Musky Bite???

[bass wrangler569]

So my dad was telling me about some news story where a dude apparently got his foot torn up pretty good by a musky. I can't find the news story now but has anyone else ever heard of anything like this happening?

[fourbizz]

I saw something about that on the Discovery or History Channel.

He was wading in really shallow water. My guess is bed fish.

[Dan:]

I saw something about that on the Discovery or History Channel.

He was wading in really shallow water. My guess is bed fish.

Yeah I saw the same thing. Sounds like a freak accident if that is what actually happened.

[Gone_Phishin]

Several years ago a WI DNR officer was taking his lunch break, dangling his legs in a lake.  Supposedly a large ski tore off the better part of his calf muscle.

[SirSnookalot]

Yes......I knew someone who was attacked by a muskie.

About 40 years ago I knew this guy with a limp and I asked him how he got it.  He was water skiing on lake St Clair and when he fell a muskie hit his lower leg.  After surgery his one leg was now about 2 inches shorter than the healthy leg, he then had the good leg shortened by surgery to match the other.  Just remember his name was Art.

[firefightn15]

Gernerally speaking, musky do not have very good eye sight; despite the fact that they will feed by sight.  A lot of the time it will be disturbances that will attract them.  Schooling fish, ducks paddling their feet, people thrashing their feet off the end of docks.  I have read about several instances where musky have latched on to someone's calf or foot.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

There are quite a few stories around here from Raystown.

Small dogs jumping off docks and their tags flashing in the water attracts a big musky.

Ducks swimming along the shoreline being picked off.

A guy with a Med-Alert bracelet swimming had one come up and nip his hand.

Seems to be like FF15 said.  Thrashing around or "flashy" things attract muskies.  Look at the big bucktails and topwaters people throw for them.  They do the same exact thing.

[jimmieO]

Just another reason why I don't swim in lakes.

[MALTESE FALCON]

Here on St. Clair we hear about Muskie attacks every year. Alot of people refer to muskies as "Water Wolves".

Falcon

[Cigarlover 1]

Growing up in KY my family always used to fish Cave Run Lake a big Musky fishery. I remember hearing about a couple Musky attacks growing up. I remember my family was always sure to take off any shiny jewelry before going swimming because of the Muskies.

[basser89]

I've heard the same reports about Raystown too. The one spot on the Potamac that I used to fish for muskies, I've witnessed baby geese getting slammed by muskies. Just above that area, I had a musky basically beach itself briefly. I had seen the musky take 3-4 swipes at the bait I was throwing about 10' away from me. I had brought the bait right to the bank (in less than 6" of water) when I had heard something up river. Instead of picking the bait up out of the water, I just turned my head for maybe 5 seconds when this decent sized musky came up to take the bait I had resting on the water. She missed the bait and probably came within 2-3' of my feet. Needless to say, scared the snot out of me! When I'm fishing for ski's from shore, you won't find me in water any deeper than a foot (if that).