When two Wisconsin brothers had the best run of muskie fishing of their careers, the town of Hayward began to lose its cool.

The big moment in muskie fishing is when you get the fish to strike ... caught a 26-pound northern pike. (Both the Burmeks will tell you that big northerns fight as hard as big muskies.) ...

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 ...

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If you’re after trophy fish, don’t hesitate to throw a muskie bucktail ... under tip-ups for winter pike fishing, and they work equally well in summer. For big girls, a foot-long sucker ...

Your definition of a "big fish" is different than mine, and they're both probably smaller than Mark Davis' definition. Here are his practical but essential tips for fighting — and closing on — hard ...

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 ...

The first out-of-state fishing trip I ever took was to Yellow Lake near Webster, Wisconsin. At 8 years old, I sat straight up the whole way there in the big backseat of Grandpa’s 1986 Cutlass Supreme.

The author at 14-years-old, hooked a giant Northern Pike—twice—while on a family vacation in Hayward, Wisconsin. The catch changed everything.

Smallmouth bass and salmon/trout on the lakefront as well as the quintessential spring signs (lilacs blooming, Mother's Day, near the May full moon) lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report ...

Many of the most popular species chased by anglers are fish that have records that are decades old and may never be broken.

Northern pike season (18-inch minimum size with a 5-fish daily limit; Great Lakes minimum size is 22 inches); pickerel (15-inch minimum size with 5-fish daily limit), and inland tiger musky (30 ...