Alligator snapper

Hooked into this angry fella Saturday he wanted my fingers in a bad way

I hope you reported it. They are an endangered species

That turtle has a big smile!

Yes Sir it can do some damage to some fingers for sure!

Saw one in Lake Nacogdoches a few weeks ago that was at least 3' across on the shell with about a 5 or 6" diameter head.

, thanks for sharing....

I release them safe and sound back to there swampy home I've caught three at this same spot so far this being the smallest of them they sure are heavy fellows it's a workout lifting the net with 100 pounds of snapping turtle 8n it

That why I don’t noodle for catfish!

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This fella was driving on a Louisiana back country road, LOST ! He stopped in front of a house because he was lost, there was a young teenager there.. The fella asked him for directions. While asking for directions, the fella was hearing a ruckus from in the house. He ask, what is all that noise from inside his house? the teen replied ( MAMA IS FIXING DINNER BUT THE TURTLE IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE OVEN )

Would hate to find him while noodling

That's an awesome picture. There's one living in the back of Birch Creek at Fork that could swallow that turtle whole. Father in law and I saw it about 15 years ago. If I tried to explain to ya'll how big this thing was, you'd tell me I was drunk or high or both. Those snapping turtles are pretty amazing animals and can live to be 200-300 years old.

I caught one on a jug line many years ago that I was able to get the weight pretty close to 135 pounds. Another was caught out of the same private lake that went over 160 pounds. That one ended up in the Tyler zoo.

I saw that one a few years ago as well. I remember telling my fishing buddy that someone had dumped a table in the water and he said it a turtle. He was right!

Holy [censored]!

No I wouldn't as my brother and I saw it within a couple years of that. "Tom, what the hell is that?" after it surfaced about ten yards behind the boat. "I hope it's the biggest turtle I've ever seen, but we're not sticking around to find out." Vroom, Vroom

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