Category: Muskies and Northern Pike
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Pressured Musky Tactics
By Adam M. Glickman On many of our more pressured musky lakes, a common trend is that bass and walleye fishermen per capita end up taking more strikes from muskies than do those using traditional musky tactics. Of course, this begs the response that this is only because there are more bass and walleye fishermen…
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Muskies at the 2017 Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearing
By Adam M. Glickman On April 10th I voted at the Wisconsin Spring Hearing on many fishing related questions. In regard to my interests, the most important question of the vote was number 39, which concerned implementing an annual musky tag which would require a tag to harvest a musky and limit the harvest to…
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Iowa Fishing in April
It is 10:40 PM Thursday 3-30-17 as I write these words. Tomorrow I am going to Iowa for the weekend to fish muskies and possibly some walleye and panfish. I would like to write a more extensive “how to” article, but I have put all my time into the preceding regulations article, I am tired,…
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Urban Muskies and Underrated River Fisheries
By Andrew Ragas I walked in my waders along the shores of a small northeastern Illinois tributary stream with stealth, casting my Shallow Manta through the pool to any current seams and deep holes I saw. The cool November climate and cold 40 degree water temperatures called for a slow retrieve with longer pauses through the…
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Icing Big Late Ice Northern Pike
By Adam M. Glickman The flag of the tip-up trips and the spindle screams as a big pike tears away through the narrow margin of water between the bottom of the ice and the lake bed. After a long hand over hand battle, the head of a big pre-spawn female comes through the hole. March is one…
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The Future of the Muskie Resource and Fishery in the Lower St. Louis River Estuary
By Adam M. Glickman Since 2009, many of those who fish muskies on the Lower St. Louis River Estuary (LSLRE) have noticed a steady and dramatic decrease in muskie catches, follows, and sightings. These people include some of the most successful anglers on the river. A fishery that from 2002-2010 would have been described by…
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A Compendium of Chicago Muskie History
By Andrew Ragas Most anglers observe fishing history through the words of those who’ve recorded and documented their catches for story-telling purposes and fame. Muskies living nearby, and being caught from waters around the Chicago urban area are all worthy of coverage and a big deal to the regional fishing market. Muskie fishing around Chicago…
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Late Fall Multi-Species Piscifun and Early Winter Muskies
By Andrew Ragas I’m afraid to report that the end of 2016 open water fishing is nearing an end for me. It’s Sunday December 4th, and I’m currently getting dumped on by three or more inches of snow. When I’m back south in northern Illinois for the winter months, I tend to not bother with…
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Moving Water and Current Tolerant Species
By Adam M. Glickman I grew up in northernmost WI in Ashland on the shores of Lake Superior’s Chequamegon Bay. My father and I fished heavily on lakes, streams, and rivers. Today, I continue to fish all types of water in the upper Midwest. I am a firm believer that the more types of water…
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The Forgotten Esox
By David Graham Reluctantly, I must admit to being a bit of a ‘fair weather’ angler. I think it’s important to understand the movement of fish species seasonally, and though the successful pursuit of stubborn fish under cold conditions is essential to my quest of being a ‘complete angler’, I simply cannot stand cold weather!…