One of the choice craftsman-artists for muskie mounts is Rick Lax, who runs Lax Reproductions, where 20 years of making replicas hasn’t merely led to becoming a leader in the niche market of ...

He sports a furry pink top hat, wears his curly hair down to his shoulders, and says stuff like, “I’ve always danced to my own drum.” It comes as no surprise that muskie fishing’s leading expert is a ...