musky
Jun 19, 2020 20:12:21 #
Fish1
Loc: Lehighton PA
Yesterday a friend and I were fishing on Leaser lake in NE PA we came around the island and we saw a musky swimming with his head out of the water at a 45 degree angle going in circles. We thought something was wrong with it ,maybe some line was wrapped around it or something so we tried to net it so we could help it, when we got close with the net it took off like nothing was wrong, this musky was around 40". It resurfaced a couple of times and did the same thing and then it went under. I have never seen this happen before. Does anyone have any theories as to why these muskys do this? Tight lines
Jun 19, 2020 20:14:49 #
Fish1 wrote:
Yesterday a friend and I were fishing on Leaser la... (show quote)
Sorry fish, we don't have them here and I've never fished for them. Good luck.
Jun 19, 2020 21:57:20 #
Haven’t heard of muskies doing that. Heard of them swimming along with their head out if the water.
Jun 19, 2020 22:52:00 #
Out here in Chatauqua lake, which is not only famous for the musky fishin, it has the only pen-rearing station for muskies too and they are known to do that when they are courting from whats been said.It miht seem late in the year for spawning, but they have to attract one first before they get to business.
Jun 20, 2020 00:00:44 #
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Jun 20, 2020 08:13:45 #
Have seen them roll on the surface in mid to late May, presumably for spawning purposes, but not swim around with their heads out of the water. Perhaps males “showin’ off” for the ladies?
Or, had a taste for bald eagle?😉
Or, had a taste for bald eagle?😉
Jun 20, 2020 09:23:06 #
Maybe just catching a breath of fresh Rocky Mountain Air! You think??😀😀
Jun 20, 2020 14:09:57 #
Fish1
Loc: Lehighton PA
Thanks for the input, my initial thought was a spawning ritual also. The big boy wanted to get lucky.
Jun 20, 2020 14:20:37 #
Huntm22 wrote:
Maybe just catching a breath of fresh Rocky Mountain Air! You think??😀😀
Maybe it just came up for air after the all night affair. 😀
Jun 20, 2020 16:04:14 #
Jun 20, 2020 16:16:49 #
I have seen this behavior on smaller fish that were unhooked and returned, but were injured from the hook.
Jun 20, 2020 16:59:39 #
Last year we saw one doing that we were able to net him he had a bass plug on the corner of his mouth we got it out and he swam off . We were fishing for musky only one we saw all day
Jun 20, 2020 17:00:05 #
MuskyHunter
Loc: Torrington, CT
This is not a spawning ritual. We (members of my fishing club) have seen this many, many times on Lake of the Woods. This behavior has been seen at all times of the fishing season, not just during spawning season. I talked to a fisheries biologist about this and he indicated it is most likely a feeding behavior where the muskies are scooping small fish similar to the way whales do.
This fisheries biologist has performed autopsies on dozens of dead muskies and one of his observations was that the food in their stomachs often consisted of large numbers of very small fish (1-2"). If you watch in the water, fish this size are often seen near the surface, especially in July and August (at least in Minnesota and Ontario).
This fisheries biologist has performed autopsies on dozens of dead muskies and one of his observations was that the food in their stomachs often consisted of large numbers of very small fish (1-2"). If you watch in the water, fish this size are often seen near the surface, especially in July and August (at least in Minnesota and Ontario).
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