Anybody know the answer? Maybe RK?

[Cowgirladdict]

ive seen several Muskies this year Porpoising in shallow water, ive even driving over buy them and coulda netted a couple

threw all kinds of lures at them, even hit one i think and nothing, like im not even there, just confuses the heck out of me

anyone ?????????????????else?

[RK]

Man, if I knew why they did that... The best explanation I've ever heard for why the porpoise is from Doug Johnson: "Because it feels good and makes them happy..." It's as good as anything I can come up with...

Sometimes you'll see fish on the surface because they're swallowing something. But a lot of the time they just pop up to the surface and porpoise for who knows what reason.

I've casted to hundreds of porpoising fish (they're different than fish feeding on the surface) over the years, and I've had exactly one hit. I was so shocked I almost missed the fish. Most often they won't even follow.

It's just one of those things...

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[Cowgirladdict]

ok i guess ill leave it at that, but i think they are playing games with our heads, i was out on FL tonight and saw another one doing it, i didnt even cast at him this time, was a beautiful night to be out

[10,000 Casts]

Just a quick story, fishing with my old roomate when it was dead calm and we were in 4 feet of water casting out into 30 feet when he we drifted right over the top of a legit 40 pounder. He through a suick and I through my bucktail and they both went right across her face and nothing. So we went in for a closer look and I tapped it with the end of my rod and it didn't move. So we sat their and admired it for a few minutes and all of a sudden a tail of what looked like about a 35 inch Northern popped out (about 12" of the tail was sticking out. After that we left her alone in peace so she could enjoy her meal. But my thoughts on your question, I have no idea on whythey porpoise but the ones that I have seen in the shallows are digesting food. Thats what Mill Lacs is kind of known for. I might say that oxagen has something to do with it. But I am not a biologist.

John

[The Grebe]

We seen it for the first time earlier this summer. We were wondering what the heck it was at first? A baby loch ness monster, a goofy beaver, a mongo muskrat, a water python that someone let go, a turtle with a really huge head? When we got closer we could see that it was a muskie. It did this a few times and then disappeared...we threw all kinds of stuff in the general vacinity, nary a swirl. Why do they do it? Only the muskies know for sure.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

The first two fish I saw doing this I caught. One was on a mepps #5 and the other on a 3/4 oz spinnerbaits. Ive seen several fish doing the same thing this year but they had no interest in what I was throwing.