Esox, musky, pike

[GbayGiant]

Well, I seen these pics on one of those other sites. Thought is was interesting because last year I witnessed a musky eat a large seagull off the serface of the water and I thought I was hallucinating but a friend told me the next day that he seen a floating musky with a seagull wing sticking out of her mouth. ( they choke on seagulls, with all the bones )

 

Here is an example of what a little Pike can do, so imagine what a 50lbs musky can eat. Keep your small dogs and infants out of big musky water.

 

 

 

 

 

[express168]

A long time ago while fishing Nippissing with my older brother we saw a seagull get hit , water and feathers everywhere. The seagull rolled over and there was a big bite out of the side, my brother looked at me and said one word, "MUSKY". I will never forget seeing that.

[GbayGiant]

A long time ago while fishing Nippissing with my older brother we saw a seagull get hit , water and feathers everywhere. The seagull rolled over and there was a big bite out of the side, my brother looked at me and said one word, "MUSKY". I will never forget seeing that.

Good, I'm not the only one to see such a thing.

 

The one I seen, it took three hits and a lot of screaming and feathers flying before the musky finally submerged the bird. Nature at it's finest, I bet the musky didn't expect it to be her last meal though.

[Fishn Technishn]

Maybe we can train Muskies to eat CORMORANTS!!!!

 

FT

[lunkerbasshunter]

i have seen a pike grab a small duckling. On belmont lake in havelock. the pike didnt look ot big either. maybe 8 or 9 pounds.

 

Im sure it happens more often then we think but it was somehting that I will never forget.

 

Cheers!

[Bob]

That looks like a young cormorant in that pike. I once saw a good sized pike come 3 feet out of the water and take a swallow that was chasing bugs. Don't know how he coordinated a hit on that fast moving bird but he nailed it right out of mid air.

[Rizzo]

he nailed it right out of mid air.

 

that would be amazing to see

[BryceBurzynski]

Thanks for the interesting post!

[fishindevil]

Wow...thats very interesting,and i know its well documented about musky and pike eating small ducks and other birds i have heard pete mania talk about them also eating muskrats and other rodents and reptiles as well i guess they also eat water snakes too....they sure can have big apetites cant they..??? thanks for posting that report cheers

[tbayboy]

I saw this when browsing a Cabelas sale last week:

 

Waston's Baby Duck

 

 

Guess this post shows it would work.

Edited April 11, 2007 by TbayBoy

[Sinker]

I had one try and take a duck decoy on sturgeon lake once. It hit it 3 times before it gave up. I thought my decoy was toast for sure.....he was a brute!

 

Sinker

[tundra]

At my Grandfathers cottage, (Shadow Lake, Norland), every spring a family of ducks would swim by with 8-10 babies. Each day there would be 1 less swimming with them.

[musky66]

Years back I winessed a gull go down and not come up on the Muskoka River- not a Musky, but I've seen 30 lb plus Pike come out of there!

[Mattitude]

I used to work at a resort and they had a duck pond. Each year the swans would have Signets sp? and apparently there was a massive snapping turtle that would take them all the time. I remember seeing around six of them, next day five and so on usually only 1 or 2 survived.

[aplumma]

Now you know were one legged seagulls come from. Turtles and muskies and pike o myyyy.

 

 

Art

[Marc Thorpe]

Ya know what Art

I am told they even eat bucktails

[Guest Trophymuskie]

The Iowa state record Muskie puked up a 2 pound seagull, after the weigh in as well.

[ccmtcanada]

The things that happen in nature are amazing! Thanks for posting your pic...must have been a surprise to see a bird come out of that pike!

[bassmaster4]

did u still eat the pike after you found out the bird was in it?

[mattyk]

i once caught a pike from the Nottowasaga that had a big mouse in its stomach.

[Pigeontroller]

I think i'll have to pick up a few new Topwater baits at the Odyssey this weekend!

[walleyejigger]

i've seen on a few occasions pike grab little ducklings in shallow water, the animal kingdom is pretty cool