Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. September 1957 had been, Art Lawton recalled, a “miracle” month of muskie fishing. The muskies in New York’s St. Lawrence River ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to Wisconsin's state fish, readjusting the record books was a theme in 2025. The live release musky record was ...

Wisconsin DNR scales back fish stocking amid budget disputes.

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 ...

Sam Becker of Mokena, Ill., is a firefighter and paramedic by day. He also makes very good use of his time off work. An avid angler, the 25-year-old Becker has a special interest in fishing for the ...

Add this one to the record books, literally. Jeff Van Remortel, a fishing guide from Hazelhurst, Wisconsin, caught and released a 56-inch-long musky in June. The fish set a record in Wisconsin, ...