Here's one mislabled as a pike eating a trout. It's actually a small tiger musky. Check out how big the prey is compared to the musky!!! Big baits anyone???
Posted 2/22/2007 10:10 PM (#240943 - in reply to #240938) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
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Location: Iowa
These videos are exactly why I stronlgy believe in the big bait theory...a muskie/northern will eat something 40% of it's body size...if not bigger...so a 40" esox with eat a 16" presentation...so my 12" - 15" baits are not so crazy after all...sure they won't do this all the time but they will still do it...a 50" will eat a 20" bait, 55" eats a 22" bait...and so on and so forth...12"+ baits what?...guess I am not as crazy as most of you think...
Posted 2/22/2007 10:19 PM (#240946 - in reply to #240938) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
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Location: Minnesota
That video is awsome! I saw a few other real good ones on YouTube the other day too. Posted one on the Basement board of a pike eating a pike about 1/3 to 1/2 its length. Does not even care about the divers swiming with it. No fear!
James
I have a whole page of pics devoted to muskies and pike eating large fish too.
Videos are much better though....
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Posted 2/23/2007 6:11 AM (#240980 - in reply to #240938) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
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oncr in a while theres an un-usual shot. they do eat large occasionaly. makes good press for musky fishermen
Guest
Posted 2/23/2007 8:56 AM (#241002 - in reply to #240938) Subject: RE: Tiger musky eating a trout
That video gives you a good look at what Redhorse actually look like. The narrower profile of the trout probably seemed to look like a more suitable target to that fish, because it would take a mouth wider than his to fit one of those redhorse in it. The onlything red on a redhorse is it's fins....at least the ones that I've seen.
Posted 2/23/2007 9:08 AM (#241005 - in reply to #240938) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada
There are several varieties of "Redhorse" including River Redhorse, Golden Redhorse,V- lip Redhorse, Black Redhorse, Silver Redhorse and probably more. The River Redhorse is the one with the Silvery body and the bright red fins.
Posted 2/23/2007 9:30 AM (#241008 - in reply to #240938) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada
Hmm... that one is a tough call. The tail has the rounded lobes of a pike but the colors sure do look like a hybrid. Juvenile pike have a very similar look at that stage too.
Posted 2/23/2007 12:30 PM (#241057 - in reply to #240938) Subject: RE: Tiger musky eating a trout
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Location: Padova - Italy
Musky Snax - 2/22/2007 9:44 PM
Here's one mislabled as a pike eating a trout. It's actually a small tiger musky. Check out how big the prey is compared to the musky!!! Big baits anyone???
I think the fish that swim in the beginning of the video are roach and don’t know if you have in your continent. We have lot of them in Europe and big pike eat them.
Could be a good idea for your great realistic copies?
We have many young pike (lot of variations) that are very similar to tiger muskies too…
Posted 2/23/2007 12:57 PM (#241066 - in reply to #240938) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
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Location: Iowa
muskyboy - 2/23/2007 11:49 AM
Big Baits = Big Fish, back to the original point of the post
Muskyboy...I do believe snax wrote "Big Baits anyone?..." and that the original intent of the post was to indeed show that esox will eat a meal that is quite large compared to there own body size...
Posted 2/23/2007 1:03 PM (#241067 - in reply to #240938) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada
I have a feeling that they do this throughout their adulthood as well. They need a lot of calories to fuel those long bodies and snacking on smaller baitfish will only sustain them for so long. When the water temps are climing and their metabolism increases, that is likely when they gorge themselves like this. I don't believe that they eat like this all season long.
MuskieLund
Posted 2/23/2007 2:23 PM (#241079 - in reply to #240938) Subject: RE: Tiger musky eating a trout
I'd like to see how that "Pike" will try and swallow that fish now....wihtout choking on it...geez...
jasonvkop
Posted 2/23/2007 3:13 PM (#241089 - in reply to #240953) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
i may be missing something but what is the second video of that sworrall posted?
Will Dykstra
Posted 2/23/2007 3:38 PM (#241092 - in reply to #240938) Subject: RE: Tiger musky eating a trout
Mike where was the Tiger video from? A tiger eating a Brown trout sounds Colorado.
Posted 2/23/2007 3:44 PM (#241094 - in reply to #240938) Subject: Re: Tiger musky eating a trout
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada
Will, it appears that the fish is actually a juvenile European pike. The other fish in the footage were identified by someone as Roach which are native to Europe. Based on the small size of the pike, it would have those markings still as it has not yet matured. I was mistakenly thinking it was a tiger musky as were many others who commented on the Youtube site.
will dykstra
Posted 2/23/2007 3:59 PM (#241096 - in reply to #240938) Subject: RE: Tiger musky eating a trout
The video steve posted is a video of a 16" grunt Lure next to a 9" grandma
Tiger musky eating a trout
