Muskie or Musky?

Even on this site I see both spellings used. Is it a regional thing?

ie always before y.

Muskie is a fish, and musky is how you smell after a one one night stand.

Whiskey or whisky?

Gino wrote:

Muskie is a fish, and musky is how you smell after a one one night stand.

That’s my understanding as well, more or less. Muskie is the fish and musky is an adverb, used to describe something with musk.

While were on the topic, I’ll add possum or opossum?

Potato, potato or spuds

Tomato, tomato or maders

You play possum and you shoot an opossum in the backyard.

Yes.

the perfect bubbler would provide soda.

Most of the lure manufacturers spell it musky……

Yea, I tend to switch between the two for no rhyme or reason.

Singular Musky, plural Muskies

This has been talked about on this site before. WI uses muskie and MN says musky. Since I fish muskie/musky in both states I use both.

I use any of the following:

Musky
Muskie
Meat for the Smoker

Rodwork wrote:

This has been talked about on this site before. WI uses <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>muskie and MN says musky. Since I fish muskie/musky in both states I use both.

I’m the exception I guess. My Minnesota spelling is Muskie.

I live in Minnesota and I use both for no reason besides it’s a nickname not proper name.

Ski

Hayward, WI. Musky Capital……Boulder Junction, WI. Muskie Capital……depends on where you are I guess.

Rodwork wrote:

This has been talked about on this site before. WI uses muskie and MN says musky. Since I fish muskie/musky in both states I use both.

It might have been the other way around

David G wrote:

Hayward, WI. Musky Capital……Boulder Junction, WI. <em class=”ido-tag-em”>Muskie Capital……depends on where you are I guess.

Or how well you know your history.
Boulder Junction was declared the “Musky Capital of the World” by state law starting in 1950, and was awarded a U.S. trademark for that phrase (over Hayward’s objections) in 1971. It’s currently held through 2021, when I’m sure they’ll renew it for another 10 years. Tourism advertising in the pre-internet days is interesting, and neither place would crack my current top 5 list for “capital” muskie fishing.

Musky Capital of the World Story™

https://www.startribune.com/excerpt-from-let-s-go-fishing-fish-tales-from-the-north-woods/378268101/

http://www.chicagonow.com/illinois-outdoors/2011/02/boulder-junction-renews-musky-capital-of-the-world-trademark/

Sharon wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Gino wrote:</div>
Muskie is a fish, and musky is how you smell after a one one night stand.

That’s my understanding as well, more or less. Muskie is the fish and musky is an adverb, used to describe something with musk.

While were on the topic, I’ll add possum or opossum?

Wouldn’t it be an adjective?

On a certain fishing website you might know me as Musky Ben.

The world’s largest Musky Shop is in Minocqua, WI.

And even though MN has some great Musky anglers, in the PMTT, more top place finishes have come from anglers in the Hayward and Minocqua/Boulder Junction area than from MN.

There, that outta getcha going!!!

Mark