The Hard Way on the Upper End

[rps]

Went out early this morning to fish for bass. I have a possession limit of walleye in my freezer. I started with a top water.

Fishermen catch turtles all the time.  Cat fishers catch them on trot lines and on bottom bait with set rods and reels. Sometimes people fishing crank baits will snag one. Amateurs, one and all. I caught mine this morning when it slurped down a top water. Thought I had a heck of a fish until I brought it up near the boat. Has anyone else tried to take a treble hook out of the mouth of a turtle? It isn't easy. Once I got it out I had to reshape it.

I did catch one bass on top water. I caught three others fishing a jig on a drop off into the channel. I caught 6 fishing a Ned on a 60 degree bank on a channel swing. Not one fish was a keeper, but I had fun.

 

[Guest]

was that the hook or the turtle that needed reshaping😃?

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[Carl W]

I had a buddy that caught a snake and a turtle in the same trip. The snake was interesting because I was like don’t bring that thing in the boat. Haha. 

[dan hufferd]

There is some talk of a fish kill (mostly walleye) did you see any ?

 

[rps]

12 hours ago, dan hufferd said:

There is some talk of a fish kill (mostly walleye) did you see any ?

 

None up at this end.

[bluebasser86]

I caught one on a jerkbait in a tournament on the rock last April that I thought was going to be a giant largemouth. Back of a small pocket, line just lazy started to tighten on the pause, sweep into a lot of weight and something moving slow, had a big slider snagged.

 

At least it wasn't a snapper. I got this snapper on a wacky rig during one or our little Thursday night jackpot tournaments.