Try a size 4 or 5 Mepps spinner here, with or without dressing; not a big muskie bucktail ... sized 8- to 12-inch muskie baits. I catch a lot of eater-sized pike while fishing for early season ...

These lures are easy to fish and work great for pike in relatively shallow ... Soft jerkbaits like the Musky Innovations Bull Dawg have been turning big predators inside out since they came ...

Fishing for musky is hot right after the season opens. Early June is a prime time. Throwing big musky baits is a laborious ... bluegill, northern pike, perch and more. In summer, largemouth ...

Scientifically they are esox masquinongy. Technically, they are muskellunge. However, most refer to them as muskie or musky.

Thursday is the opening of walleye, northern pike, pickerel and inland tiger ... a hungry school of perch off Wendt Beach. He found bigger fish west of Sturgeon Point. Many fish have spawned ...