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There were SO many monsters caught this week that we almost retitled this newsletter: "SHARK WEEK!!" The bite has been hot all around the musky range, so hopefully you've been on the water!Enjoy the big fish pics and some great info from Spencer Berman over on LSC 👍 Be the FIRST to see Musky Insider every week by signing up for the email version of this newsletter. It's 100% free and we will never sell your email address! Click here to sign up and never miss another issue. Enormous MN 'skie Feast your eyes on this Mille Lacs Lake mega-monster: For all you cell...

Be the FIRST to see Musky Insider every week by signing up for the email version of this newsletter. It's 100% free and we will never sell your email address! Click here to sign up and never miss another issue. The Hot Water Debate We've talked about hot water musky fishing plenty in the past, but after listening to fisheries biologist Jordan Weeks discuss the topic on the Musky 360 podcast, we had to reach out and ask him to do a writeup for y'all. He has a different perspective on the topic, and we want our readers to have as much info as possible....

Be the FIRST to see Musky Insider every week by signing up for the email version of this newsletter. It's 100% free and we will never sell your email address! Click here to sign up and never miss another issue. Is Musky Fishing Healthy? I guess it depends on your definition of "healthy".... We just stumbled upon an article titled: 14 Health Benefits of Fishing Most of the benefits make sense if you're bobber fishin' for panfish, but here's a few that are slightly less true if you're a musky angler: #2 – Fishing Can Promote Social Bonding This might be true when the...

Be the FIRST to see Musky Insider every week by signing up for the email version of this newsletter. It's 100% free and we will never sell your email address! Click here to sign up and never miss another issue. Hot Water = Not Great We've talked about it before, but it's probably worth repeating: Avoid musky fishing when water temps hit that 80 degree mark. There's nothing magical about number 80, but it's a good rule of thumb. Pete Maina recently posted a video on why it's important to give 'em a break when temps get too high: A couple key points: "What occurs at the...

Be the FIRST to see Musky Insider every week by signing up for the email version of this newsletter. It's 100% free and we will never sell your email address! Click here to sign up and never miss another issue. More Bait = More Muskies Let's kick this week's newsletter off with a good reminder for those of you who get stuck in the mindset of fishin' your maps and not your 'lectronics. Here's how guide Ryan McMahon has been finding & catching more muskies down in the MN Metro area: "The first half of the musky season has become more and more about...