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Location: Warroad, Mn | I've had lots of Loons follow muskie baits (they really like top water), but in 45 years of fishing muskies on the LOTWs I've never seen a muskie or a Loon for that matter chase one or the other out of an area. I would bet that Loons and even baby Loons are about .0001% (or less) of a muskie's diet. However, a black and white contrast lure seems to work well. The Loon stuff is to fool fisherman not the fish. Doug Johnson
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| This last fall I watched a full grown loon get crushed by a mid 50 range fish. There were 3 of us in the boat and we all got to watch it at the same time. The loon was up near the edge of the reed bed and I casted toward the loon causing it to dive and then literally a second later up came a giant musky with the loon t-boned launching into the air about 30ft from the boat. The loon managed to get away but it was still one of the coolest things I have ever seen Muskie fishing! |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Mike, now that's an image that if were painted, I'd look at every day! |
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| Sam Ubl - 12/30/2010 9:05 AM
Mike, now that's an image that if were painted, I'd look at every day!
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| I've watched loons swimming underwater around my boat and you would have thought they were some sort of small, angry freshwater dolphins. At the time I was fishing in nowhereland waynorthlake and drifting close to an island that turned out to have a loon nest on the edge. The adults took turns charging my boat, swimming underwater the whole time. I backed off and they eventually popped up and began close patrols of the island edge, giving me ugly and mean looks. |
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| marine_1 - 12/23/2010 11:09 PM
firstsixfeet - 12/24/2010 6:53 AM
sworrall - 12/23/2010 8:25 AM
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Muskies will eat birds because they eat what moves, but loons are not on the regular menu, mostly because the feathers cause constipation and the 'farts'. How exactly do you KNOW this????
Loon always give me terrible gas. I usually opt for Trumpeter Swan much more tender meat too.
You are correct. I prefer bald eagle over loon any day of the week. If I can't get eagle, I will settle for a blue heron. |
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| I witnessed the unbelievable! I was waiting for the loon pair to swim around the bay so I could take pictures of them. As I was watching, I saw the loons slowly floating, the front loon looked back and directly behind it the other loon was up on its tail with its wings spread and yodeling and in a half second it went directly down. The other loon took off on its belly across the lake yelping/loon calling. It was hysterical and never looked back. I waited for 20 minutes and prayed the loon would pop up. It never did. The rest of the week the single loon seemed to be looking for its mate. This was a very traumatizing event for me to witness. |
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Location: Hugo, MN | You guys are all NUTS! Everyone knows that Muskies eat Walleye not Loons!!! |
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Location: northern indiana | They also eat other things if swimming while nude after dark!!! =) |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | All muskies swim nude.
Where the heck did this one come from? |
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| Muskys may or may not eat loons on a regular basis but I bet they eat them more than FIreTiger colored fish or fish with two #10 blades on their heads. Don't over think color patterns! |
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| "The rest of the week the single loon seemed to be looking for its mate. This was a very traumatizing event for me to witness."
I once was lucky enough to see an eagle pick off two baby loons in two days in front of my place. The parents searched for those babys for days, hooting and crying. One parent sawm ahead and called, the other swam behind and searched under water. It was really sad. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | I saw a full grown Loon go under last week on a well known rock reef and NEVER came up......... My 2 boat sluts heard the ruckus, but didn't think it was a loon....... My eyes don't lie ! I know that a loon got Hammered by something really BIG !
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| My brother, sister in law, and mother saw a musky take a full grown loon right in front of the camp last summer. Lake Nipeeing, South Shore, North Bay, Ontario. Wouldn't have believed it if I had heard fishermen telling stories. My brother told me the loon came up thrashing twice before it dissapeared. Fish will try and eat almost anything that will fit in their mouths. I would say this is a rare occurence, but it does happen.
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| I was just in Canada fishing last week (Pigeon Lake - Kawarthas) and noted something for the first time in 35 years of fishing around muskies. I had a pair of loons on the water near my boat as I was trolling. 1 was the mother and the other was a pretty much grown adolescent. Neither of these birds looked edible due to size, but the mother was wailing a call the whole time and minutes later something big hit my lure and it was gone - braid didn't stop the teeth of a big musky. I'm convinced the loon was warning of the musky in the water. We go by loons all the time and normally they are quiet unless they are calling their baby or spouse after a long dive. Anyone else ever see this? I've seen the same with squirrels in my yard when a cat is prowling around or a red tailed hawk is circling. |
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| Loons mate for life like a lot of critters including muskies, Canadian geese, etc. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Wha???? Weren't you using a leader? |
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| Kirby Budrow - 9/7/2013 8:52 PM
Wha???? Weren't you using a leader?
He was using white and black Spectron, which is Loon colored. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Muskies mate for life?
I know eagles do, that's why they get bald.
HAHAHAHAHA!
Seriously, I'm pretty sure muskies are quite promiscuous. |
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| sworrall - 12/23/2010 8:25 AM
Muskies will eat birds because they eat what moves.
This IS your answer to whether or not a Muskie will eat something or not. |
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| I troll tandem spinners and usually the muskies just grab the hook side of this and not the whole darn thing. |
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| My question is whether the loons can be used while musky fishing to let me know where there are big muskies? Anybody seen a loon alarm call when a big musky is nearby? jumping shad are a good signal something is going after them, so are loons able to be a similar watchdog for big musky?
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| jamxii - 9/17/2013 8:54 PM
My question is whether the loons can be used while musky fishing to let me know where there are big muskies? Anybody seen a loon alarm call when a big musky is nearby? jumping shad are a good signal something is going after them, so are loons able to be a similar watchdog for big musky?
I would say that depends on what the loons are doing. If they are feeding you know there is bait nearby. If there is bait, the muskies probably aren't far away. I've never learned the different loon calls, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out that they do sound some sort of warning when there predators in the area. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Big Pike love baby ducks
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Location: Tennessee | That guys getting a two course dinner! pike fillet and duck |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | This is classic muskie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhSqtbu_24M
Ranger- You get mean ugly looks from women too!
Have fun!
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| Guest - 7/24/2011 5:55 PM
I witnessed the unbelievable! I was waiting for the loon pair to swim around the bay so I could take pictures of them. As I was watching, I saw the loons slowly floating, the front loon looked back and directly behind it the other loon was up on its tail with its wings spread and yodeling and in a half second it went directly down. The other loon took off on its belly across the lake yelping/loon calling. It was hysterical and never looked back. I waited for 20 minutes and prayed the loon would pop up. It never did. The rest of the week the single loon seemed to be looking for its mate. This was a very traumatizing event for me to witness.
Poor bird. |
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| As a wood bait builder for bass, saltwater stripers and muskie I can confirm, from my experiences, that color only matters from a visibility standpoint. The 3 best striper bait colors for Salt Water are solid Black, Yellow or White for night, cloudy water and clear water conditions. No fancy paint jobs, scales, eyes, etc... required.
I've caught smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and striped bass on prototype plugs that were in a natural wood color & never painted. Shape, size and action are what counts 95% of the time "in my opinion". However, muskies caught on my plugs, 2 of them, were painted..... I've only been muskie fishing for a 4 years. |
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| 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.
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