article_snippet: The three men often fish for musky, a rare and large species that is known to be difficult to catch.
article_snippet: The freshwater fish is often spotted around the Great Lakes region and through Canada.
article_snippet: Colangelo and Wholey hit headlines last month after catching a 53-pound musky while ice fishing n northwest Pennsylvania, according to CBS.
article_snippet: The three men estimated that The freshwater fish was about 30 years old.
article_snippet: The three men were one pound away from matching a 1949 state record for biggest musky catch.
article_snippet: Under the ice: Christensen, and Christensen friends Nicholas Colangelo and Luke Wholey fish for muskies in northwest Pennsylvania .
article_snippet: Reeling it in: Christensen, and his friends Nicholas Colangelo and Luke Wholey fish for muskies in northwest Pennsylvania, found mostly in the Great Lakes region and in Canada, are rare, large and difficult to catch .
highlights_snippet: Fred Christensen was fishing for musky in northwestern Pennsylvania .
  