James RickardThe sport of lost fingers
October 13th 2009 01:34
Not all turtles nave a nasty disposition.
A while back I was talking about catfish and mentioned a practice known as "noodling"--where you take your bare hands and stick them into crevices under water and try and grab, I thought, a catfish.
In another post I mentioned this nasty habit I have of letting reading material stack up.
Put the two together and you have the makings of this post.
A few weeks ago there was an article by Deborah Weisberg in the Sunday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In another post I mentioned this nasty habit I have of letting reading material stack up.
Put the two together and you have the makings of this post.
A few weeks ago there was an article by Deborah Weisberg in the Sunday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Although this blog is supposed to be about fishing, it's difficult, if not down right impossible, to not hook a turtle now and then if you do much angling.
Turtles sometimes bite when you're going after other species. Although they're usually found in marshy territory, I can attest you'll find them in rivers, ponds, or lakes. Common fishing baits they bite on include night crawlers and chicken livers. A quick thinker is going to put two and two together and ask if turtles are a by product of catfishing. Yeah!
One of the most dangerous turtles you can run across is the common snapping turtle. Snappers range from Canada into Central-America and are noted for their nasty disposition, willingness to attack almost anything, and a neck and head that extends almost half their shell circumference.
Although many people look at a baby turtle and think, "Oh, how cute," just remember that a baby turtle can double, or even triple its size in only a year or two!
Although many people look at a baby turtle and think, "Oh, how cute," just remember that a baby turtle can double, or even triple its size in only a year or two!
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I think accidentally hooking a turtle is one of the worst experiences an angler can have.
There you are, fishing the bottom, trying to land whatever the local favorite may be. You start to reel in, and tip of your rod starts to bend. Then, it bends more and a little more until you figure you must be snagged.
Cursing and tugging, all of a sudden you feel SPLOOSH and whatever it was holding your line comes free.
"Must be a tree limb," you think reeling in. And then you see it. And I've yet to see a turtle that doesn't swallow the hook!
Remember to take the hooks outta yer pocket before ya sit down!
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Comment by katyzzz
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reminds me of Alice in Wonderland,
We had a teacher at school, we called him tortoise, he was a turtle,
Why did you call him tortoise if he was a turtle,
because he taught us, silly!
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