Full disclosure: I am not an expert muskie angler. If anything, muskies are the bane of my existence as a fisherman. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t have a deep appreciation for them as a ...
A relative newcomer to the tackle industry, 13 Fishing has made a big splash with its Concept reels and reasonably priced, high-quality rods. The new Omen line takes that innovation to the muskie ...
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Types of fishing rods – and how to choose

In the beginning, I had a classic Zebco 202 spin-cast combo, and it was good. At least, good enough for 5-year-old me. But I've owned many types of fishing rods since I was a freckle-faced boy who ...
With our destination confirmed, I rigged up two rods with large, deep-diving crankbaits and a third rod with nothing on the steel leader. The latter rod I had left at the cabin for muskie fishing on ...
I spent the Fourth of July weekend fishing Lower Manitou Lake in Ontario, Canada, with friends, primarily for muskies. Members of the pike family, muskellunge are apex predators. They’re distributed ...
There are fish that people like to catch, and then there is the musky — a long, heavy, toothy, unpredictable apex predator that fuels obsessions, stories and lifelong pursuits. Renowned as the fish of ...
It was a long time ago, but I still can see it clearly. We were fishing with Gramps Roth at a gravel pit just off the Elkhorn River.
MINNEAPOLIS — We all know people who are enthusiastic about their hobbies. Sometimes... TOO enthusiastic. It would probably be fair to say that 15-year-old Jack Moe is somewhere in between. His dad ...
They call the muskie a fish of 1,000 casts. Well, Overland Park, Kansas fly fisherman Brad Kellerman beat those odds last week. On his 150th cast at Fellows Lake north of Springfield, Kellerman hooked ...