By Joe Bucher September is arguably the best all around month of the year for the outdoorsman. The old adage “so much do to, and so little time” sure applies to this month. Personally, I am pulled in so many different directions in September and it’s all good. By 5 a.m. I’m loading my gear… Continue Reading
By Joe Bucher No doubt, Musky Hunter Magazine has helped develop a very specialized language in its 25 year existence. But most fishing terminology is universal among anglers. For example, the mere mention of a point, bay, drop-off, weed edge, bar, hump or reef is sure to form an immediate mental picture of some… Continue Reading
By Joe Bucher Without question, the most popular method of musky casting as of late on many Minnesota and Canadian waters is holding a boat off a wave pounded rocky shoreline and “burnin’ big blades” (large in-line spinners with twin #10 blades). Arguably, more big fish are now taken with this single tactic than with… Continue Reading
By Joe Bucher The term “inside turn” was first coined by the legendary Buck Perry, and it basically describes an abrupt bend or turn in underwater bottom contour. More specifically, it is a turn in bottom contour that creates a point of some kind (see illustration). Some inside turns are gradual bends, while other… Continue Reading
For Those Who Refuse To Fish Live Bait – Here’s a Viable Alternative By Joe Bucher “It’s snowing like mad”, I thought to myself. “Sure hope you know where you are. It’s even tough to see the shoreline now and it’s starting to get dark!” Assuring myself with a nod, I peered at the nearby… Continue Reading
When The Wind Blows From The East, Tigers Bite Like A Beast! By Joe Bucher It was a misty overcast, dark and dreary day in mid August. Conditions couldn’t be more perfect. Yet, nearly six hours into what seemed like a “high potential day”, neither Spence (Petros) nor I had even worked up a single… Continue Reading
Dress Warm, Keep It Simple, And Fish Hard! By Joe Bucher It was 4:20 p.m. in mid November. The air temp was now a balmy 22 degrees and the water temp held steady at 41. The snow was coming down so hard that I could barely make out the shoreline as I eased the boat along… Continue Reading
By: Crash Mullins As you well no I grew up in eastern KY and as the ole saying goes I made mark here in the musky world. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to make my living fishing for muskies in KY. Which brings us to the point of why come to KY to musky… Continue Reading
By: Tom Christianson I want to talk about the “Mayfly hatch,” and how to successfully fish for Walleyes during this time. It can be more difficult to catch numbers of walleyes and to make consistent catches during this time, but not impossible. There are hatches so thick that every fish in the lake gets their… Continue Reading
By: Spence Petros I wasn’t sure if I was going to guide this year because I had a ruptured appendix and wasn’t feeling too well for about three weeks until I had an emergency operation. But all ended well and I had a record year fishing Delavan and Geneva. The numbers were unbelievable on both… Continue Reading