I am proud to announce the release of "Next Level Musky Fishing". You can purchase Next Level here at The Musky Shop. This book covers...

King of the Hill: Steven Paul lands state record musky on Melton Hill Lake ​ WhenSteven Paul set out on Melton Hill Lake last Thursday,...

Musky Figure 8 Boatside Strikes and Converting Follows into Trophy Muskies Most muskies are lost at boatside. The figure eight decides everything. Few aspects of musky fishing have talked about more than figure eights, yet few have been explained in any meaningful way. Most discussions stop at the familiar advice to “do a good figure eight,” which, while technically correct, is functionally useless. It is no different than ending an article on batting by telling a hitter to h

Live Bait for Muskies Live Bait Tactics for Muskies Fishing live bait for muskies has been part of the sport from its earliest days. Using live suckers, chubs, and panfish was the most effective way to catch muskies in the 1930s and 40s, because the lures of that era would, let’s just say, leave a modern-day musky angler in a state of wanting. I have always enjoyed hearing stories from the bygone days of musky fishing, and most of them involve live bait in some form. One of m