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RE: THE ANIMALS NEAR US - BIG TURTLES

in #animals7 years ago

Just last weekend, we were fishing at the Turtle Flambeau Flowage in northern Wisconsin. We had two northern pike on a stringer near shore, patiently waiting for the evening fish fry. A snapping turtle chewed off the lower jaw of one of the pike and freed it from the stringer. It was starting to swim off with it when one of our group saw what was happening. He scared off the snapper and retrieved the pike, who was still in fine shape and able to attend dinner. Later that afternoon I netted a smaller snapper (8 inch shell) and relocated him to the other end of the island. Turtles can be so much fun. Woo hoo!

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They sure do like fish on a stringer. I think your mother in law once had a snapper enjoying her stringer of bluegills.

I think I recall that also. Smart critter. So much easier catching fish when they're lip-cuffed.

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