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| Anyone ever had a musky bite you or purposely try to while in the pen?
I can only think of one instance where one tried to bite me. I got away , thankfully. Curious if its fairly common??? |
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| I have a hard time believing that any musky truly tries to bite a person. I would think that maybe people get their hand sliced when they thrash around a little, but to say that they were intentionally bitten is a stretch. |
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| You give them too much credit...if you got bit it's simply a reaction from being trapped and trying to move away or get out. It's putting your hand down and in at the wrong time. The fish is terrified of you and trying to escape. Not congnitively trying to bite you. You know that. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Couple falls ago a muskie that was hanging around our sucker pen took a swipe at me when I stuck my hand in the water to retrieve a sucker. |
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Location: oswego, il | Flambeauski - 1/3/2017 1:03 PM
Couple falls ago a muskie that was hanging around our sucker pen took a swipe at me when I stuck my hand in the water to retrieve a sucker.
Its because you have soft hands. 
I am more worried when they thrash around while i unhook them. |
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Location: Smith Creek | ToddM - 1/3/2017 1:49 PM
Flambeauski - 1/3/2017 1:03 PM
Couple falls ago a muskie that was hanging around our sucker pen took a swipe at me when I stuck my hand in the water to retrieve a sucker.
Its because you have soft hands.
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That and the orange and black nail polish with extra clear coat. |
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| I've never had a muskie come at me. Had to get out of the way more then a few times but as mentioned it was thrashing around not trying to get me. |
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| Been slashed by those teeth several times deeply while unhooking a moving fish. Bleed for hours. Don't think it was intention but not fun. I now carry electrical tape stops the bleeding quick. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Guys,
A wild animal (fish) with very sharp teeth in a net trying to get away... they just don't lay there docile. Their instinct is to attack and escape.
Yes, I've been bitten twice.
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| I had a low 30's on LOTW this summer that nipped me twice. I'm pretty sure it was on purpose. First in the net, which I understand. After the quick picture, as I set the fish in the water, it turned it's head back (away from the water) and nipped me again. Only time I've ever had a fish move like that in the release. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | I've heard it all now |
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| I really don't give the fish credit for having higher thought processes, but just how it happened, it seemed intentional. Do I think the fish was out to get me, absolutely not. I view it more as a defensive mechanism. |
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| Oh yea, they bite on purpose. Since the election, they're convinced all the "regulations" will be undone, habitats will unravel, and they're especially peed off about some late-night twitter feed about how they eat all the walleyes! They might almost be angry enough for me to get one in a tournament? |
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Location: oswego, il | Junkman - 1/4/2017 6:55 AM
Oh yea, they bite on purpose. Since the election, they're convinced all the "regulations" will be undone, habitats will unravel, and they're especially peed off about some late-night twitter feed about how they eat all the walleyes! They might almost be angry enough for me to get one in a tournament?
Marty are they still releasable when they are bleeding from the wherever?  |
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Location: Waukee, IA | NPike - 1/3/2017 4:32 PM
Been slashed by those teeth several times deeply while unhooking a moving fish. Bleed for hours. Don't think it was intention but not fun. I now carry electrical tape stops the bleeding quick.
I got sliced by gill rakers in September and a combo of super glue and electrical tape saved the rest of my day. Tape to stop blood flow, glue, dry, remove tape and you're back fishing.
As for intent, I feel that it was pre meditated. This fish had been giving me the evil eye, I should have known he was out for blood. When the cops showed up the fish claimed it was accidental and the cops believed him. Thanks, Obama |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | I had a 29 incher whirl around and bite my finger as I was holding it by the tail and under the belly just before release...should have had several stiches, but just taped it up and kept fishing.
Had a friend fishing from shore, catch and release a 50 incher. as soon as he let it go, it too whirled around and nailed his hand! Several stiches to fix it.
Intentional "bite" or just reactions? You'll have to decide. |
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Location: oswego, il | Here is an interesting question for everyone when it comes to gill raking. Has anyone noticed one strain does it worse than another? I have. Never worried too much about wearing a glove except when i hold fish from LSC. Sure i get an occasional rake from other strains but from LSC the fish seem to get you more often than not. I find i need to wear a glove there.
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Intentional bite? Yes, a couple when I couldn't get my hand back fast enough (finger once, thumb once). I've had them try many times and it's always in the spring by beat up males. I want to believe it at first either... I've had so many try to bite my approaching hand over and over, year after year it's not coincidence. |
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Location: Scandia MN | Yes they do and I have the scare to prove it - Plus it makes a great campfire story |
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| Don't think it was intentionally trying to bite me but it sure looks like it in the pic...
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| I was holding one and he turned. And snapped his jaws shut as he met my chest, it doesn't have to be higher thought but animals know how to attack. I believe they can try to bite you. |
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| ToddM - 1/4/2017 8:32 AM
Here is an interesting question for everyone when it comes to gill raking. Has anyone noticed one strain does it worse than another? I have. Never worried too much about wearing a glove except when i hold fish from LSC. Sure i get an occasional rake from other strains but from LSC the fish seem to get you more often than not. I find i need to wear a glove there.
Leech lake and Wisconsin strain fish get me equally, the real culprits are fish 40" and under. I seem to heal almost completely after a couple days so I don't wear gloves but it can be a real blood bath at times haha. Only one that gave me stitches was from my own stupidity. A 44" swallowed blades at night and I tried cutting the hooks with my hand all the way inside it's mouth and of course it shook and laid me wide open, learned my lesson. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | I'm just going to fish crappies from now on! |
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| Well, I still have no idea if muskies bite on purpose or not but I am going to toss a roll of electrical tape in my first aid kit next time I go out to the shop. Not sure why I have not thought of this, since I have used it a number of times in my wood working shop to stop bleeding from minor punctures, cuts, etc. Does a good job and doesn't bleed through so you don't have to worry about getting blood on a good piece of wood you are working with. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | I had one jump into the boat and try to bite me.
But seriously they only know how to thrash and get away from danger. but not attacking however folks might see it that way.
Looks like Marty is still angry about last season. But still love the rant. Just maybe one day you'll get em. |
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| Maybe they were just certifiable? I had one snap at me as I was grabbing it. Now I won't swim or even put my feet in the water on Vermilion, and especially not on Detroit Lakes where those 60+ inchers hang around docks...
They "intentionally" bite prey, why wouldn't they "intentionally" strike at and bite something they "perceive" as danger? |
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| I definitely wouldn't swim on Pelican Lake. The muskies there (when they aren't destroying the walleye population) reportedly sit under docks just waiting for a human to make a mistake and touch the water. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | It's not pleasant. I had one shake just as I was going to grab it and my hand found it's way into the fish's mouth. Not a good feeling. Luckily, it kept it's mouth open, so it basically left a bite mark in the top of my hand and across my knuckles. Battle scars!
As a note, if you've had a few beers and this happens, you'll bleed for quite a while. First aid kits are very handy though for disinfecting the cuts and wrapping them up. |
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| I had one try to bite me repeatly after I had prime rib juice on my hands after a great wisconsin super club dinner.I wonder if that would be a good fish scent? |
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Location: Minnesota. | Kirby Budrow - 1/4/2017 10:28 AM
I'm just going to fish crappies from now on!
Me too. That's it, I'm quittin' muskie fishin'.... |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | 0723 - 1/4/2017 6:15 PM
I had one try to bite me repeatly after I had prime rib juice on my hands after a great wisconsin super club dinner.I wonder if that would be a good fish scent? I think that was too many old fashions served by your waitress Dianna. |
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Location: West Chester, OH | When Nature turns on Man....
Had a 14"-ish nesting smallie take a a swing @ my foot during a Spring dock installation. Possibly intrigued by my flip-flop? During another dock install, my bride was briefly terrorized by a crappie. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | ARmuskyaddict - 1/4/2017 11:31 AM
They "intentionally" bite prey, why wouldn't they "intentionally" strike at and bite something they "perceive" as danger?
Because they have the brain so small that they cant even perceive pain and to say they think that they can bite the danger is far fetched. The only way that they ever known to get away from danger is to shake loose and try to flee. Lets say they are smart enough to think they can bite the danger, then they should be able to recognize the hooks on the baits and know that is danger as well. |
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| oh ya they do bite, a couple of years ago on LOTW my son caught a small 42" and when holding it up for a picture it turned and bit him in the right nipple. as he was yelling in pain I was laughing so hard I couldn't even take the picture so I was a little late
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Location: Yahara River Chain | ^^^Jeff Foxworthy lite |
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Location: Florida | I am relatively new to Muskie fishing, but have been fishing for over 2 decades and got plenty of experience with toothy fish( barracudas, sharks, etc.) and have noticed that it is almost impossible to get bit by a toothy fish if your paying attention to your catch. Always pay 100% attention to your catch and it will be difficult to get bit by any type of fish(regardless how small or big it is). |
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Location: Minnesota. | Simple, just use pliers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tspeZrDw6Jc |
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Location: oswego, il | cincinnati - 1/4/2017 7:53 PM
When Nature turns on Man....
Had a 14"-ish nesting smallie take a a swing @ my foot during a Spring dock installation. Possibly intrigued by my flip-flop? During another dock install, my bride was briefly terrorized by a crappie.
I have heard the best way to treat a crappie bite is to dress it with chili mac. |
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| ToddM - 1/5/2017 7:49 PM cincinnati - 1/4/2017 7:53 PM When Nature turns on Man.... Had a 14"-ish nesting smallie take a a swing @ my foot during a Spring dock installation. Possibly intrigued by my flip-flop? During another dock install, my bride was briefly terrorized by a crappie. I have heard the best way to treat a crappie bite is to dress it with chili mac. The bite, or the crappie? |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Chemi - 1/5/2017 7:16 PM
ToddM - 1/5/2017 7:49 PM cincinnati - 1/4/2017 7:53 PM When Nature turns on Man.... Had a 14"-ish nesting smallie take a a swing @ my foot during a Spring dock installation. Possibly intrigued by my flip-flop? During another dock install, my bride was briefly terrorized by a crappie. I have heard the best way to treat a crappie bite is to dress it with chili mac. The bite, or the crappie?
In Ohio, it's included in every first aid kit. |
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Location: 31 | larry Kriesel - 1/5/2017 10:39 AM oh ya they do bite, a couple of years ago on LOTW my son caught a small 42" and when holding it up for a picture it turned and bit him in the right nipple. as he was yelling in pain I was laughing so hard I couldn't even take the picture so I was a little late Is it possible that the fish was just struggling and coincidentally closed its mouth on the nipple... or maybe just one of those rare breast feeding muskies :). I normally handle the unhooking process with netted fish in my boat and after handling hundreds of them I've never remotely thought any of them tried to intentionally bite me. I have also grabbed a bunch of them by the lower jaw with a tooth proof glove after unhooking in the net (just for the heck of it), and have always had to force their mouth open under strong resistance, not one has shown any inclination to bite even when I was basically taunting them in easy striking range.
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | I can see that I'm going to have to get video of the next one that's in a biting mood... |
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| My only experience was when the fish was already unhooked. I reached into the pen to lift her. She gave a lunge with a snap of the jaws (closed, open, closed). I said out loud..."holy s_!t" did you see that? It tried to bite me!!.
sure seemed to me it was trying to bite. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | "or maybe just one of those rare breast feeding muskies"
I thought those were called suckers? |
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Location: 31 | Will Schultz - 1/6/2017 11:53 AM I can see that I'm going to have to get video of the next one that's in a biting mood... It's not that I doubt it entirely Sir William… maybe those smaller spring male muskies you mentioned are just looking to have a little sex with your arm :)? I can only report that I've never experienced it firsthand... we’ll try taunting a few of them in the net next year. |
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Location: Fifield | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRlX-ek53Vo
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| I dont know about muskie's but a mid 40" pike that I caught tried to bite me 4 times before i finally got ahold of the hooks, as soon as my hand would approach the pike it would open its mouth and lunge towards my hand no thrashing trying to strike like a snake |
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| Had a pike swing around and try to whack me as I was washing off my hands, but I think it was just that hungry and just that stupid. |
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Location: Wisconsin River | Yup. Have the ER bill to prove it. |
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| I've been told at least 1000 times, "Oh, my pit bull is sweet as can be and wouldn't bite or hurt a fly."
Pretty much all pit bull owners agree that pit bulls never attack or bite anyone.
If a pit bull wouldn't bite on purpose, then, why in the world would a musky?
We all know that muskies are sweet and docile, unless someone mistreats them and raises them to be mean.
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