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Love your tie!
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Oh yeah, nice catch! Did you cut the line or actually take the hook out of its mouth? That looks like the one I caught last year while fishing for trout in the local trout lake. Ended up using pliers and a metal rod to remove my lure from its mouth.
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Thanks DDR...there is a story about that tie.
I cut the line...I could not even SEE the hook...and BELIEVE me when I say I had a good look in that thing's mouth! hahahaha!
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My friend's grandmother has a farm pond in Georgia with bass, bream and catfish in it. When they catch a turtle, they cut it's head off cause they're everywhere and they eat all the fish.
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That looks like one mean snapper!![unimpressed]
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haha Dave..... I have hear that cleaning them is NASTY! Other than that, I'd try it. I will try anything once, that is how we all should be! But cleaning a turtle... I might not want to eat it after that.
I'd say it was between 5 and 10 pounds... I am a BAD judge of weight though, but it was a meaty fella! I have a picture of it sitting next to a yardstick that I have never posted.
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Thats a weird looking fish![sly] Is that a snapping turtle?
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Hey there FisherMOM,
Make sure they don't grab you as they won't let go until there's lightening and thunder. ha ha
Seriously, I heard generally that tortises are land only, turtles are water only, and terripins are habitually living in water/land enviornments.
Ahhhh Mobile home or house boat, what's the difference!?
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yes, this is an alligator snapping turtle.
They HISS and SNAP and are strong!
And I have seen bigger than this one!
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There's one in the trout lake I'll be hitting tomorrow. Can't wait to see if I hook into the fish or him!
He's huge! Shell is a good 2 feet across.
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NICE I COUGHT A TURLE ONCE WHEN I LIVED IN SAN DIEGO BUT NO TURTLES HERE IN UTAH WAS IT FUN TO REEL IN MINE WAS
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Thanks Len...
you are right though about the SLIM part...
I have shed 15 pounds this summer and working on 10 more.
Also, I have started taking my sunglasses off for my pictures when I remember.
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