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MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: Matt on August 08, 2008, 09:13:57 PM

Title: For you nature geeks!
Post by: Matt on August 08, 2008, 09:13:57 PM
With all this talk about rare animals in the lake. I thought I would share my find from this last weekend. I caught a Florida soft shelled turtle on Saturday. I spoke with elachee nature center and they said there have been some seen in the lake but its super rare. For the people that have never seen these turtles they are pretty ugly. I had to fight pretty hard to get him to the boat.

(http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o61/matthewlingerfelt/Camping%20July%2008/DSC00648.jpg)

He was pretty pissed off. I hooked his foot. Mouth was wide open in this one.
(http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o61/matthewlingerfelt/Camping%20July%2008/DSC00647.jpg)
Title: Re: For you nature geeks!
Post by: ADAM on August 08, 2008, 09:41:19 PM
i didnt know daniel went swimming in the lake :D
Title: Re: For you nature geeks!
Post by: Krawler00 on August 08, 2008, 10:59:37 PM
Man, he got uglier!
Title: Re: For you nature geeks!
Post by: Jimmy on August 08, 2008, 11:21:57 PM
I've seen one before, they are about ugly as sin. Do they bite like a snapper? I've don't know much about them. Supposedly there are snappers in the pond by my parents' house with 1 ft. diameter shells, I definitly don't want to find either of them, haha.
Title: Re: For you nature geeks!
Post by: Will on August 09, 2008, 12:28:32 AM
We've caught alligator snappers in my pond in Lagrange. They're shells are about 2 feet. They get a lot bigger than that too. There's a cool story about one, but I'll save that for swimming at Doug's cabin  ;D
Title: Re: For you nature geeks!
Post by: PARK on August 19, 2008, 08:27:24 AM
Quote from: Adam on August 08, 2008, 09:41:19 PM
i didnt know daniel went swimming in the lake :D

deformed turttle?
Title: Re: For you nature geeks!
Post by: TJ-xtreme on August 20, 2008, 04:55:56 PM
that thing is ugly, what lake is that? I caught a garr in alatoona two years ago, talk about ugly, and dangerous too, we cut it up and threw it back in for the catfish...
Title: Re: For you nature geeks!
Post by: Matt on August 20, 2008, 07:59:02 PM
That was out of lanier. I was fishing for catfish at the time I caught it.