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Location: Hayward, WI | I haven't done any research but I can give you my opinion. Basically, our baits are an illusion of food. They don't look, smell, or move like the real deal. The sucker does though. Maybe a sucker gives off some other type of phermones when it senses danger too, and a musky can sense that - I don't know.
I have a feeling that sometimes a musky is following a bait out of some curiousity. It apparently hasn't been instantly fooled. When it sees the sucker, it's already a little fired up by the bait, and seeing and smelling that juicy sucker is all it takes to make it come unglued - and eat the sucker.
Just a guess. Hadn't put much thought into it until I read your question!
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