Craig Fuller, a Missouri Department of Conservation biologist, told St. Louis Today, “No records exist of a human being bitten by a muskie in Missouri.” However, a Wikipedia description of the species includes this passage: “Although very rare, muskellunge attacks on humans do occur on occasion.”

Has a muskie ever bit a person?

“Nobody's ever seen [a muskie] T-bone someone's calves.” A recovering Kim told Vice the attack left her in “total disbelief” and horrible pain, recalling: “I looked down and I saw the fish's head, which looked like an alligator, and it just grabbed it and it moved me from side to side and then it pulled me under.”

Are muskies vicious?

The muskie is known as 'the fish of ten thousand casts' because they're so tough to catch; that is, not very aggressive. They are ambush predators, so extremely unlikely to attack in deep open water.