Derek Balmas, of Franklinville, caught three muskie one sunny afternoon last November on the St. Lawrence River. Not a bad day’s fishing for the legendary “fish of 10,000 casts.” Even better when one ...

Derek Balmas was fishing with his friend Mike Muehelemann (left) when he landed the record muskie. There’s a new world-record muskie on the books. Earlier this year, the International Game Fish ...

September 1957 had been, Art Lawton recalled, a “miracle” month of muskie fishing. The muskies in New York’s St. Lawrence River had been on a feeding ramp age, and Lawton along with his wife, Ruth, ...

It was Nov. 8, 2022, when a trio of anglers hit the St. Lawrence River out of Clayton in pursuit of the mighty muskellunge, the elusive fish of 10,000 casts. Derek Balmas of Franklinville was fishing ...

Sticking a muskie on a fly is a challenge. Here are some tips from a veteran guide that can help put you in the game.