Article: Attack of the Muskies: MUSKELLUNGE ARE SECRETIVE, MYSTERIOUS, A LITTLE SCARY, AND VERY DIFFICULT TO CATCH.BUT THANKS TO SMART MANAGEMENT AND NEW LURE TECHNOLOGY, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO HIT THE WATER. JUST KEEP YOUR HANDS IN THE BOAT.(Attack of the Muskies)

Byline: Dave Scroppo

NOT TOO LONG AGO, it was far easier to have muskies on the brain than on the boat. I'll never forget the dozen giant muskie lures that appeared under the Christmas tree when I was 11 but that didn't hook a fish until I was old enough to legally drink. A few years later I begged my father for a muskie fishing trip to Canada, where, in an entire week, I glimpsed just one of the damn things.

Fast-forward 20 years later--stateside no less--to a violet nightfall in northern Minnesota. The lake is quiet, but phantoms are stirring beneath the surface as the three of us hurl huge lures into the remains of the day. At any moment, a ...

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