What would you do here?

[10,000 Casts]

On Sunday, we were drifting, my buddy and I were casting and his fiance had her rod in the holder with a sucker. We were drifting pretty fast about 1.5 mph or so and the sucker was following pretty high straight behind the bobber when a Super Tanker (40 lber) came up and decided to follow for a few mins. She was right on the bait and then she slowly backed straight off never taking her eyes off the bait.

40mph winds and bright blue skys

Would you have:

1. nothing and just kept going and hope she is still following?

2. twitched the sucker when she started backing off?

3. speed the sucker up and brought the muskie to the boat?

4. Stopped and let the sucker sit there?

5. slowed the boat down and free spooled it and let the sucker back up into the fish?

[scott b]

sped it up to get the reaction.

[scott b]

Like you said. This will bring the Musky to the boat!

[50inchpig]

i'd have probably tried all of the above but not expected anything to work. i don't think you can make a sucker look much better than it already does, just swimming there waiting to get eaten. if she's gonna chomp it she's gonna chomp it and if she's not, she's not.

hope you laid a waypoint down though so you can go back next time, sounds like a big fish.

[cbrooks]

Easy to say this sitting at the computer but I would have did nothing.

I'm sure you got a waypoint on it. Be cool if you can catch in the near future and post some pics.

[10,000 Casts]

we did nothing... Keep in mind, it was windy and we were cruising really fast and it wasn't my fish. When we saw the fish, I was at the end of a cast and when I got over to the rod my first thought was god, do I set the hook myself or do I let my buddies fiance do it and risk it.. The fish was so close following the sucker that I thought she was going to eat. Looking back I should have twitched it or reeled in some line.

oh well, we did get a waypoint on her but I don't know if she came from open water or the weeds. I am guessing she is an open water fish.

[HooknHorns]

If it was my rod i think i would have dropped to my knees and prayed.

[fire29]

I would of threw a bucktail back there

[BrianLucky13]

If its big enough you park on it!!!!!

[rugbymn]

Whatever I would have done, I wouldn't have caught it. With the way this season has gone, I can pretty much guarantee that.

[HugoBox]

Whatever I would have done, I wouldn't have caught it. With the way this season has gone, I can pretty much guarantee that.

+1

[smeese]

Toss a Hurricane or a Bucktail back.....I try to keep a go to lure handy or on an extra rod nearby.....I would have missed it to though its the nature of the beast. I would even go so far as to come back later when the feeding window opens up if you know when that is happening at the time anyways

[EBass]

Went Ski fishin with TonkaBoy and got the big ol skunk. Saw 2 on follows from TonkaBoy and tossed a sucker at em. They would investigate over and over and over and over and over and over and well you get the point. A small one followed us for 10 mins but wouldn't commit but coming an inch from the sucker then turn - grr.

So what would've I've done - nothing. Wait, come back at duck/dawn if that's an option.

[pinkfloyd4ever]