Why the fish of ten thousand casts?

Because that is roughly what it takes. Muskies are few, they hold in cover along weed edges, and they follow a lure to the boat without taking it more often than they take. The name is a measure of patience, not of difficulty.

• Field marksVertical bars or spots on a pale flank. Long body. Duckbill snout.
• SizeOver a metre is common in good water.
• WaterWeed edges, Great Lakes
• Verified byA working naturalist. Named in full on the colophon.