How to Use muskie in a Sentence

muskie

noun
  • Muskies are one of the largest freshwater fish in the state.
    baltimoresun.com, 11 May 2017
  • There’s a big muskie covering the front of the left shoe.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2019
  • There was just one problem: no muskies in the La Crosse area.
    Anna Groves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
  • Visitors could climb up and stand in the muskie’s mouth.
    Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • This year, the vets landed eight muskies and dozens of bass, walleyes and yellow perch.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2017
  • According to the state DoNR, this fish ties for the state record muskie, which was caught at the same lake in 2019.
    Michael Hollan, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Some of the razor-sharp cuts went down to the bone, and are believed to have been caused by a muskie, doctors said.
    Ajc Homepage, ajc, 22 July 2017
  • Of course, there were guardrails around the muskie’s teeth to keep the paying public from plunging earthwards.
    Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Kyle Mullenix caught a 33-pound, 49-inch muskie while fishing along the banks of the Potomac River.
    Michael Hollan, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2022
  • His videos are fun, exciting and often filled with big bass, muskies and more.
    Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Some muskies are being caught at West Branch Reservoir.
    D'arcy Eagan, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • All tiger muskie less than 36 inches must be release alive.
    Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2017
  • Under Heimsch, Smokey's will still carry muskie lures, but the change was made to adapt to his customer's needs.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Other states would love to have our state parks, public lands and muskie and walleye fishing.
    Star Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Burke caught the fish around 11 a.m. using a muskie rod with an 80-pound-test braided line, a circle hook and crawlers, the Tribune reports.
    Michelle Gant, Fox News, 23 May 2018
  • There was the cold snap during the weeklong Minnesota trip that produced zero muskies on the fly.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Four days later, a Wisconsin man with an equal love of muskies snagged a line while fishing the same water.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • In addition, don’t overlook the opportunity to catch a tiger muskie in the 36- to 40-inch range.
    Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2017
  • Spinnerbaits used for bass start with 1/8 ounce crappie-sized versions and go all the way up to the 2 ounce monsters that northern muskie hunters throw.
    Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 10 Dec. 2019
  • From walleyes to muskies to lake whitefish to yellow perch and from open water to hard, few anglers know the Green Bay fishery as well as Tokarski.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2020
  • As opposed to walleyes, which are kept at high rates by anglers, the vast majority of muskies are released these days.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2018
  • The fish: walleye, northern pike, muskie, yellow perch, smallmouth bass.
    Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 July 2017
  • The Jitterbug is effective for bass, northern pike, and even muskie.
    Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Northern pike are simply less wary and more ravenous than muskies.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • Katia Rivers, though, appears to be a muskie whisperer.
    Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 17 Mar. 2021
  • While impressive, especially for an urban lake, Dufresne's catch comes up short of the state record for muskie.
    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Its adoptive parents guarded it closely and scanned the skies and water for predators like eagles and muskies.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2019
  • Early on, someone even had a bit of fun with the pandemic by fashioning a mask out of a bed sheet and placing it on the city’s 30-foot sculpture of a tiger muskie.
    Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Green Bay, a massive embayment on the lake’s west shore, is shallow and fertile, and offers some of the best smallmouth bass and muskie fishing in the country.
    Steve Quinn, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2020
  • Waste and unfertilized eggs left by the fish become part of the food chain, and some of the sucker fry swimming back to the lake are gobbled up by northern pike, muskie and great blue herons.
    Michael Hawthorne, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2017

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