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Winter Musky Fishing Rivers | Tips
Winter Musky Fishing Rivers
Jigging Winter Muskies
Cold Weather Equals Vertical Jigging
Winterizing & Protecting Your Musky Fishing Rods/Reels!
As the fishing season is winding down in the North Woods and people turn their attentions to hunting and warm fires, remember to take all of that fantastic gear you bought and store it right! Throwing your pole in the garage is a thing of the past when a nice super reel and rod might cost hundreds of dollars. We need to take the time to winterize our treasured sidearm and keep it in pristine condition for years to come. Here are some inside scoops on preserving your rod and reel with some tips from the Musky Shop!
Tweaking Big Rubber Musky Lures
Tweaking Big Rubber Musky Lures
Muskie Strategy: How to Create a Better Game Plan
Muskie Strategy and Tactics
Fall Trolling Basics
As we venture further into the crisp sunrises and sunsets of fall, one thing comes to my obsessive muskie mind…Trolling. While fall casting can be fantastic, those in the know are already starting to dial in their fall trolling patterns and gearing up for the super bites that happen the further, we edge towards winter’s grasp. I have said it before and will say it yet again, if trolling isn’t a part of your musky game plan you are an incomplete angler. If you fall into the camp of those that don’t troll, put down the casting rod for just a bit as we explore some of the basics of what you need to start dialing in on fall musky trolling.
Fall Transition and Lake Turnover EXPLAINED
The transition from Summer to Fall can be a confusing time in Musky Fishing especially in colder climates where the transition is quite dramatic. When the fall transition is taking place in the air and landscape around you, imagine the same is taking place subsurface. Fall brings cooler water temps, dying vegetation, lake turnover, and a whole host of changes for underwater habitats. This extreme change can be encompassed into our "Fall Transition".
Musky Structure Fishing: Getting Dailed In
Truly understanding structure and how muskies relate to it is a pivotal moment in any angler’s journey. Your career on the water is always filled with a few moments of enlightenment here and there—but when structure fishing clicks in your brain, it’s a true Eureka moment. While I delve deep into the matter of muskies and structure in Next Level Musky Fishing, what follows here is a crash course designed to point musky anglers in the right direction—or help you get dialed back in for the 2025 musky season.
Mid-Summer Muskies | Deep Weed Edge Pattern Basics
As we venture into the heart of musky season most anglers dream of whizzing bucktails and topwaters from the moment they launch till they are back at the docks. Warmer weather and substantial weed growth seems to drawl your average musky angler into the shallows like a moth to a flame. However, as we creep into the beginning of July savvy musky anglers and experienced guides start pushing back from the shallows and start targeting one of the most substantial summer patterns, muskies on deep weed edges.
Muskie Fishing The Canadian Shield Lakes: Breaking Down the Big Three
Muskie Fishing The Canadian Shield Lakes: Breaking Down the Big Three
Tannic Water Musky Fishing: Dialing in on Dark Water
Tannic Water Musky Fishing: How to Target Muskies in Tannic Lakes
Mastering the Livingston Lures Kraken for Trophy Muskies
The Livingston Lures Kraken, a hybrid jerkbait, is a game-changer for musky fishing. After years of development and testing, this bait has proven its ability to land world-class muskies. With its unique hard body and soft, replaceable tail, adjustable weighting system, and water-intake design, the Kraken offers unmatched versatility.
Best Early Season Musky Bucktails
Early Season and Post Spawn Bucktails
Joe Bucher's Tactical Musky Podcast : Joe's Favorite Spring Tactic
Joe Bucher Outdoors
What Muskies Eat: How Big, How Much, and Where?
What Muskies Eat: How Big, How Much, and Where?
Simple and Effective Musky Lure Mods
Simple and Effective Musky Lure Mods
Lure Color 101: What Do Muskies Want?
When we’re talking musky baits, we’re talking about size, shape, motion, and color. If you go down the rabbit hole of color theory online, you might come back with a slight buzz or a dislocated brain stem, so let’s take the shallow dive with classic pointers to get you where you need to go when it comes to choosing the best color for any given situation while targeting muskies.
Steve Herbeck's Topwater Tricks and Tactics
Steve Herbeck is a musky fishing legend, celebrated for his passion for topwater lures and his key role in designing the Big Makk from Livingston Lures. I recently sat down with Steve to explore what makes this topwater lure a game-changer, his expert tips for musky fishing on the Canadian Shield Lakes, and how anglers can master topwater techniques. Here’s what he shared.
Dive N Rise: Tips, Tricks, and Info
The keys to successfully working a dive and rise bait As a musky guide who implements many different baits for unique situations, I often get asked, “When and why do I use dive n rise baits and how does one effectively work them?” Dive n rise baits will catch muskies throughout the season and can be retrieved in numerous different ways. This is proven as they are the longest standing designs/actions in the musky fishing industry.
Beaver Baits
The Beaver Bait is a lure design like no other. Indefinitely hard to categorize, the Beaver Bait often gets lumped into generic lure classifications that it often doesn’t fit into precisely. Is it jerk bait, or is it a pull pause bait? No, it’s a Beaver Bait.