There was a turtle crossing the road the other day and I just missed him. Was a very busy road with a Golfcourse on both sides of the road. Not much other 'wild' areas there but a nice stream that went through the golfcourse. Poor thing.
A few weeks ago we were out fishing at the lake and my mom caught a large red eared slider and my dad caught some other snapper a few minutes later. They were caught with an ordanary fishing pole and tackle. Kind of a shock for my parents as they have never caught anything but fish, till they moved here to TX!!
Can you imagine how many hooks these Lake Turtles have in them!! There is no way to get the hook out, all you can do is cut the line as close to them as possible. I just feel sorry for the ones that people catch and abuse or kill. But there is no way to keep them from taking your fishook! We just move to a different place to fish if the turtles start to bite the hook.
here are picks of the ones they caught:
This one looks like it was hit by one too many boats! But the cracks were solid and seemed to be healed.