Short answer: no. Muskie — the muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) — are a North American freshwater predator, and they don’t live anywhere in Australia. Like their cousin the northern pike, they’re a cool-climate ambush hunter from the Northern Hemisphere, kept out by Australia’s strict rules on importing live noxious fish.
The fish of 10,000 casts
Muskie have a reputation as one of the hardest freshwater fish in the world to land — anglers call them “the fish of 10,000 casts.” That difficulty, plus their size and menace, is exactly why they live rent-free in the heads of lure fishos who’ll never see one in their local.
It’s the same fascination we cover with pike and the species Aussies love but can’t catch.
Chase a homegrown monster instead
For an Australian ambush predator with the same lurk-and-detonate appeal, it’s hard to beat the Murray cod — our own freshwater heavyweight. See the freshwater range for the species you can actually target.
No muskie in Australia. But the obsession? That travels just fine.