KJB,
Your exaclty right. One second we were sitting there watching this Loon about 30 yards awasy or so from us and the next all hell broke loose!!!! I mean water everywhere Loon screaming and under it went. Then all of a sudden it came back up and about 3 seconds later BANG all over again it was the most scary thing I ever seen on fresh water! He went under again and popped up. This time is popped up about 30 feet from us and just kept going but I could tell it was hurt by the way it was trying to get away. That had to be one BIG Muskie that's for sure or N. Pike not for sure, but it was one or the other! Nothing else could do that!
I was only a kid at the time. My uncle said it was a NP that nailed the duck. I did not see it come back up.
Later that evening, at the campground. My uncle told us kids stories about Man Eating Muskies! For a number of years, I was afraid to go into any water except a swimming pool, and then, still had a bit of anxiety.