Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

A few weeks ago, Jackie McManus, of Mexico, got out of work with just an hour of daylight left to blow off some steam on one of her favorite trout streams. She missed the first two bites, but the ...

If you asked me point blank which is better as a game fish—muskie vs pike—I’m saying pike a thousand times over. This, of course, is just my opinion, but looks aside, the biggest difference between ...

Buffalo native Louis Long, Conversation Director of the Niagara Musky Association, landed this beautiful 49-inch muskie on the West River branch of the Niagara River on opening day, June 15. He was ...

Northern pike might be closely related to muskies, but they’re not muskies. They have very different feeding habits. They exhibit different predatory behaviors. Pike are also smaller. Yet despite this ...

As a small business owner Paul Koor can plan his angling around his work, and in recent years he's learned a lot about fishing the Erie Canal near his home in Rome, New York. "I've spent a lot of time ...

From classic spoons to muskie-size jerkbaits, these are the pike lures every serious angler needs to maximize their time on the water. Northern pike are some of the most aggressive predators found in ...

LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. – The Zippel Bay area of Lake of the Woods has a well-deserved reputation for big northern pike, but 10-year-old Leah Saffert and her dad, Jamie, weren’t prepared for the fish ...

Expert strategies for locating and catching post-spawn muskies from opening day through the spring fishing season. Learn the right water temps and conditions, the best lures, and how to extend this ...