Muskie attack ? Really.

[Ski]

Matt Gervais was five minutes into a swim at Lake St. Clair near Windsor, Ontario, when a big Muskie drilled his hand. The Muskie left some serious damage. Its toothy bite opened multiple puncture wounds on Gervais’s hand that required 13 stitches to close. The doctor who sewed up his hand found a Muskie tooth embedded in one knuckle. The incident took place in 7 feet of water about 50 yards from shore.

[Bluebasser86]

It happens occasionally, both with muskie and pike. 

[Ski]

3 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

It happens occasionally, both with muskie and pike. 

I was cautious removing bait from it's mouth 

[A-Jay]

57 minutes ago, Ski said:

I was cautious removing bait from it's mouth 

 

Me too.

 

A-Jay 

[Ski]

12 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

 

Me too.

 

A-Jay 

50 inch club????

 

[A-Jay]

5 minutes ago, Ski said:

50 inch club????

 

10 lb FC club.

48 inch fish but she was Stout.

A-Jay

 

 

 

[gim]

There is an episode of River Monsters where Jeremy Wade targets muskies at Eagle Lake, Ontario.  Initially he went there to investigate an attack by an unknown fish on a girl when she was swimming in shallow water.  As it turns out, the girl had a piece of jewelry on her leg that may have attracted the fish, which was a muskie.

 

He spends the rest of the episode trying to catch one.  It consumes him, tests his patience, and drains him both mentally and physically.  He actually gives up and goes back to trout fishing and hooks into a 49 incher using a small trout setup, which he lands and releases at the end of the episode.

 

At one point he gets injured from a small pike when trying to unhook it too.

 

I have been muskie fishing regularly the past month and it has been fantastic.  Here's a recent tiger muskie I caught.

[jimmyjoe]

   So much for pike or musky being line-shy. ? ? ?        jj

[DaubsNU1]

Apex predators for sure! Be careful out there people!

[spokey9]

Where do I get a hand shaped swimbait ?

[12poundbass]

The fish of 10,000 casts..... just go swimming. 

[MN Fisher]

11 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

The fish of 10,000 casts..... just go swimming. 

Better yet - go skinny-dipping...then there's some 'bait' dangling.

[Further North]

I've never managed to hurt myself on an Esox...but I had a walleye get me once.

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, Further North said:

I've never managed to hurt myself on an Esox...but I had a walleye get me once.

When I was a kid I caught a walleye off our dock, no clue what it was . I lipped it, great plan. Then a couple years later I caught a sauger and thought “I remember you, no lipping” so I grabbed it under the gill flap. The edge of its gill flap sliced me wide open and I was bleeding everywhere. Delicious fish need some line of defense 

[gim]

8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

The edge of its gill flap sliced me wide open and I was bleeding everywhere

Pike and muskies have pretty nasty gill rakers.  Way worse than walleyes.  I have a snag/blade proof glove for this purpose but every time I catch a sizable pike or muskie I forget to use it.  Of course I've been "raked" several times this season when I had to handle a large muskie and realized shortly thereafter my hand was bleeding.  Part of doing business with the toothy species I guess.

 

The smaller pike (under 30 inches) can be grabbed right behind the head instead.  They are slimy though so make sure you have a good grip.

[A-Jay]

17 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Pike and muskies have pretty nasty gill rakers.  Way worse than walleyes

They certainly do.

I was tired of hamburger hands.  Finally broke down and got the gloves.

Big difference. 

 Fish Hard

A-Jay

[gim]

21 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Finally broke down and got the gloves.

That is the exact one I have too.  I only have one for the left hand which is the one I use to grab the fish inside the gill flap.  I just have to remember to put it on lol

[Further North]

10 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

When I was a kid I caught a walleye off our dock, no clue what it was . I lipped it, great plan. Then a couple years later I caught a sauger and thought “I remember you, no lipping” so I grabbed it under the gill flap. The edge of its gill flap sliced me wide open and I was bleeding everywhere. Delicious fish need some line of defense 

It was the gills that got me

 

Regarding getting cut up...since I seldom take fish pics, I mostly leave 'em in the net, unhook, resuscitate and let 'em go.

[schplurg]

On 9/8/2021 at 3:22 PM, MN Fisher said:

Better yet - go skinny-dipping...then there's some 'bait' dangling.

 

Oh! Ack BRbrbrbrrb Yikes! I think that's the noise I made out loud when I read this!