I went fishing at my parent's place today. They have three ponds, totaling about 13-16 acres of water. A really sweet spot to fish!
I started the day having pretty good luck, caught 4-5 Bass and a few Crappie. I decided to move over to "the big pond" and try my luck in a corner of the pond that has produced some pretty big fish. I cast out my 6" black worm a few times with no luck. I moved down a few feet on the bank and tried again, getting a big snag. Well, this snag starts swimming! I fought this thing for about 7-8 minutes and it never showed itself the whole time. I thought I had a huge Carp or Catfish. When I finally got it to shore, it was a HUGE Snapping Turtle!!! It was too big for me to get out of the water. He must have gone about 25 lbs or so, maybe more. I took my Leatherman PST II and reached down off the bank and got a hold on the hook, then the sonofabitch grabbed my fucking pliers while breaking my line and disappeared!!!!! Man was I pissed! They were nearly new! I'm going to go back with a rake tomorrow and see if he dropped them right there at the bank.
Next time I'll just cut the line.
Balming