Consolation Gold. The author (right) with Lincoln (Left) and Gavin Schreurs of Lake Benton, Minn., with a closing pair of walleyes on a very exciting day of angling Big Detroit Lake, Minn. By Nick Sim ...

Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

There’s something almost primordial about seeing a big fish — a huge predator — with a smaller one locked in its jaws.

Pike and muskies are nearly identical cousins, but pike have chain-like light spots on darker flanks while muskies show bars, spots, or no pattern. Pike have rounded tail fins with dark lines; muskies ...

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Northerns aren’t muskies, so there’s no need to hit the lake with a fly rod that could hoist a Volkswagen. Here's what you ...

“Pike are not native, but musky are and of course, musky are beloved in Hayward. So when pike get into these lakes — and we often don’t know exactly how they get in — there’s a lot of concern about ...

From classic spoons to muskie-size jerkbaits, these are the pike lures every serious angler needs to maximize their time on the water. Northern pike are some of the most aggressive predators found in ...

The northern part of the Maine suddenly finds itself home to muskie, left, and northern pike, right, two voracious invasive species. BDN composite by Ethan Andrews / photos courtesy of Kevin McKay, ...

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