Musky Bucktail Colors To Consider

Over the years, I have kept track of Musky that I have caught on different bucktail color combinations. I want to stress that these color combinations are...

Making Your Own Moon Tables For Musky

If you sit down with a sun & moon table and arrange your fishing schedule by these sun and moon events, you will soon discover, as I did, that some serious modification to your normal sleep patterns will be required. The bottom line to all of this is...

Some Fishing Tips You Can Use

Every fishing season we learn new tricks to improve and increase our enjoyment and hopefully our catch. Talking to people at sports shows...

Slop Musky On Plastics

Early season Musky success is often measured by the number of fish following lures 6-8 feet behind. With short hits common and cold water temps still keeping fish lethargic, fishing can be fruitless without a system...

Early Season Dark & Clear Water Tactics

Most of the action centers on the dark water lakes, rivers, and flowages due to the fact that they are the first to experience warming. Musky prefer 68-72 degree water temperature. Dark water bodies of water will reach this before deep clear water lakes...

Early Season Musky Approaches

With the water temperature hovering just over the 60 degree mark, the fish seemed quite lethargic and were really holding tight, right in the thickest weeds. Faster moving lures like bucktails...

Musky And The Morning Mist

All through what seemed like the never ending grip of winter, Muskie anglers have been aching for the sound of open water lapping the shore lines of their favorite Muskie lake. During the off-season, hooks have been...

Early Season Flowage Musky Secrets

Flowages are often the most productive waters to fish in the early season. Most flowages have stained water and a shallower average depth than most natural lakes. This, plus the fact that even the largest flowages are...

The Weather And Musky Lure Selection

The conventional wisdom of Muskylore is that overcast days and rough water represent the best chance for a Musky catch. In deed, the data does show that overcast days do have good Musky production. It is, however...

You Have To Fish It Clean For Musky

While it seems that there never ceases to be some new fishing secret or gadget that promises instant Musky fishing success these days, I think that sometimes too much emphasis can he put upon...

Musky Fishing It's Not Rocket Science

On June 7th Rob and I hit the water of the Chippewa Flowage armed with our plan for success. We knew that the water temperature being in the mid to low 60s would have the Muskie closer to the shoreline and we knew that...

Musky Tackle & Boat Management

All these Musky lures! Bucktails, jerk baits, crank baits, surface baits, spinner baits, jigs, soft plastics, sucker rigs, leaders, rain gear, tools...

A Tiger On Top

Late June is usually an active Musky time but this year we have been held hostage to high temperatures causing Musky fishing to be tough...

Multi-Rod Approach For Musky

There are many reasons but the main reason relates directly to the lures we use. If you have fished for Muskie for a couple of years, you have accumulated a few different lures…

Working The Saddle For Musky

A saddle area is the open water that is present between two pieces of permanent lake structure. You can have a saddle area between two adjacent islands, between a sub-surface reef and an island or between two sub-surface reefs...

Musky Reel Maintenance

As with any piece of precision equipment, your Abu Garcia reels require routine maintenance to keep them working at peak performance...

Finding The Professional Musky Angler

The myth that only those 'notable' Musky anglers are “Professionals” seems to be a characterization that is far too narrow in its scope. As with most myths, the responsibility for this one lies at the feet of those 'Musky Notables'...

Inside The Musky Tackle Box

A few months ago, I did a comparison between the Plano, Flambeau and Special Mate tackle boxes. After doing the comparison, I decided that it was time for a new tackle box for me and I decided to take my own advice…so I bought a Special Mate 1345c...

Portable Musky Line Spooler Review

A browse through the fishing catalogs turned up a ‘Portable Line Spooling Station’ from Berkley. The price seemed a bit steep ($29.99), but I went ahead and bought it...

Is It Party time Or Musky Time?

We have all been there. You know what I mean. Your boat partner can't get up in the morning…. Your day of fishing has been cut short…

Musky Tackle Prices On The Rise

Have you noticed that the prices for Musky tackle have been on the increase? I went to a few of the major Musky tackle on-line stores and I was amazed at how prices have soared. From talking with a few of the component suppliers, it became...

Some Musky Tips For TUF-Line Use

More and more Muskie anglers are using TUF-Line so I thought that you might want to consider these suggestions...

10” Double Cowgirl Lures Trolling Kit

Brad Hoppe and Carrie Grove of Musky Mayhem Tackle, who make the Cowgirl Lures, provided the instructions for the use of the Kit.  It includes...

Tuf-Line Closeout Sale At Jackson Lures

Jackson Lures is closing out the standard Tuf-Line (salt & pepper) that it carries. They have reduced the price by $3.00 for all remaining Tuf-Line stock...

The Search For Sharper Musky Hooks

When you are fishing for a fish like a Musky that has a mouth of mostly bone and teeth, it is advisable to have hooks that are sharp. There are many good hooks on the market but very few are sharp enough...

The Soft Plastic Option For Musky

Over the past few years, soft plastic lures have gained increasing favor among Muskie anglers. Probably the best known among the soft plastic lures is the...

Making The Most Of Your Musky Line

Fishing line, especially TUF-Line, can be a substantial expense when you have three or four reels to fill. Recognizing that many of you are on a tight budget and considering that over the course of a Musky season, a Musky Angler may not...

Down-Sizing For Spring Musky

Planning for a Musky hunt can never start too soon. This year, in addition to the normal array of lures in my arsenal, I have added...

Best American Tackle Products

Best American Tackle offers top water lures and leaders designed by a Musky angler for Musky anglers. They are not mass produced and are 100% make in America and each lure is signed and dated.

Musky Tackle Box Options

Probably the single most troubling aspect of Musky fishing is the storage and access of our arsenal of lures. Musky lures tend to be larger and come with a compliment of hooks that...

Musky Nets…A New Perspective

Anyone who has read my articles on tackle and tactics knows that I am an advocate of getting first hand insight from other Musky anglers rather than relying upon the advertisements in catalogs or the sport shop spiel...

Leaders For The 2009 Musky Season

Now that you have all of your lures repaired, your bucktails re-shafted and all of your hooks sharpened, it is time to consider replacing the leaders that you have been using for the past few seasons...

An In Depth Look At Musky Creepers

The creeper hits the water and you begin your retrieve but something is wrong. There is no ‘plop plop’, no characteristic side-to-side motion. Instead, the creeper is just rolling in the water...

Top Water Tactics and Tales For Musky

Loaded with informative fishing tips, Topwater Tactics & Tales is interwoven with updated equipment tips, John Dettloff's own comprehensive moon study & estimated weight chart, and a wealth of classic musky stories for only $18.95 ($6.00 less than Rollie & Helen's)