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 Read More

My partner was a world class bass fisherman, but had never caught a musky. We had been fishing in the late 70’s, when one of my hottest presentations was cranking a big Hellbender crankbait along the deep weed edges inRead More

The cast was perfect; a long low line drive that powered the big “bucktail” over the small bed of tobacco cabbage. The revolving spool of the bait-casting reel was gently thumbed just before splash down to remove any slack inRead More

By Joe Bucher Fall is a season of constant change, and that alone suggests that anglers must also be open to “change” in order to stay on top of fish location as well as a productive fishing pattern.  Consistency withRead More

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 manyRead More

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, weedRead More

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 twinRead More

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 createsRead More

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 andRead More

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 likeRead More

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 soRead More

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