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Location: On the River | The reason I ask is I was fishing a hump on Lake Vermilon last week and had drifted off it quite aways so I kicked the motor up to ten to get back toward the hump when a muskie came up out of thirty feet of water to check out the boat this happened twice. I wasn't casting at the time. |
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Location: Blaine, MN | I had a similiar experience this year as well. A buddy and I were fishing when we heard a loud thump. I asked him what the depth was 'cause it sounded like we hit a rock. He said 9'. Then 20 seconds later it happened again. This time my buddy saw the flash of a muskie tail under his trolling motor. The stupid thing attacked his trolling motor twice. One of the weirdest things I've experienced. |
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| Had it happen twice. One time was a 53" - 54" fish that we think tried to eat the trolling motor, (or maybe just ran into it?) and the other time was a smaller fish, maybe 40" that we noticed sitting there in front of the boat staring at the trolling motor.
Attracted to it? I guess it's possible, but I think the ones we saw were fish we raised that became intrigued by it.
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| I think they are for sure, this actually happened to me this past week on Eagle, we were on a well known reef with the speed up around 6 or so, there was a good chop on the water, we were in 22 feet of water and as soon as I let off the motor we heard a hard thump from the front of the boat, something whacked the motor and it wasn't a rock! Stupid Fish! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | had a 45" swim slowly straight at mine this weekend...bump it then tear off like a bat out of H*LL.. |
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| the fish on Vermilion seem to be - Had it happen two different years...somebody will start making double 50's - and throw Great white shark gear I can see it now  |
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Location: Antioch, IL | I had one go around in the eight then peel off and shoot straight at the trolling motor. Actually saw the mouth open and give it a chomp. Must not have tasted good. The fish had the same reaction as MSKY HNR's. |
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| I had one crush my trolling motor, nice one too. Pretty loud- 15 feet of water. |
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| Right here close to home I remember a few fish on different occassions that chased and before turning into the 8 they went straight into the trolling motor :s Don't rule out the option of that fish not coming out of 30ft of water, but actually following you out..they do that
Edited by RiddingBaits 8/24/2009 9:45 PM
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| Did you try to troll your bucktail with a #30 blade? LOL, Couldn't resist it!
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| Ive had this happen to me at least a half dozen times.
One of those times i had a mid 40 inch fish inhale the front nose of the t-motor strait on and give it three good head shakes.
That was one of those days when i couldnt get anything going,go figure! |
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| Trolling motor blade spinning = Vibrations.
Same concept as a bait moving through the water: vibrations. |
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| my trolling motor prop was not moving at all this weekend...i hadn't touched it from the time i saw the fish 15 feet out swimming at us, and didn't touch it until after it thumped the trolling motor head and swam off...
strange fish. |
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Location: In the cabbage | Hmm maybe use a trolling motor prop and a buzzbait...I can see it now.... |
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Location: On the River | The fish that came up could have easily handled the lower unit of my trolling motor it was in the mid fifty range. |
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| sounds like a thrust issue |
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Location: SE, WI. | This happened to me many times in Canada. Especially after a encounter with a larger fish. They follow your lure, then stick their nose inside the thrust of the trolling motor. All it is , is water displacement, which muskie are attracted to in the first place...like following your lure in. Then turning their attention to the thrust of the motor.  |
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| Don't those fish happy trollers out there always leave a bait in the propwash |
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Location: Nebraska | Am I the only one that lets off the trolling motor the last 10 feet of a retrieve and into the 8? I was always scared that being on the motor would spook them so I always ensured that the boat was in position during the retrieve such that I could let off, do my 8 and then get back on it when firing the next cast. |
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Location: WI | Last year I had one follow in a topwater and then cuddle up to the trolling motor shaft (it was on). It hung out there for a couple seconds and then spooked off. It must have been giving off some good vibes! |
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Location: SE, WI. | Stein; I believe you are making a mistake by letting off the trolling motor. I would refrain from doing that. You should now catch more fish by having the constant ON Mode! |
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| Jd taught me to always leave my trolling motor on as well. I can honestly say that I have more follows and boatside strikes. Just remember to turn it off when you have a fish on. I had a fish looking at my trolling motor latnight from about 3 ft away. |
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Location: Nebraska | Dang, I learn something new here every day. |
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| I've always stopped the trolling motor too exactly as Stein described. I have to learn to keep it on all the time, see if my odds improve. I'm sure it's much easier if your trolling motor has autopilot and GPS though. |
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| Madman,
I had a small mid 30's fish actually follos me in and smash my trolling motor prop when it was set at 6. I would not have beleived it had I not seen it for myself. That fish laid there for at least 8 to 10 seconds and left. These fish are amazing. |
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Location: SE, WI. | My trolling motor has NO autopilot or GPS. The Two main things on a trolling motor , IMO is the constant on switch, and variable speed option. I think many times these musky will hit your lure because they sense the water displacement from the trolling motor, which they feel it is competition for their food and survival!!!:-O |
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| jdsplasher - 8/27/2009 4:55 PM
My trolling motor has NO autopilot or GPS. The Two main things on a trolling motor , IMO is the constant on switch, and variable speed option. I think many times these musky will hit your lure because they sense the water displacement from the trolling motor, which they feel it is competition for their food and survival!!!:-O
I agree. I can't count the number of times when I have been bass fishing and have this happen. If my bait is within 15 feet of the boat or I am actually watching a fish follow my bait. The minute I step on the trolling motor they hit the bait. I have always surmised that the fish thought another fish was making a move for the bait and decides to beat him to it.
When musky fishing I have always tried to follow Jim Saric's advice. JIm says, " be consistent, if the tm is on, leave it on when the bait comes to the boat, and if it is off, leave it off when the fish comes to the boat."
I might have to rethink that to leaving it on all the time.
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| No way would I leave my trolling motor on constant or keep it on when the baits are approaching the boat. Get off the trolling motor half way back during the retrieve. As soon as you start casting, hit the trolling motor, half way back get off of it. Don't keep it on constant, bad idea. Don't figure 8 with it on either. |
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| Well...I'll be "Guest #3"
I couldn't disagree more that "it's a bad idea" to leave leave the trolling motor on constant when casting lures or doing a figure 8. I've spent hours and hours in a guides boat, and he never shuts off the trolling motor until a fish is hooked. Ad neither do we. The boat is always moving---all day long, until a fish is kooked.
And I can see it being somewhat of a Musky attractor. It could sound like a struggling fish to them. |
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Are Muskies attracted to the sound of a trolling motor ?