Musky swimming in Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis Minnesota

[iceman763]

I've also seen a TROPHY and i mean this thing was MASSIVE in easily the upper 40 or lower 50 inch range swim right under that Harriet bridge, but what was more amazing was the amount of fish it scared the living hell out of when it came by! A 15 inch Bass darted so fast out of the weeds i thought it saw a ghost in me, even scared a big 8-10lb carp.  I was like wth why are the fish swimming away all of the sudden only to see this HUGE shadow and tiger striped fish follow behind....

[jucertmn]

i was running around nokomis about a week ago and on the bridge i looked down and saw an even bigger fish doing this same thing. i had no idea that there were fish this size in little lake nokomis

[suicide5389]

i saw this the other day in oshkosh wisconsin on the fox river

[apcspearing]

Its due to a parasite that grows in their gills

[jaydar1968]

Not sure about that. Here are some other theories I've read.

Muskie attack prey from the side and then swallow head-first, they might bet taking one last gulp associated with consumption of a large meal.

Musky like to be well acquainted with their surroundings and are surfacing to get a "better look around."

They may be going to warmer surface water, perhaps to increase metabolism and aid digestion of a large meal (reptiles seek warmth for similar reasons).

[john18061806]

adding on, it looks like an alligator.

[john18061806]

that looked fake, i live in minneapolis and i have been to lake nokomis thousands of times and never seen that happen. also there are hardly any muskies in minneapolis lakes, all 10 or so.

[vladmyr2000]

John, I was swimming in Nokomis a few nights ago and saw this behavior about 20 feet off shore we've also seen them off the cedar bridge a few times doing the same thing.

[iceman763]

@john18061806 hardly any muskies? Calhoun, Nokomis, and Harriet are the in the top 5 muskie lakes in the twin cities the only other exception would be Phalen of St. Paul and a couple other ones that do have skies. I've caught three out of Nokomis while fishing for crappies for fun and walleye fishing. But I did on the other hand see two anglers hook up to a VERY NICE muskie under the bridge awesome sight to see!

[jaydar1968]

@john18061806 ,

Not fake. This behavior by muskies is reported wherever muskies live. They're not sure why though (see my reply to apcspearing above).

And don't be fooled. Minneapolis lakes are full of fish...giant muskies included!

[Vernicf]

I've seen this behavior a few times on Cedar Lake in Mpls. This probably explains the Cedar alligator sighting that was reported on the news a couple years ago.

[KyleDorr1]

It looks like a tiger tigers do that all the time and I think they do it to help them swallow food. They definitely don't do it becasue they're sick becasue I tried to net one once that was doing that and it took off like a bullet ha

[bangkokjt]

it's a hockey puck draggin' a black garbage bag

[LordVolker]

they'll sometimes swim with their head above the water, dont really know why

[jnovats]

reverse scuba diving looking for baby ducks...

Very cool video, I've seen this a couple times. I really wonder what they are doing.