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What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? #13537907 04/28/20 05:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 77 Tyler, Texas R RTM OP Outdoorsman
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Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13537929 04/28/20 06:18 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,578 Austin fivebites TFF Team Angler
fivebites TFF Team Angler Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,578 Austin	Probably gar. Or bowfin. 2019 Chevy Tahoe 2018 Basscat Eyra 250 Proxs PB Wife of 32 years! PB Largemouth 9.56 Ray Roberts

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13537931 04/28/20 06:19 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,578 Austin fivebites TFF Team Angler
fivebites TFF Team Angler Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,578 Austin	Probably gar. Or bowfin. Got any gators in there? Maybe small gators too. 2019 Chevy Tahoe 2018 Basscat Eyra 250 Proxs PB Wife of 32 years! PB Largemouth 9.56 Ray Roberts

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13537966 04/28/20 06:44 PM
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5Redman8 TFF Team Angler 5 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,892 Poetry	Infection in tail from spawning

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13537975 04/28/20 06:51 PM
Joined: May 2019 Posts: 6,815 Pilot Point, TX, Denton A avid_basser TFF Celebrity
avid_basser TFF Celebrity A Joined: May 2019 Posts: 6,815 Pilot Point, TX, Denton	That's called fin rot from spawning. They fan the beds pretty hard and doing so it rub it's raw opening their tail area for infection. That fish should be healthy in a few weeks pending it was released back to continue life.

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: fivebites] #13538099 04/28/20 08:20 PM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 Boerne, Texas J jnogreen Outdoorsman
jnogreen Outdoorsman J Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 161 Boerne, Texas	I Call Fishing is....

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13538102 04/28/20 08:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 7,616 somervell county 3 361V TFF Celebrity
361V TFF Celebrity 3 Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 7,616 somervell county	Dang nice fish regardless! Private water? And I have caught some spawning bass through the years that had some pretty worn down/bloody tails but that second pic sure looks chomped on! Last edited by 361V; 04/28/20 08:25 PM.

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13538207 04/28/20 09:09 PM
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lconn4 TFF Guru L Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 22,507 Cherokee County	Looks like Palestine. A good rule of angling philosophy is not to interfere with another fisherman's ways of being happy, unless you want to be hated. Zane Grey, Tales of Fishes, 1919 https://vimeo.com/73372194 https://vimeo.com/72859045

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13538239 04/28/20 09:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,516 Dallas, TX Ken A. Groovy
Ken A. Groovy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,516 Dallas, TX	Originally Posted by RTM Wow Doc that top fish is a Hog!

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13538575 04/29/20 02:05 AM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 378 Gilmer, Tx S Statton48 Angler
Statton48 Angler S Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 378 Gilmer, Tx	Not saying you did it or if that’s what it even is..... but looks like a bad snag mark to me. 2nd one, no idea.

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13538692 04/29/20 03:56 AM
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Donald Harper TFF Guru Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 19,790 Justin, TX.	Wow! No telling what caused that on the second fish. Each person you work with holds some promise to your future success. Websiite Sponsors: www.eletewater.com - Staying Hydrated www.lakeoviachic.com - Booking Mexico Trips 20 Hot Spot Mapping - GPS Contour Chips - Custom Spinner Baits - Jigs -Spooks Pure Extracts - Minnow-Night Crawler-Crayfish-Craylic

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13538739 04/29/20 05:09 AM
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Flippin-Out TFF Team Angler F Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 4,724 Magnolia, TX	I think a turtle is too slow. Gators won't chase fish very much even as they're lazy, not that Texas has a lot of gators. My vote goes to alligator gar.

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13538855 04/29/20 12:25 PM
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Okie Poke TFF Guru Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,417 Ratcliff, AR	That's what you call "Workin' a bed to the bone"! Great fish, btw.... 😎 Dallas Cowboys....eventual Superbowl Champions 😎

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: RTM] #13539277 04/29/20 05:15 PM
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bloo_rainger TFF Guru B Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 14,450 Tarrant	I had to trim that tail a couple of weeks ago so it wouldn't be in the slot...……...

Re: What's biting tails off. Snapping turtle? [Re: bloo_rainger] #13539466 04/29/20 08:16 PM
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Duck_Hunter TFF Guru Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 29,827 North Texas	Originally Posted by bloo_rainger I had to trim that tail a couple of weeks ago so it wouldn't be in the slot...……... With a hatchet?

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