Kid hooks northern, musky grabs northern …
At age 15, Mitchell Heilman of Shoreview didn't just get an early start on catching a leg-sized musky. He also has a great story to tell. In my experience, it's far more frequent for such a turn of...
View ArticleBottom line on Lake Sallie muskie is we don’t know
This is precisely why the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources requires a certified scale to weigh a record fish. Not surprisingly, the stir created by John Gergen's monster muskie on Lake Sallie...
View ArticleMuskie expo starts Friday (and some muskie video)
The 18th annual Minnesota Muskie Expo runs Friday through Sunday at Concordia University in St. Paul. Below is the official announcement. To put you in the muskie mood, here are some videos I shot of...
View ArticleMuskie hit on ‘every cast’ reported at tourney
If the muskellunge is the fish of 10,000 casts, Austin Vig and Andrew Matz of Prior Lake are due for about a 10-million-cast dry streak — if they’re to land back on that average. The pair took first...
View ArticleMuskie spearing: Indian tribe to hold Wisconsin tourney
An American Indian tribe will sponsor a muskie spearing tournament on four lakes in northeast Wisconsin’s musky country Saturday. The notion of cash-for-muskies is drawing scrutiny from the Wisconsin...
View ArticleChippewa Flowage: Drawdown should help fish habitat, Wis. DNR says
Muskie spawning habitat and water quality should benefit -- while invasive weeds should suffer -- from a drawdown performed during the fall and winter on the Chippewa Flowage near Hayward, Wis. That's...
View ArticleYour fishing photos: We want them
Tima Orrick, nearly 3, got a look at his first smallmouth bass last August in the Boundary Waters. "It's wet!" he said. Holding the fish is guide/Papa Dave Orrick of St. Paul. (Selfie by Dave Orrick)...
View ArticleLake Owasso fish kill: Muskies, walleye and bass suffered; pike, panfish are OK
A muskie lays under the ice, one of the thousands of dead fish visible under the frozen surface of Lake Owasso in Shoreview on Sunday, December 1, 2013. (Pioneer Press file photo) The unusual...
View ArticleMille Lacs night fishing to reopen Monday, July 21, to walleye, muskies,...
Mille Lacs is about to be back in business for night fishing for walleyes, muskies and anything else, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The DNR announced Monday that the...
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