Salina Kansas
Kansas Fishing
Aug 29, 2023 07:30:04 #
Jayne wrote:
I've just recently learned how to clean my fish catches but watched some video on turtle cleaning. A lot of effort there. But it's on my bucket list.
Good morning Jayne, turtle is very good eating worth the effort of cleaning.
Aug 29, 2023 10:23:02 #
Aug 29, 2023 11:50:00 #
Jayne wrote:
Do you have anyone on utube to recommend for cleaning /prepping one?
Haven't looked at one up yet, but I like watching (the key West Waterman) he's in key West and has some great videos 👍
Aug 29, 2023 11:57:39 #
I will look at that one. I just watched Kendall Frederick's 'Louisiana Snapping Turtle' on U tube. Very good description of how to process and cooking.
Aug 29, 2023 12:49:03 #
Jayne wrote:
I will look at that one. I just watched Kendall Frederick's 'Louisiana Snapping Turtle' on U tube. Very good description of how to process and cooking.
Never ate snapping turtle I only have had softshell soak them in buttermilk for about 2 hours before Cooking I know they're very good eating and not too hard to clean..
Sep 3, 2023 10:58:07 #
Good to know. The little pond I fish at was a sand pit back in the day. Not clay :(
Sep 3, 2023 14:06:57 #
Sep 3, 2023 14:13:40 #
Bcmitchell wrote:
How big would soft shell/snapper be to be worth cleaning?
Around 12" round 🐢or bigger 👍
Oct 9, 2023 16:34:00 #
Need to be careful with turtles. Using rubber gloves is a must. Some carry salmonella and other diseases. Kansas turtles, that live in the muck (most all of them), would not be on my list to eat, unfortunately for us. Kansas rivers tend to have a higher level of pollution then other states. All the farm run offs, pesticides, herbicides and the like. Just be careful. I usually just cut the line with a turtle, unless the hook is readily accessible.
Oct 9, 2023 19:14:56 #
RJW wrote:
Need to be careful with turtles. Using rubber gloves is a must. Some carry salmonella and other diseases. Kansas turtles, that live in the muck (most all of them), would not be on my list to eat, unfortunately for us. Kansas rivers tend to have a higher level of pollution then other states. All the farm run offs, pesticides, herbicides and the like. Just be careful. I usually just cut the line with a turtle, unless the hook is readily accessible.
RJ, the only ones I eat are ones we catch out of our pond that I dug about 20 years ago and made a rim around it that slopes away from it so all the fish are in good clean water👍 and there's lots of soft shell in it 🎣🎣 here's a few pictures of the pond, my wife and I planted all the trees around it that you see this was just a low area in the cow pasture...
Oct 9, 2023 19:38:15 #
Oct 9, 2023 19:50:10 #
RJW wrote:
Definitely the safest, by far, option!
👍👍🎣🎣🙏🙏
Have a good evening RJW..
Mar 11, 2024 08:11:46 #
The Smokey Hill River has always been good for catfish. The Smokey Hill coming right out of Kanapolis dam has always been fairly good. But we have been in a very low water year so fishing everywhere from shore/bank has been a challenge.
Good luck
Good luck
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