Steve Heiting's Northwoods Musky Report

As water temperatures cool, everything in your tackle box will work. When the water temp hits 60, it's time to add livebait to your presentation, and Steve discusses the important use of quick-strike rigs.

Steve discusses hot lures and locations for mid-September, and reports on his Canadian fishing trip of the week before.

Steve reveals what it's like behind the scenes filming an episode of The Musky Hunter TV show in northern Wisconsin with host Jim Saric.

Steve reports the patterns that produced the 102 muskies for the 1,279 anglers who fished the National Championship Musky Open in Eagle River.

As northwoods lakes bloom up, Steve discusses current patterns for success, including tips to make your surface baits louder and more obvious.

It's the beginning of the end of summer in the northwoods, and Steve discusses how to catch muskies as they move shallow. It's his favorite time of the year to catch big muskies.

Steve discusses two great musky patterns that will develop in coming weeks, as well as current conditions.

Muskies are influenced by water temperature, and as surface temps warm they move to where they are most comfortable. Feeding windows are shorter because muskies will still move shallow to feed, but still spend most of their time in deeper water. Successful musky anglers adjust their presentations to what the muskies are doing.

Steve discusses how minnowbaits and crankbaits have been the best producers as summer settles into the Northwoods. Night fishing is good and will get better. Steve also explains how to catch muskies when algae bloom occurs on some waters.

With musky feeding windows short in midsummer, Steve discusses how weather and the moon affect musky activity, and how to predict when such windows will occur.

There were lots of musky fishermen and boaters in the Northwoods for the July 4 holiday. How do you succeed as a musky angler when there is a boat on every spot you hope to fish?

Despite the roller-coaster weather conditions, Steve finds good musky action sometime each day. The  lures used to catch his fish reveal a couple of musky fishing lessons everyone should know.

Steve discusses successful musky patterns that are going on right now.

Steve explains how to catch muskies following the passage of a cold front after his University of Esox Musky School succeeded in such conditions.

Steve discusses current conditions and patterns, how to deal with the current warm water temperatures.

Steve reports on the action that occurred in his boat during opening weekend for Wisconsin's northern musky zone.

Steve continues to preview the northern Wisconsin musky opener, and discusses how to fish one of the best lures for spring as well as of all time, the Suick.

With northern Wisconsin's musky opener just days away, Steve addresses using small bucktails for early season fish.

Musky pro Steve Heiting discusses tips for catching early season muskies on minnowbaits, and announces several musky events coming in June.

Musky pro Steve Heiting introduces his new weekly musky fishing report, and discusses where to find early season northwoods muskies.