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 ...

If you asked me point blank which is better as a game fish—muskie vs pike—I’m saying pike a thousand times over. This, of course, is just my opinion, but looks aside, the biggest difference between ...

A microsatellite genomic DNA analysis, a tagging study, and angler recapture information were used to assess the level of reproductive isolation and test the hypothesis of natal-site fidelity as a ...

Neighbors Clint Gillette and Bill Wehrenberg have had a friendly rivalry going ever since Wehrenberg caught a 36-inch, 13-pound northern pike four years ago. Gillette got sweet revenge Monday morning ...

Chad Jackson, from New Hartford, recently reeled in a 36-inch tiger muskie and a 45-inch northern pike three days apart from the same spot on the Mohawk River in Utica. Jackson caught both fish at ...

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After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in New York to way-way-way-northern ...

Northern pike are some of the most aggressive predators found in fresh water. They’ll eat fish, ducklings, muskrats and even their own kind. Some days you could pretty much throw anything at them and ...

NEW YORK — The statewide season opener for most of the cool water sportfish species in New York will start May 1. This includes walleye, northern pike, chain pickerel, and tiger muskellunge.

Thursday is the opening of walleye, northern pike, pickerel and inland tiger musky seasons. The LOC Derby opens Friday on Lake Ontario and a new contest, the Buffalo Walleye Bash Derby, is being run ...