Muskies – Lake Leviathan Lying in Wait
Feared, coveted, cause of consternation, frustration, exultation and obsession. The Muskie, aka muskellunge, from the Ojibway word maashkinooze, meaning “great fish”, or mashkinonge, meaning “big pike”…or possibly the Algonquin word “mashkinunga”, or about a dozen variations from French Canadian, tribal dialects and English mash ups, Muskie….or maybe Musky is the common term. In Latin, it’s …