Almost got skunked !

thank goodness the water gods were smiling on me
I got turtled instead .....:Rofl:Rofl
my bud said how come you never go down to the river anymore ?
i said because 2 years ago the river QUIT in most places i hit .
the big flood a few years back and then all the repairs left all my spots VOID of crappie .
where we would often hammer and ketch big numbers and even big fish ....
now nothing , you might be lucky enough to get bream bites some days :banghead
well he kept after me about it and i said what the heck why not ....
below are a couple of images of why not .....
winter turtles are hitting chart jigs though if you are interested in ,,,,,
getting turtled for a change of pace :Rofl

soups on !!!! :Rofl

Probably not a happy critter at all

Awesome Ketchn, tell me how do you knock the scales off that. More important question, you mention flood waters and reduced or no crappie catch now. We have had numerous tropical storms and the wettest year on record. Our river catch has been reduced by 50% or more since the last 5-6 years of excessive, repeated, flooding of the Pearl River. You think a mortality rate increase with the flooding or relocation?

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Awesome Ketchn, tell me how do you knock the scales off that. More important question, you mention flood waters and reduced or no crappie catch now. We have had numerous tropical storms and the wettest year on record. Our river catch has been reduced by 50% or more since the last 5-6 years of excessive, repeated, flooding of the Pearl River. You think a mortality rate increase with the flooding or relocation?

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the jury is out my friend , can't decide where they went , but in almost all the branches of the mighty trinity river the crappie are gone .
dont think it is mortality related , more likely changes in the cover and the baitfish agenda and that sort of thing ?
i thought for the longest that it was a relocation thing , but where is the million dollar question .

Hey Ketch. Just asking, but is it hard to get the bait out of its mouth a and return it healthy? (Not snappers! They’re on their own!:yikes)
Bob

Turtle soup is great but that sized turtle might just make a cup-o-soup. Just sayin.......

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Turtle soup is great but that sized turtle might just make a cup-o-soup. Just sayin.......

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a cup o turtle soup on a cold day sounds good to me !

Ketchn will retrain that turtle into a fish finder.

I prefer soft shells for soup or eatin!
Good job on at least checking it out.


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Hey Ketch. Just asking, but is it hard to get the bait out of its mouth a and return it healthy? (Not snappers! They’re on their own!:yikes)
Bob

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quite tricky , it is always my hope they want to cooperate and it isnt in them very far down .
a turtle that don't cooperate is not fun to deal with , just saying

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I prefer soft shells for soup or eatin!
Good job on at least checking it out.


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best table fare turtle wise i ever et and i et it often was snapper when i was a kid .
kinda roast beef like texture and shredded and in a wine sauce of some sort , i traded/sold larger snapping turtles for soup when i was young to a fancy high end food establishment in Pa.
50 cents a lb was my sell price and about 8 bucks was my highest dollar amount , but back then that was pretty large bucks for a kid .....:Rofl

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best table fare turtle wise i ever et and i et it often was snapper when i was a kid .
kinda roast beef like texture and shredded and in a wine sauce of some sort , i traded/sold larger snapping turtles for soup when i was young to a fancy high end food establishment in Pa.
50 cents a lb was my sell price and about 8 bucks was my highest dollar amount , but back then that was pretty large bucks for a kid .....:Rofl

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Eight bucks was a nice chunk when I was a kid.
Bob

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Eight bucks was a nice chunk when I was a kid.
Bob

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at $.25 a gallon for gas and a dime for a loaf a bread , yes sir , this kid was steppin in pretty high cotton for sure :highfive
you could fill a lunch sack full of candy for 10 cents back then ,we used to hit a spot with a dime and come out with a really nice assortment of 3 to 5 for a penny candy :Cowboy
think I spent most of it on sporting goods though , could get lots of line and hooks and sinkers and etc with that kind of cash back when .

Those turtles hit chartreuse lures pretty good here in Alabama too my friend. I just do not care for turtle soup so I just cut the line and fish for more Crappie.

Mike

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at $.25 a gallon for gas and a dime for a loaf a bread , yes sir , this kid was steppin in pretty high cotton for sure :highfive
you could fill a lunch sack full of candy for 10 cents back then ,we used to hit a spot with a dime and come out with a really nice assortment of 3 to 5 for a penny candy :Cowboy
think I spent most of it on sporting goods though , could get lots of line and hooks and sinkers and etc with that kind of cash back when .

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When I was a kid, I cut grass with a push mower for my cash. if I got $5 for cutting a yard, I thought the cops would come looking for me for stealing!
Most times I only got $2-3 for front and back. That was the late 60s.

1965 was the time frame for me it began as I remember , and around late 60z was when I became a force to be reckoned with in the turtle world :Rofl