ok i gofishing for bluegill,sunfish,crappie,and bass with flies and they always get destroyed by them dang turtles then one swolled it whole. ive paid $18.00 for a pack of flies and they have all been eatean by a turtle and its got even wose this summer
Dang turtles
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.22 MAGNUM ought to do the job
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i agree. shoot it or catch it. either way they are good eating. i havent caught any this year yet darn it.
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Yah, hang in there buddy! We've had the same problem this year. It is sort of frustrating though. They like my chicken livers 
And they like me cut shad even more
And they like me cut shad even more
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lol. i like them with a light breading and slow cooked with cream of mushroom soup. lmao. i need to set some jugs. last year we caught 6-7 big old 25-30#ers. good eating.
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What bait do use on jugs? I've always used hop net in farm ponds using carp the are are slice open.
Any tough meat will work. I've used bluegill heads after cleaning a mess for supper. Tough, cheap beef works. If you hunt groundhogs and get one too old and tough for the stew, that's a good turtle bait. Also good bait if you trap for ****.
The idea is to make the meat hard for the turtle to chew off the hook.
The idea is to make the meat hard for the turtle to chew off the hook.
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i always kind of enjoyed catching the occasional turtle. especially the leatherbacks (a.k.a. softshell turtles, elephant turtles). they make for a pretty good frisbee after you get the hook out.
y'all might enjoy killing and eating the turtles, but there's one that's becoming extinct in the south that's also getting somewhat popular up north. it's called an "Alligator snapper." so if you manage to catch one of those on your pole or your turtle trap, the game warden would appreciate it if you'd turn him over for relocation. i believe (but i'm not positive) that the thing that differs between a normal snapper and an alligator snapper are the spikes on the rear of the shell. be careful though because they can bite harder than a normal snapper.
y'all might enjoy killing and eating the turtles, but there's one that's becoming extinct in the south that's also getting somewhat popular up north. it's called an "Alligator snapper." so if you manage to catch one of those on your pole or your turtle trap, the game warden would appreciate it if you'd turn him over for relocation. i believe (but i'm not positive) that the thing that differs between a normal snapper and an alligator snapper are the spikes on the rear of the shell. be careful though because they can bite harder than a normal snapper.
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I just wanted to tell you all that here lately ole river scum has been a better turtle catcher then flatheads. The last 3 trips we went out on he has caught 3 very nice turtles. In the range of 20-30 #lbs.
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I have a buddy @ work that raises those furry creators. Just might have to try some of those inards. Surprisingly no cats from it. Oh river scum has the nack of catching turtlesarmynavy said:
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ya. to tell them apart the shell is a dead give away. the snapper has a round shell with semi smooth plates. the alligator snapper will have elongated points ate the rear of shell and as the grow in size the plates on the top of shell will begin to raise and point as well. they also have a little thing on thier tougue that looks like a worm. they open thier mouths under water and wiggle it like a worm and when a minnow or other lil creature comes to eat the worm its usually a decapitation. i do not suggest looking for this feature though. ya might be eating with the other hand.
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i hate catchin turtles when fishin :cursing: i had hooked a huge snapper a few weeks back, im guessin over 20lbs, and it snapped my pole in half. that was a bad day of fishin right there. since i cant stand these turtles and will eat anything once, how do ya clean a turtle and get all the meat off?
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I love catching turtle! Specially when the fish arnt biting. I think it is amusing to make the snappers run in circles after bait, even after they just got poked by a hook no less than 30 seconds ago. LOL Stupid turtles(said with a voice like Patrick Star from spongbob).
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Turtles used to drive me nuts at certatin lakes i would fish. Eat all my mackeral, try to steal bluegill off the stringer, chase my bobbers and get hooked off of my panfish bait. The funny thing is in my main cat area I fish, I hadn't ever seen one until this year suddenlly they started popping up.
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Alligator snappers are protected here in Arkansas. If you catch one, either remove the hook (dangerous), or simply cut the line. Incidentally, snappers can and will strike just like a rattlesnake. They often draw their head most of the way before they strike, but they don't have to do that first. Their strike is as fast as a snake, and the neck is much longer than most people realize. I've seen a snapper come within a couple of inches of reaching a guy's hand where he was holding it up by the tail.
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