Strange Musky Sighting??

[TUMBLEWEED]

Was out breaking in the new Mercury Opti
last Friday, and spotted what I thought
was a log floating nearby. Not wanting
to risk lower end damage to my new motor
I idled over to remove it. Much to my amazement, as I neared it, it began to
swim away!! It was a musky with only its head out of the water!! I dropped down
the trolling motor and followed it around
for awhile. It finally sank down and took
off. What gives??? I can only assume that
it was admiring my shiny new boat!!!!!

[muskieboy46]

I asked the same question awhile ago. Here is a link to that forum.

http://fishingminnesota.com/ubb/Forum51/HTML/000257.html

hope that helps

[LocalGuide]

Last summer I saw a Pike that was around 15lbs doing that. But I think that one went after a boat prop. It had a little gash in its left side. But after a while it went back down fine.

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And keep those hooks sharp!

[MT Net]

Cool! Congrats on the shiny new boat.

Either that, or it was getting a coppertone tan.

Look! No tan lines!

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Metro IBOT #130 Clamping at Happy Hour

[muskybuck]

Last summer I saw two northerns doing that. One about 2 lbs and the other about 5-6 pounds. The 2 pounder was cruising around with its mouth open like it was straining the surface. The bigger one was just sitting there with its head sticking out.

[Rino]

I've read that Northerns and Muskies will sun themselfs to speed up digestion. They are cold blooded animals and it helps rev them up.

[TYMAN]

thats what i would say i was at marion and a pike over 40 in took of when i was going full speed it scared the bejeezes outa me!!! they do that to sun them selfs btw

[FI Guide]

rino is right that is what they all do to speed up their digestion i have seen this happen many times so if you see this dont bother casting because they are usually full

[Trailblazin]

2 yrs ago on Mille Lacs, we saw 6 muskies all sunning in less than a foot of water. It was a guided trip and we threw everything at them. They barely moved - I even had a sluggo in front of one of the muskies nose - nothing! All of thes muskies were at least 42-48 inches too....