Tough Musky bite this year -- Lets hear some theories

[fishhawk1750]

The kids were probably scared because you threw your bait under their pontoon! I don't care if you caught a fish or not, if kids are swimming in the area use judgement when casting big baits.

[TMan]

Quote:

---

The kids were probably scared because you threw your bait under their pontoon!

---

Chill Fish hawk, did I say I threw my lure under their pontoon? You don't know how they got next to me or how they got in the water. Nor, how close "right next to" is...nor if it was I or my lure that was right next to them.

I only throw lures at Jetskiers...

[ARMAN-21]

Tman, I'm with ya on that! I've seen some people freak out when they see a monster pulled from the water right next to them.

FYI, Fishhawk, you need to go back and re-read Tman's post, NO WHERE on there did he say he was casting under or near the pontoon.

LATER-

[buzzsaw]

It makes sense with this constant warm weather pattern that the Ski's would turn on. All I know is it has been a slow start to the season for most and now they are seeing them in good numbers.

[superfish2]

I was on tonka last night for a few hours. Wind was really blowing and it made boat control hard, weeds are really going. Throwing a big yellow and black spinnerbaits, a chummway flasher, and a big glide bait. But no fish, or follows.

[Mat O]

My theory is that the fish have gained an instinctive fear of ME. Therefore, they are timid that I may be near and in turn partially starve themselves for longer periods of time.

[markkstanley]

Out on west end of Minnetonka trying some off the charts spots. One boat side strike and that was it. Was using a swimbait and I was on a deep underwater point in 20ft. Schools of panfish were suspending in the area 8 to 12ft down. Going out again tonight with the same game plan. Find some suspended baitfish and throw something different at them. I am thinking the weed edge fish are so well fed you can't even get a reaction strike out of them and their feeding window must be 10 minutes or less. I read somewhere that a musky only needs about an hour to successfully forage and might go on the hunt 2 or 3 times a day. The feeding windows appear to be much shorter this year. So we are getting lazy well fed fish which just follow our lures out of curiousity - kind of like watching golf on TV after a big meal. The upside to this is there are going to be some very heavy fish for this fall and next year. The cycle will turn.

[CommonSense Guy]

Like I said last week the bite could turn on any day. I believe it has. I have fished 5 days in the last week and put five in the boat. Plus my buddy caught another 2. We have had several hot follows and blowups on the topwater as well and many missed fish. I have seen fish at a distance roll on my baits. This aggressiveness is not something I have seen until now. Two weeks of hot stable weather will do it. Just wait until I nice big from comes rolling through. That will be the time to be on the water.

[Random guy]

Great, the fish start moving and my boats in the shop. Talk about timing.