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 ...

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 ...

It seems like a simple recipe, really. Joe Bucher — longtime host of “Fishing with Joe Bucher” and a 2002 Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame inductee — believes there are just three ingredients to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wisconsin muskie angler Tony Burmek caught his 41.5-pound muskie near Hayward in 1955 during a 12-day stretch when he and his brother, Fred, caught 17 muskies. The story by Gordon MacQuarrie ...

Musky are the apex predator of freshwater fishing. These toothy creatures, which reach lengths of 60 inches and can top out scales over 60 pounds, are not easy to catch. But tangle with one and you’ll ...

ARBOR VITAE - To the west, white pines towered majestically above an undeveloped tract of green space on the shore of Big Arbor Vitae Lake. Overhead a trio of bald eagles pirouetted on the ...

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PARK RIDGE – Central Wisconsin is now home to a one-stop-shop where guests can find musky tackle and adult beverages under the same roof. Taps and Tackle Co. opened Nov. 11 inside The Bottle Stop at ...