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Huge Snapping Turtle #14672472 03/27/23 01:40 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 183 S slopez OP Outdoorsman
OP slopez Outdoorsman S Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 183	My nephew and I were fishing a slough (sp?) on Lake Winnsboro yesterday. He thought he was hung up. He was, on the biggest snapping turtle I have ever even heard of, much less seen. He snagged on the side, and it was not happy. this is a picture of its head. The second pic is its side. This thing was 3 1/2 feet across. Its feet were as big as my hands. He fought it for about 10 min before I cut the line for him. We just wanted to get another look at it. We were in awe. The pictures dont do it justice.

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14672547 03/27/23 02:37 PM
Joined: May 2019 Posts: 9,405 Pilot Point, TX, Denton A avid_basser TFF Celebrity
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Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14672548 03/27/23 02:37 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 28,980 Temple, TX. T Bird TFF Guru
T Bird TFF Guru Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 28,980 Temple, TX.	Okie by birth, Texan by choice. USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14672550 03/27/23 02:40 PM
Joined: Sep 2017 Posts: 5,861 Dallas,& Freestone counties P pop r TFF Celebrity
pop r TFF Celebrity P Joined: Sep 2017 Posts: 5,861 Dallas,& Freestone counties

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14672556 03/27/23 02:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,845 Caddo Mills, TX A Allen Bass Fisher TFF Team Angler
Allen Bass Fisher TFF Team Angler A Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,845 Caddo Mills, TX	WOW!

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14673254 03/27/23 11:57 PM
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Capt BB Outdoorsman C Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 46 Lake Fork	Holy cow! Boeing--> Airbus--> Phoenix 20PHX

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14673323 03/28/23 12:45 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 11,028 Magnolia, Texas R Rayzor TFF Guru
Rayzor TFF Guru R Joined: May 2008 Posts: 11,028 Magnolia, Texas	Did you "lip em"? Be safe, Rayzor 2001 Triton Tx-21/225 Mercury EFI

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14673422 03/28/23 02:43 AM
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cob TFF Team Angler Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,309 Central Texas	Found from Trinity river east in Texas. TPWD considers them a threatened species. Some people go to church and think about fishing. Some go fishing and think about God.

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14673438 03/28/23 02:48 AM
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Texan Til I Die TFF Guru T Joined: May 2009 Posts: 10,968 Deep in the Heart of Texas	"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14673495 03/28/23 05:02 AM
Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 224 Grand Prairie Tx.75051 S Skeeter4x4 Outdoorsman
Skeeter4x4 Outdoorsman S Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 224 Grand Prairie Tx.75051	I saw one on fork I SWEAR shell was 5-6' wide Adam Ramirez

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14673779 03/28/23 02:32 PM
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Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14674551 03/29/23 01:36 AM
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Tommar TFF Celebrity T Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 5,032 Denison	That’s why I don’t noodle for catfish! US Army and TXARNG 1984-2014 Gulf War 90-91 Iraq 2004-05 A'stan 2009 VFW Post Commander 2013-15

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: Tommar] #14676514 03/30/23 07:42 PM
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K5RCD Outdoorsman K Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 159	Be careful with those Snappers. If one clamps down on you, it won't let loose till it thunders!

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14676686 03/30/23 09:33 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 44,599 Arlington butch sanders TFF Guru
butch sanders TFF Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 44,599 Arlington	that is ancient did you snag his shell?

Re: Huge Snapping Turtle [Re: slopez] #14677423 03/31/23 02:26 PM
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Gray_Ghost9 Outdoorsman G Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 105	That looks big, only seen one other and it was at Lavon.

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