Muskellunge are not the kind of fish most would choose to introduce a first-time angler to the sport. It takes hard work, a lot of time, the right tools and patience before they may even catch a ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- One La Crosse man is fishing for a good cause. Al Louis organizes an annual musky fishing challenge on Lake Vermilion where supporters pledge donations for every fish he catches.

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Al’s Musky Challenge is an annual fundraising event of The Rotary Club of La Crosse Downtown Club. As part of the challenge, co-founder Al Louis receives donations by catching ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Al Louis is a business owner. When he's not selling jewelry, he's casting his rod. Since 2004, he's been catching musky. In 2019, he decided he wanted his fishing to go towards ...

Al Louis is no ordinary fisherman. He is a business owner, a jeweler and a Rotarian. On top of it all, he loves to fish — a lot. When he is not busy running his downtown La Crosse jewelry shop, ...

If you're not fishing for early-season muskies, you’re missing out on a great opportunity—and you're hardly alone. With prime muskie fishing typically pegged for mid-summer and early fall, lots of ...

Freeze-up was a couple of weeks away when Josh Stevenson and I launched his boat recently, looking for a muskie. Tricking one of these toothy behemoths into munching a lure or bait would, we knew, end ...