Guide Jeff Van Remortel’s 56-inch muskie set a new Wisconsin catch-and-release record on Green Bay. But with more trophy fish being caught, how long will this record last?

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 fish bettered Van Remortel's personal best by one-quarter of an inch. And it was something else – it became the Wisconsin record musky in the "live release" category maintained by the Department ...

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, ...

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 ...

Muskellunge fishermen faced tough conditions over the first few days of June 2025 on the Door County waters of Green Bay. But June 4 dawned differently. The sky was overcast, the wind was light and, ...