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| M-A - 12/22/2010 6:50 AM
Be careful about making loon-patterned baits.........<br /><br />A couple years ago there was a winternet story about the Humane Society or Audubon Society types or one of those bunches being all up in arms because one of them was in Rollie and Helen's or something and saw some of the paint patterns and got all snarly because muskie anglers were CONDITIONING muskies to eat loons because of baits painted black with white dashes.
I would LOVE to make the mosquito the state bird, just so long as we could still swat them. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | jamxii - 6/19/2014 9:34 PM
My original question which no one has answered is have you ever noticed a loon giving an alarm call when a big muskie is in the immediate vicinity? I had a loon going crazy just before I had a monster size hit from a very big fish - likely a muskie. Heading to Pigeon Lake, Ontario tomorrow for the week. Will advise if I see this again.
What you're probably hearing is a loon going crazy because an eagle is looming overhead somewhere. Next time you hear this, start looking around and I'll bet you'll see an eagle in the air. Loons let out warnings and get very loud when eagles are above. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Saw a show by Larry Dahlberg where they were trying to figure out a musky
bite pattern that was related to the local flock of duck movements. He was fishing
w/a guy that had evidence the big muskies were feeding on the ducks. ( IE. bird
feathers in the musky poop when they would get one in the boat) Can't remember
where they were fishing, but the muskies where targeting the diving ducks. I think
it's a safe bet that muskies will chew on anything they can catch. |
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| Never seen a muskie chase a real loon, but once I watched a mama loon chase a muskie away from her babies.
I HAVE seen a HUGE follow on a handmade lure that that was made to look and swim like a loon. Willy's Musky Lure shop on Facebook sells some pretty water fowl like lures of anyone is THAT curious lol |
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| I was at a flea market and spotted a mink stole with 4 minks sewn together. I plan to separate them, connect the head of the mink to a large jitterbug with a trailer hook. We got 10 muskies at pigeon lake, 2 in the 40s. Marginal week. Glad to see some in the upper 20s but have not seen a teen length musky in years up there which is not good. |
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