Fall is the most productive time of the season to fish muskies in the upper Midwest, both for numbers of fish and large individuals. The calendar year is broken down into four seasons, fall being a single and whole season. However, as a musky fisherman I break fall down further into three separate seasons that […]
In WI, lowland reservoirs are called “flowages”. Flowages (lowland reservoirs) differ from hill-land reservoirs. Hill-land reservoirs have more defined shapes, usually long and narrow because of the steeper surrounding land. Hill-land reservoirs have a well defined main channel and tributary channels. The flooded river valleys of hill land reservoirs often look like a carrot with […]
I am writing this article in response to the weather patterns that occurred during the 2007 and 2008 musky seasons. Granted, I am only 29 years old and have completed only 17 seasons of musky fishing, but those two years brought weather conditions like I had never seen before. There are many theories that attempt […]
In the last decade, the world of musky fishing has entered into a veritable age of reason. Musky fishing philosophy has become highly scientific, logical, and pragmatic; however many of us are still caught up on secrets, most of which don’t exist in my opinion. For years, books containing information about fishing often contained the […]
