Distracting things

[SKs Crappie Catching Adventures]

and here is the new fish finder in the flesh , finds fish faster than a jack rabbit in rattlesnake country by golly

Cool..... Are you feeding it live meat yet?

[Ketchn]

Cool..... Are you feeding it live meat yet?

mosquito minnows about a dozen at a time , eats about 9 or 10 as soon as the sunsets , the other 2 or 3 make it about 1 or 2 more days , the goldfish that is in that tank is some kinda jumpy right now i tell ya .
really tuned in fast to seeing humans and coming for food and begging , took it about 2 days to figure out who drops food in the tank

[BobC]

Looks like a small snapper!
Bob

[Ketchn]

Looks like a small snapper!
Bob

yes sir ,a common snapper , before anyone goes and gets all kinds of alligator snapper sideways about it in our aquarium .
sure has what is quite common in them with a real bad boy attitude and a strike that will outpace lightning it seems .
about the size of a chicken egg and around 1 year old , not a this year hatchling .
our "pancake" turtle (aka softshell turtle ) that was in there grew up from hatchling to pancake size and got replaced with this one .
it is amazing to see how large of a food item a tiny snapper can engulf in a single strike
we are currently on a chicken innards diet supplemented with mosquito minnows and some crappie trimmings too ....
it is totally deadly in the dark and reduces a live minnow population FAST .
it managed to ketch the last rosey red in the aquarium that was about a year old and very turtle wise the first night !

[DockShootinJack]

It will be munching on crappie minnows in no time

[DockShootinJack]

Funny how quickly they become accustomed to being fed

[Ketchn]

Funny how quickly they become accustomed to being fed

this is why we can't take them back to where we find them , they must go way remote from humans when we release them , otherwise they will be headless turtles in no time

[BobC]

this is why we can't take them back to where we find them , they must go way remote from humans when we release them , otherwise they will be headless turtles in no time

Man, that’s the truth…they are an apex predator and about as foul tempered as they come. Fear isn’t in their DNA!
Bob

[Ketchn]

Man, that’s the truth…they are an apex predator and about as foul tempered as they come. Fear isn’t in their DNA!
Bob

the speed of the strike is just amazing , to watch one eat food ,with the kids is REALLY fun ,it never fails how the kiddos jump like they hit an electric fence on the strike
my 9 year old and my grandson both had the same reaction ,oh look at the turtle , he is hungry and WHAM ! gone in one strike is the food at about 2 seconds faster than the speed of lightning

[BobC]

Yes, no doubt a good practical lesson. It won’t take long for them to connect the dots and realize that’s how fast a finger would disappear….
Bob