Budget
By: Jim DaRosa One of the most frequent questions, I get asked by my clients….do I need to spend a lot of money on equipment to fish for smallmouth bass? The answer is a resounding NO! One of the reasons smallmouth bass fishing is gaining popularity is you don’t need to specialize your fishing equipment… Continue Reading
Six And In
By Steve Heiting I’m not about to name any names, but one of the best musky fishermen I know walked into my office last September and jokingly asked, “What’s a musky?” It seems my friend had been on a cold streak and was at a loss to explain why. Curiously, I was at the time… Continue Reading
Find Wisconsin’s Hidden Musky Gems
By Steve Heiting Musky fishermen on the lookout for big fish have long followed the “fishbowl theory” — that is, the bigger the bowl, the bigger the fish inside them grow. Applied to muskie fishing, that means the bigger the water, the better the chance at a trophy. You can’t argue with the big fish… Continue Reading