MITCHELL, S.D. -- In late June, I took a fishing trip to Ontario's Vermilion Bay area with my grandchildren and son-in-law, Tom. Clark's Camp, our destination, was 10 miles north of Vermilion Bay, Ont ...

LAKE OF THE WOODS, ONTARIO – Up early on this lake in late August, steam rising from the still-warm water into the chilled air. The dock creaks slightly and in the middle distance a loon wails.

Get ready to fish for muskellunge! The fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 for inland waters and June 15 for the Great Lakes waters and their tributaries (Lake Erie, Upper Niagara River, ...

My good friend hall of fame fisherman Spence Petros is heading up to Northwest Ontario’s legendary Eagle Lake Friday morning for a week of hunting giant muskies. Sadly, if it weren’t for my current ...

Morson, Ontario - Brad Vollrath was barely a dozen casts into the evening when he realized he'd left his muskie net back at the dock. In that moment, the odds one of us would hook a muskie went up ...

Angler Mike Decker didn't weigh the fish, but estimated it tipped the scales at more than 40 pounds. (Special to newyorkupstate.com) Downstate angler Mike Decker landed an impressive, 55-inch muskie ...

Scott Jaeger is sizing us up. My sidekick and I are armed with 6-foot-6-inch rods he deems “short,” left-hand crank reels more than a decade old and life vests soon to become the punch line of his ...

Lake of the Woods is one of the most popular destinations for all musky anglers. However, the southern portion of Lake of the Woods is often bypassed for better-known areas. Jim Saric and musky ...

Halloween is known for its fictional ghouls and goblins, but Keith Ogden got to see a real monster up close and personal Oct. 31. A retired highway patrolman from Cavalier, N.D., Ogden was trolling ...

Two things were obvious: the muskie following my lure was a giant, and it was coming in hot—its focus completely on my bucktail spinner. I swung the bait into a wide turn at boatside and then hung it ...