Northwoods angler Colin Crawford with a musky he caught and released, a tradition that started in Wisconsin because of Muskies, Inc., a non-profit group of musky anglers, in the 1990s. There’s no ...

The elusive muskie is getting less so, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. According to a recent survey of muskie anglers, 56 percent of Wisconsin anglers, 48 percent of ...

Last week, I took a trip to northern Wisconsin to meet a good friend and do some muskie fishing. If the weather permits, I always go to Wisconsin’s Vilas County to meet long time friend and Hall of ...

A new Wisconsin musky record has just been certified on Green Bay, but there’s already talk of that record being broken, possibly this year. On June 4th, 2025, longtime fishing guide Jeff Van Remortel ...

Longtime Wisconsin guide Jeff Van Remortel says the moon phase was in their favor on June 4, when he and a longtime client, Mike Jacoby, were out fishing for muskies in Green Bay. The action had been ...

The Lower Wisconsin State Riverway (LWR) was created in 1989 by the State of Wisconsin to protect and preserve the scenic beauty and natural character of the Wisconsin River valley, to manage the ...

The first time I saw a musky, I was about 6, fishing with my dad in northern Wisconsin. Nervously peering over the edge of the boat, it seemed that fish was almost as long as I was tall. It had a ...

Among anglers and hunters, there are a handful of favorite sounds. The splash of a largemouth bass hitting a surface bait, the thundering flush of a ruffed grouse, the rustle of leaves as a ...

Imagine catching a trophy fish and celebrating with a mount of your big catch on the wall, but only after you actually released the fish back into the lake. That's happening now in Wisconsin's ...

A few minutes before midnight of October 29, 1955, Tony Burmek and his brother Fred set out from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a trip that produced one of the most incredible catches of muskellunge in the ...

HAYWARD -- A Hayward man has set a musky world record in fly fishing. Wisconsin wildlife officials said the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum has notified Brad Bohen the 51.25-inch ...

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