10/18/2026
When David Grisar of Saukville, Wisconsin, headed out on Green Bay with Capt. Nolan Koepp of Nolan’s Top Gun Charters, he had never caught a musky. But by lunchtime, he had caught one big enough to put his name in the state’s record book.
Koepp and Grisar were trolling on Green Bay and had six rods out that morning. The goal was to set Grisar up for the fight of his life with one of the big fall musky that show up there every September and October.
“It all starts for us here in September,” Koepp said. “By October, every year there are numerous musky caught over 50 inches, giving anglers the opportunity to catch a fish of their lifetime.”
The morning started out slowly but everything changed by noon. One of the six rods suddenly went off and the reel started screaming. Grisar grabbed it and started fighting the fish while Koepp went to work managing the lines and the boat.
After pulling the fish from the net, Grisar looked at Koepp and said, “That’s the biggest musky I have ever seen.” Koepp replied, “No, that’s the biggest fish I’ve ever seen.”
Grisar declared the fish as the fish of a lifetime, “the kind of fish every angler dreams about.” After a few photos, they measured the musky and released it back into Green Bay.
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✍️: Keith Lusher
