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This report involves a Carp and a Musky however no Musky were harmed in the making of this post
I decided to fish for Pike along the shore of Mooneys bay where I have had some luck in the past. No go today and even the bass were just in a following kind of mood. As some of you know, I have a weakness for Carp so I always carry corn and I decided to try below the falls. After two misses I finally hook one and I can tell it is a good size. Now for the stupid musky... As I am fighting this carp I see a long shape, approx. 3 feet following the carp on my line. A Musky! And it was not just a brief follow but the stupid thing tailed the carp for almost the entire fight. Either this musky was raised by a school of carp or he really needs glasses because the carp was definitely not on his menu. Landed my fish and didn't take a weight but definitely over 20lbs. I am pretty sure that there isn't a market for giant carp lures but if someone want's to run with it......
Here is a shot of the carp... Naturally I caught it at the only time when nobody was around to take a photo of me with the fish: Rod

Love it! Always adds a bit of adrenaline to see a crazy musky follow.

E

Did it get hooked in the eye? Looks like it has a bad hangover.

scarkner wrote:Did it get hooked in the eye? Looks like it has a bad hangover.

No. The hook was barely on the lip. I was suprised that I actually landed it. It banged in to the multitude of rocks at hogs back when I was landing it which cut it on the "nose" but it looks worse in the photo than it was. I noticed that the eye was actually askew before i got it in to shore so I don't think it was me. I am pretty certain the CTC (cruelty to carp) society would find me innocent!

Cool story. Fish behavior fascinates me. I bet he was eyeing that Carp up to give it a poke...

RJ

Great story. One time we launched at echolands went all the way upriver to the "falls" looking for bass. What we found was a school of suckers - Big ones being herded by a very long musky. She kept circling the school keeping them in a certain spot. we thtew the kitchen sink at this musky but it never stopped circling the school.

as a note Bass Season opens today.

Nice! You definitely have the Ottawa area carp dialed it!!

I was targeting mooneye one evening last year and when I tossed it back it pancaked and got stunned. I minute later I see it it bobbing and weaving trying to get way from a musky in hot pursuit. Funny it wouldn't take a second look at my lures

Great report and fish too! The musky following the carp kind of seems like a competition/jealousy/curiosity kind of thing. When I fish for brook trout and walleye, I will often have 3-4 others following while I'm fighting a fish. I've never seen another species follow like you have though... And like you said, there's no way that the muskie could've eaten that carp so...

That's definitely a neat story.

A carp seems like huge meal for a musky. Perhaps they feed on young carp. It's an interesting thought to say the least.

It's a perverted Muskie with a big carp fetish

Top predator with nothing to worry about but us!

That's one chunky carp, all right.
But "stupid" musky? Hell, he was probably hanging around, giggling a bit, showing you what you COULD have caught if you'd stayed with the pike lures... lol