Muskie fishing demands both mental grit and physical endurance. Hours of casting and retrieving—at times with lures measured in pounds, not ounces—push both anglers and gear to their absolute limits.

The right musky reels are critical pieces to landing the so-called fish of 10,000 casts. These powerful, toothy fish leave anglers questioning their every decision. While muskies aren’t known for ...

Freshwater muskellunge — often called “the fish of ten thousand casts” — sits at the very top of the angling world. For those ...

HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH)–Like so many events in 2021, the Ohio Musky Show was canceled. This year the event returned better than ever. Many anglers are hooked on catching that freshwater apex predator.

Frank Smolick didn’t discover muskies so much as muskies discovered him. That was more than three decades ago — 1973 to be exact. Smolick was standing in the Lehigh River near the Tri-Boro Sportsmen’s ...