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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
Some creatures are just biters by habit |
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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.
same with snakes. |
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