Snapping Turtles

[GoetsTalon]

Just got a email from the Ohio State Trappers that effective July first that the minimum size on snappers is eleven inches now. Thats better than the thirteen inch limit. Looks like i'm going to have to bust the old turtle trap out and see if i can still catch them lol!!!

 

[jagermeister]

I think it was a good move. 13" is a big ass turtle. 11 is definitely more reasonable.

 

[nathan.luthman]

Did anyone else know that it is legal to shoot a turtle (or frog) with a bow... think i might try it

 

[Bigslam51]

Frogs I think u can, not sure about turtles, that would be a tough shot.

 

[nathan.luthman]

Ohio dnr website

 

[jagermeister]

Carpn and I have shot frogs with bows. Very fun.

 

[GoetsTalon]

I think it was a good move. 13" is a big ass turtle. 11 is definitely more reasonable.

I have two 11"s and one 12 incher hanging on the wall but no 13. Same for my buddy that has a lot of shells. His biggest is a 12. I helped a big one off the road a couple weeks ago that would have been legal.

 

[Curran]

Mmmmm turtle. It's been a while since I've had some, but they're definitely worth the effort it takes to clean them up.

 

[Jackalope]

Caught this fella on a limb line yesterday. He was hooked in the mouth so the release was pretty easy.

 

[Blan37]

Caught this fella on a limb line yesterday. He was hooked in the mouth so the release was pretty easy.

You get any catfish?

 

[oakswamper]

Just got a email from the Ohio State Trappers that effective July first that the minimum size on snappers is eleven inches now. Thats better than the thirteen inch limit. Looks like i'm going to have to bust the old turtle trap out and see if i can still catch them lol!!!

I had some great spots on the Toussaint creek from Bradner road to Fostoria road growing up, caught a lot. A little far to drive now lol

 

[Jackalope]

You get any catfish?

Yeah. Travis and I set out 26 lines and released that snapper, a soft shell, 5 channels about a foot long, a yellow belly and kept 8 chanels about 18-24 inches long. Chunked one about 18 inches on the skinning table because his meat was lemon yellow. Had almost a gallon of filets. All in all not bad. 50% catch rate, 30% keepers.

 

[Blan37]

Nice!

 

[GoetsTalon]

I had some great spots on the Toussaint creek from Bradner road to Fostoria road growing up, caught a lot. A little far to drive now lol

yeah that's right down the road from me. I usually set cedar creek in lake township.

 

[finelyshedded]

Yeah. Travis and I set out 26 lines and released that snapper, a soft shell, 5 channels about a foot long, a yellow belly and kept 8 chanels about 18-24 inches long. Chunked one about 18 inches on the skinning table because his meat was lemon yellow. Had almost a gallon of filets. All in all not bad. 50% catch rate, 30% keepers.

Very nice haul Joe! It's great you're showing Travis the way to do it buddy! Great stuff!

 

[Jackalope]

Very nice haul Joe! It's great you're showing Travis the way to do it buddy! Great stuff!

Right now I'm just trying to show him he doesn't have to run around every waking minute with his nose up his girlfriends ass.

 

[Beentown]

Right now I'm just trying to show him he doesn't have to run around every waking minute with his nose up his girlfriends ass.

Hard to compete with that vagina. Lol

Hopefully you teach him to leave them wanting more, not owning you. Well, I am sure your teaching it to him just hope he can see the value.

 

[bowhunter1023]

This is a pic of a pic, so sorry about the quality. Anyone else see this? Don't laugh too hard, but my uncle works with a guy who says this is his nephew in the pic and the turtle came from near Cotty in the Jefferson County area. Supposedly they pulled it out near a tributary to the Ohio. No specs on size other than its massive as fugg!

 

[Bigslam51]

Holy shit that's a big ass turtle! I remember years ago when my grandparents lived on Atwood lake in the house my grandpa built. The house sat back in a little cove of the lake and one day they had a huge snapper in the back yard. Grandpa ended up killing it, I remember him bringing it to our house in the trunk of his Chevy lumina and that bastard took up every inch of space in that trunk lol

 

[Buckmaster]

That looks like a pig stuffed inside a shell.