Corey Kitzmann of Davenport, Iowa, now holds Minnesota’s state record for a catch-and-release muskellunge: a 57¼-inch monster caught on Lake Vermilion earlier this month. The fish, caught Aug ...

Karen McTavish, of Duluth, holds the 53-inch muskie she caught and released on Lake Vermilion on July 3 with guide Matt Snyder. It's the second biggest muskie she's ever caught.

It was the muskie catch-and-release record that Sprengeler first figured he'd put in for, since that record is currently a held by two 57.25-inch fish from Lake Vermilion.

ST PAUL, Minn. — An Iowa man is now a Minnesota fishing record-holder. The Minnesota DNR certified Corey Kitzmann's catch-and-release of a 57 1/4 inch muskie on Lake Vermilion. The Davenport ...

Lake Vermilion has seen a muskie rampage of sorts in the past week, with four muskies 55 inches long or longer caught in the span of three days -- two on one boat in one day.

But where is the best place to fish for them? WCCO viewers say Leech Lake. So fishing buddies Amelia Santaniello and Angela Davis headed out in search of Minnesota's largest game fish.

According to a press release from the Minnesota DNR, the state's previous catch-and-release record was a tie for 57.25-inch muskies, both caught on Lake Vermilion over the past three years.

That's up from 3 or 4 percent in 1996 and 1997. Because catch-and-release fishing is practiced so ardently by musky anglers, nearly all of these big muskies go right back into the lake.

Have a fishing partner help hold the muskie securely in the landing net or on a measuring board while you collect scales. If fishing alone, place the fish on a measuring board while collecting scales.

The St. Louis River estuary, Big Detroit Lake, Lake Bemidji and Lake Vermilion in far northeastern Minnesota also have solid muskie populations that are a result of stocking.

Let's let the numbers speak for themselves. These are musky numbers on Lake Vermilion.Here's a good number -- 44 inches. That's the average size of musky caught, according to two full-time guides ...

The first day Robert Hawkins fished on Mille Lacs Lake, the only fish he caught was a 57-inch muskie, landed on a fly rod -- a possible world record.