Turtle Group Buy?

[myjohnson]

Off topic, side step on fish. Have you looked into this?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...97&pcatid=1897

Huh? I'm lost to the connection ....if any.

[barrettsline]

Huh? I'm lost to the connection ....if any.

Said he wanted a gar as well. Some of us tryin to help the man out. Epic fail on you.

[barrettsline]

That's weak, I want something that can do some damage.

I agree, but are you gonna get a bigger tank? Or is this another impulse thing?

[dblondfemme]

EVERYTHING is impulse with EK hahaha
Up in Maryland, we had a feeder stream between the C&O canal and the Potomac River. We ALWAYS had HUGE snappers (don't think they were the alligator kind) laying eggs in the bar pit (where the railroad would toss the used cross ties when they replaced the ones under the tracks). I remember catching them for a a neighbor who made turtle soup...always had a pot boiling out back of his house.
A few years back I was visiting and my dog Scooby (RIP) was barking like mad. I poked my head out the window.... and there was a snapper larger than a larger metal trash can lid. Up there, they are considered a nuisance animal and a danger to small children. My dad took it out with a .22. If I remember correctly, the shell had a diameter of 37".... We didn't measure stretched head to tail... because they can still snap when dead -nerves still active for a while after death. I will just say, it could have easily taken off my arm.
Just a little story for fun ;-) Luckily Scooby was smart enough to bark from a distance.

[eklikewhoa]

Reba couldn't have said it any better.

[makatak123]

If you want a turtle the bayou near my hose has all kinds of turtles.

[eklikewhoa]

Every bayou has turtles. I'm looking for a baby alligator snapper or the like

[barrettsline]

Caught one today but it was to big even for your 180.

[eklikewhoa]

You didn't catch it if it stopped your car in the road... it caught you.

[barrettsline]

Na I bit the hook. Although it could have stopped the truck. Shell was easily 18-20" in diameter. Was going for some native Texas cichlids for the pond. No luck though did catch some good size tilapia and some mosquito fish. Mosquito fish are in the pond everything else got thrown back.

[madugo]

a baby softshell turtle with fine sandy bottom is also very interesting...

[eklikewhoa]

The Florida soft shells look awesome.

[makatak123]

I looked in the bayou and I am pretty sure I saw either a baby snapper or a baby alligator

[eklikewhoa]

what size was this baby and was it in the water? These things are hard to catch once they are in the water cause they dive.

[barrettsline]

Ek, what's a max size that your looking for?