To those who wanted to know what state I'm in, how deep is lake turtlemike, and what fish are in there go to thread, "pictures from turtle mike Nov 23 ,2008 7:15:50 pm. above " Seans unnamed blue hybrid". I have no exact idea how many turtles there are in my ponds. They roam freely and are some times spotted over at a neighbors pond about a half mile away and then they return later. There's at least 4 or 5 big females and a big male. And a few 4 or 5 in. ones from a previous hatching along with about 20 or so newly released 3 to 4 inchers. and this year I found 4 nests totaling 57 eggs 54 of which hatched and are hibernating in there own pool in the green house along with 4 or 5 others from the previous hatching that just weren't big enough to release. They are wild turtles I just give them a helping hand and I'm creating a lot of habitat for them so they will have lots of nice safe new ponds to grow up in. turtles do eat lilies but I have so many it doesn't mater. there favorite lily to eat is laydekery fulgens until I got enough of it they would barely let it grow. Yes very rewarding to the spirit. mike