37 lber pic

[NJ219bands]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/5978e06d66b01a0730e13d02_800 This is a test.

[NJ219bands]

It worked but the second photo was too big > 5.0 meg. Downsize worked.

[bigboy5522]

How do you weigh them?

[23cardinal]

That's a big mean turtle man. U keep em?

[thmyorke1]

These things are one reason I dont like wading where I cant see, such as under bridges.

Nice catch man. I figure its hard work if your all by yourself to grab it

[Riz]

I had one hit a jig in a tourney years back on highland lakes. of course it happens then. wasn't going near it . omg:eek:

[Chrisper4694]

you can't just post the link you have to click the yellow box above the text area that says 'insert image' and paste the link in there. then it will place the full image in your post rather than the link, but the link worked.

[Jigman13]

Njturtling.com?

Lol

[NJ219bands]

you can't just post the link you have to click the yellow box above the text area that says 'insert image' and paste the link in there. then it will place the full image in your post rather than the link, but the link worked.

ok, thanks. I caught the snapper in the Millstone River on my homemade corn meal bait, then released it near the Delaware River. I weighed it with my Cabela's certified scale by weighing the bucket with the turtle in it. Caught 45 turtles this year. Only 2 were snappers. Last year I caught more than 25 snappers. 37 lber was the heaviest that I ever caught. It's very difficult landing snappers as they spin, snap and hiss. I grab their tail but sometimes it's too slippery and I lose my grip. Didn't lose a finger yet. It's much safer to cut the line when a snapper is on the end of it.

[tycomps]

that's an old dude! this guy was about 25lbs (found out later you're not supposed lift them by the tail)

[Mark B.]

As a kid, I remember other younger kids in our neighbor somehow loaded a big snapper into a Radio Flyer Wagon. They caught it in “The Brook” an unnamed trib to. The S. Branch Raritan, Three Bridges.

They wheeled it up to the houses, & one of the mothers began lecturing them on the dangerous turtle.

With a very short stick in her hand she pointed it @ the turtle’s head,…..“See, they can bite…………….” & WHAM, the neck & head shot out & bit her good! Luckily it didn’t latch on, but her blood was everywhere . She had to go to the emergency room. Good lesson for the kids.

[tycomps]

As a kid, I remember other younger kids in our neighbor somehow loaded a big snapper into a Radio Flyer Wagon. They caught it in “The Brook” an unnamed trib to. The S. Branch Raritan, Three Bridges.

They wheeled it up to the houses, & one of the mothers began lecturing them on the dangerous turtle.

With a very short stick in her hand she pointed it @ the turtle’s head,…..“See, they can bite…………….” & WHAM, the neck & head shot out & bit her good! Luckily it didn’t latch on, but her blood was everywhere . She had to go to the emergency room. Good lesson for the kids.

rescued that guy from the middle of a street in Mendham when I was out riding a few years ago. He was trying to cross from a pond on one side of the street to another on the other side. He was in the middle of the road so I blocked traffic with my bike since noone was even swerving to avoid him and brought him to his destination. He'd take a finger off easy if he got one!

[Lard Almighty]

As a kid, I remember other younger kids in our neighbor somehow loaded a big snapper into a Radio Flyer Wagon. They caught it in “The Brook” an unnamed trib to. The S. Branch Raritan, Three Bridges.

They wheeled it up to the houses, & one of the mothers began lecturing them on the dangerous turtle.

With a very short stick in her hand she pointed it @ the turtle’s head,…..“See, they can bite…………….” & WHAM, the neck & head shot out & bit her good! Luckily it didn’t latch on, but her blood was everywhere . She had to go to the emergency room. Good lesson for the kids.My dad used to tell me a similar story. Once when he was in the emergency room, a lady was sitting next to him with her finger shredded to the bone. Apparently, she found a turtle in her backyard, and tried to hand-feed it lettuce. Turned out the turtle was a snapper, and it preferred protein over vegetables. Even city slickers should learn about the local wildlife, you never know when it'll show up.

[Fred E. Goose]

You're supposed to take 'em out of the shell to weight them :D
Make a great soup, especially topped off with a little shot of sherry. They are ugly monsters though.