re: Is the Increasing Popularity of Alligator Gar Fishing threatening the resource?

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I had two colleagues who trapped for turtles for 2.5 years with the help of locals who reportedly knew how to find them. I believe they only caught a half dozen alligator snapping turtles in that time frame.

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I don't know where they were but I can catch six easily. Recently I had one net with 3 in it. Released them all cause they were smaller than my cut off but the fact they were < 25 lbs says they're thriving; otherwise there would be no youngens. One was less than 10 lbs.