anyone turtle

[catfish hunter]

does anyone else here turtle during the summer ,I go at least 2 days a week ,I usually set my lines right before dark and pick them up when the sun comes up

last year I caught almost a hundred of these tasty critters

[catfish hunter]

here is a shell of one that I caught this summer it is shaped like a horse saddle ,I caught it 2 years before this but let it go this time I ate him

[catfish hunter]

one more shot of him

[Flukedood]

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Only when its cold!!

My granfather used to love catching turtles.. He caught some big ole snappers..

[woodrufflou]

dude, charlie. Cant wait til we go again.

[Hotrod]

What do they taste like?

And don't say Turtle  or Chicken

[robsrodnreel]

i hope to go a few times this year,,hint hint

[catfish hunter]

when the season opens we wil have to do a group trip guys ,they taste like nothing I can describe ,they have a couple different meats light and dark but my wife and I enjoy them

[catfish hunter]

dude, charlie. Cant wait til we go again.

cant wait to hear you scream again when the big boy comes in the boat

[catfish hunter]

woodruff here is your skull ,it is the biggest I ever did

[robsrodnreel]

dude, thats pretty awesome

[catfish hunter]

dude, thats pretty awesome

this year I am gonna sell them online ,I got one or two left if you want one I give it to you

[catfish hunter]

here is one more pic

[robsrodnreel]

thanks for the offer. but i want a skull from a turtle I catch, or hope to catch for that matter.

[drome]

How in the world do you catch that thing.... and how do you cook something like that?

[shadyvito]

Maybe I'm just too much of a city boy cause I couldn't eat turtle.  I would get out to my cousin's house in Gibbsboro a couple times a month and we would go down to the golf course and catch turtles for his turtle pond (when he came to the city we would shoot rats with bb guns).  One time we caught a snapper about the size you're holding up and we named him Dino.  That thing actually climbed a four foot fence trying to escape.  They sat and watched him and when he got to the other size they through him in the truck and let him go at a pond.

[catfish hunter]

How in the world do you catch that thing.... and how do you cook something like that?

In rivers and deeper parts of lakes I run jugs and trot lines for them and let them sit over night ,in swamps and mud flats I walk and look for them then run up behind them and grab them .in tidal creeks I go into the muskrat holes and pull them out .they are a pain to clean but well worth it once you learn how to cook them ,we make stews, soups,burgers,jerky and a bunch of other things

[shadyvito]

That turtle skull looks great so it got me wondering what other kinds of bones they got in em.  I gotta do a Google search on that.  Great thread.

[catfish hunter]

That turtle skull looks great so it got me wondering what other kinds of bones they got in em.  I gotta do a Google search on that.  Great thread.

what do you mean other bones,they have arms and legs,we use most of the turtle ,I give a guy from my town the claws and he makes necklaces out of them for his bluegrass bands,skulls we sell and shells we sell ,this year I want to make a clock out of a shell

[shadyvito]

I was wondering what bones were under the shell.