Dr Epstein wrote:

You may not have done anything wrong. Muskies, Pike, Pickerel members
of that family
sometimes will follow a lure, sometimes hit it not seriously as if
they are doing it more out of habit
and instinct rather than hunger. This is especially true at mid-day. I

I think you're right. he was so calm and relaxed that he didn't seem
hungry at all.

suppose some experts might suggest if anyrthing that you might have
made more noise and splash to aggravate the fish under those
circumstances.

I don't know this.
noise and splash hitting the surface?
or the splash with the bait?

BTW I think a 6 lb muskie is small for those fish and certainly
undersized, although you probably would
have had fun catching it.

surely I'd love to catch my first muskie also if it's underweight, so I
can after concentrate searching bigger ones :-)

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ciao
Vittorix