When it comes to fishing, Mundelein resident Tony Hernandez says he’s been hooked on catching muskies “since I was 21, which seems about as long as I can remember.” “It’s compelling. I used to fish ...

The NY Musky Expo in Celoron last weekend was especially exciting for visitors when the NYSDEC from Prendergast Point released baby musky into Chautauqua Lake as the show ended. Photo courtesy of ...

Fisheries biologists began cross-breeding muskies and northern pike back in the mid-1960s. The process produces a hybrid predator with a voracious appetite for baitfish that can grow to staggering ...

This story, “The Legend of Muskie Joe,” appeared in the May 1983 issue of Outdoor Life. Muskie Joe Stamper was a living legend along the tree-lined banks of Kentucky’s Kinniconick Creek. For nearly 50 ...

A story elsewhere in this section – or website, if you’re reading online – reminded me of one of the things I love most about fishing. And, indeed, pretty much all things outdoors. Brad Dokken It’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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