Why fish for Musky in Kentucky?
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…Read More
Dealing with the Mayfly hatch
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…Read More
Spence’s Guide Report 2014
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…Read More
Turns, Bumps, Rips, and Twitches for more Muskies
By: Spence Petros Our anticipation ran high as we neared a spot that produced two large muskies and a big pike the previously day. But as we rounded the last corner we saw a boat making a trolling past along…Read More
12 Golden Rules for Musky Fishing Success
By: Spence Petros It was a long drive and longtime friend Jim Saric and I had a lot of catching up to do. Family, friends, where we had been fishing, future excursions, and new spots with big fish potential were…Read More
When to Troll or Cast
By: Spence Petros I view casting verses trolling like a carpenter putting together a house. A skilled craftsman might be able to do it with six specific tools. But if he had a dozen different tools, the work would probably…Read More
When Big Muskies go Shallow
By: Spence Petros It was one of those beautiful late October days you dream about. A classic “Indian summer” day. The fall turnover had occurred several weeks earlier, but now air temperatures had climbed into the mid-60’s, and sun-drenched skies…Read More
How to Catch More Big Muskies
By: Spence Petros We’ve all heard the standard answers numerous times. Fish waters that are known to have big fish. Learn the peak times to work those waters to tilt the odds a little more in your favor. Pay attention…Read More
Two Great Musky Lakes
By: Spence Petros There are a lot of prime musky waters in North America ,and many of them are in northwest Ontario. Just about every resort owner will sing the phrases of their own body of water, and naturally, they…Read More
Slop Muskies
By: Spence Petros As editor of Fishing Facts magazine for 22 years, and being in the middle of the structure fishing revolution, I avidly taught and practiced the principles of structure fishing. Mostly I fished the deep edges of structure…Read More
