First cast Colonial Lake 35 lber
New Jersey Fishing
Jul 15, 2023 23:45:35 #
Went carping in 84 degree Colonial Lake this evening during a thunderstorm. Threw out a can of corn 🌽 for chum, then caught and released a 35 lb snapping turtle 🐢 on my first cast of the day with Bowl and Basket whole kernel corn. Then caught and released an 8 lb snapping turtle. Landed 63 turtles this year.
Jul 15, 2023 23:58:49 #
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in 84 degree Colonial Lake this evening during a thunderstorm. Threw out a can of corn 🌽 for chum, then caught and released a 35 lb snapping turtle 🐢 on my first cast of the day with Bowl and Basket whole kernel corn. Then caught and released an 8 lb snapping turtle. Landed 63 turtles this year.
Not just another pretty face !
Jul 16, 2023 05:50:08 #
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in 84 degree Colonial Lake this evening during a thunderstorm. Threw out a can of corn 🌽 for chum, then caught and released a 35 lb snapping turtle 🐢 on my first cast of the day with Bowl and Basket whole kernel corn. Then caught and released an 8 lb snapping turtle. Landed 63 turtles this year.
Good Morning, bands. Talk about UGLY!
Jul 16, 2023 06:38:10 #
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in 84 degree Colonial Lake this evening during a thunderstorm. Threw out a can of corn 🌽 for chum, then caught and released a 35 lb snapping turtle 🐢 on my first cast of the day with Bowl and Basket whole kernel corn. Then caught and released an 8 lb snapping turtle. Landed 63 turtles this year.
Only a face a mother could love.
Jul 16, 2023 08:05:29 #
tomkat45
Loc: Easton, PA
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in 84 degree Colonial Lake this evening during a thunderstorm. Threw out a can of corn 🌽 for chum, then caught and released a 35 lb snapping turtle 🐢 on my first cast of the day with Bowl and Basket whole kernel corn. Then caught and released an 8 lb snapping turtle. Landed 63 turtles this year.
How did you get the hook out of that bad boy's mouth without losing a finger??
Jul 16, 2023 09:17:24 #
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in 84 degree Colonial Lake this evening during a thunderstorm. Threw out a can of corn 🌽 for chum, then caught and released a 35 lb snapping turtle 🐢 on my first cast of the day with Bowl and Basket whole kernel corn. Then caught and released an 8 lb snapping turtle. Landed 63 turtles this year.
Now that is a strange way to start the day. But I bet it was fun!
Jul 16, 2023 09:43:14 #
tomkat45 wrote:
How did you get the hook out of that bad boy's mouth without losing a finger??
I got very lucky and the 3 hooks popped out while I was putting the turtle 🐢 into a 5 gallon bucket 🪣 that wasn’t big enough to hold it.
Jul 16, 2023 11:03:36 #
Jul 16, 2023 12:00:14 #
NJ219bands wrote:
I got very lucky and the 3 hooks popped out while I was putting the turtle 🐢 into a 5 gallon bucket 🪣 that wasn’t big enough to hold it.
I once had a park ranger.release just a bit smaller than that one right directly in front of me while I was fishing for gills. I'm pretty sure any captured have to be released to where they came from. Otherwise, why put it back into a fishing pond.
Jul 16, 2023 12:40:57 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
Flytier wrote:
I once had a park ranger.release just a bit smaller than that one right directly in front of me while I was fishing for gills. I'm pretty sure any captured have to be released to where they came from. Otherwise, why put it back into a fishing pond.
It all depends on the body of water and the state laws. Back in the day, that would have gone in both the frying pan and soup pot at my house.
Jul 16, 2023 14:25:54 #
Serenity616
Loc: NJ
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in 84 degree Colonial Lake this evening during a thunderstorm. Threw out a can of corn 🌽 for chum, then caught and released a 35 lb snapping turtle 🐢 on my first cast of the day with Bowl and Basket whole kernel corn. Then caught and released an 8 lb snapping turtle. Landed 63 turtles this year.
Looks like that turtle had a bad day
Jul 16, 2023 15:24:33 #
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Jul 16, 2023 15:33:19 #
prudhomm
Loc: Princeton NJ
How did you get it in the bucket? and what did you do with it next? Turtle soup?
Jul 16, 2023 21:49:54 #
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