snappers n more snappers

[brandonh]

this is for those who like common snapping turtles. here in pa is a hot spot

[stephanbakir]

Great pics, I catch em all the time for the Folk Festival! Great animals to work with.

[brandonh]

Thanks, ya i find them often here along the river.
the are pretty amazing reptiles

[stephanbakir]

I had to swim down and catch a few big ones, interesting experience!
Quick question, are these in a closed water source, or a river?

[alessia55]

There's a river with a path that runs alongside it here in Philly and we see turtles like those all the time there

[brandonh]

the turtles are all on the bank right next to the river. this spot is muddy and very calm back water. do you have any pics of your turtles finds ?
i would love to see them

ya same here runs right down the center of the city
i did not no that philly had a river like that.
are the snappers there in philly too?

[alessia55]

Originally Posted by brandonh

the turtles are all on the bank right next to the river. this spot is muddy and very calm back water. do you have any pics of your turtles finds ?
i would love to see them

ya same here runs right down the center of the city
i did not no that philly had a river like that.
are the snappers there in philly too?

Yup! We have snappers here too

[youngster]

I go snorkeling in my local pond for these all the time. Real nice pics!

[brandonh]

awesome,

amazing how well they adapt to a river that is flowing through a city

we also have a nice number of spiny soft shells here too.
can see bunches of them up on rocks basking in the sun during the day

[brandonh]

there was a shallow pond up the road i would fish and end up catching snappers instead. it was full of them before it was drained.

[millertime89]

you can't find a small lake/large pond around here that doesn't have a resident common snapper. I tend to catch the same one whenever I go fishing. its a good spot, he's just always there, when I can manage to haul him in without breaking my 5lb test, I usually can find a hook or two embedded in his foot.

[brandonh]

Originally Posted by millertime89

you can't find a small lake/large pond around here that doesn't have a resident common snapper. I tend to catch the same one whenever I go fishing. its a good spot, he's just always there, when I can manage to haul him in without breaking my 5lb test, I usually can find a hook or two embedded in his foot.

5lbs would be a heck of a fight with a snapping turtle.
i get them in the river when cat fishing but i normally use 30lbs for cats.
they don't put up much fight with that unless it has some good size to it.

[stephanbakir]

We have a few monsters here that get to about 45lbs, you go fishing and they follow like a bunch of (censor)
Last year I had a massive pickrel (I believe you guys call them walleyes?) on my fish chain as well as a 3lb rainbow trout, I was heading for home and noticed the shell, the trout was gone, minus the head and the pickrel was ripped in half

[brandonh]

chain pickerel ?
i would be really mad if a snapper took my fish.
i like turtles but they can find there own fish lol

[stephanbakir]

They were on a fish chain