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re: what is the best way to catch snapping turtles
Posted on 7/28/12 at 10:17 am to LSUZombie
Posted on 7/28/12 at 10:17 am to LSUZombie
quote:Thanks and "earn" is right. I went from having a hot hand to goos eggs two nights in a row. I put out quite a few lines last night too.
Definitely have to earn your dinner. Thanks
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Posted on 7/29/12 at 12:10 am to beenHADdat
Stick your pecker in the water. Just be ready to start singing in a higher voice.
Posted on 7/29/12 at 1:29 am to Geauxtiga
Good thread.
I always caught the most turtles catfishing which sounds similar to what yall do.
I work with a guy who found a wild one and made it a pet. He feeds it a lot of cantelope (which prob wouldn't work well for bait). Says that's its favorite food. He doesn't keep the turtle caged. It's like a damn dog. Lays around yard all day and comes in for supper.
I always caught the most turtles catfishing which sounds similar to what yall do.
I work with a guy who found a wild one and made it a pet. He feeds it a lot of cantelope (which prob wouldn't work well for bait). Says that's its favorite food. He doesn't keep the turtle caged. It's like a damn dog. Lays around yard all day and comes in for supper.
Posted on 7/29/12 at 12:05 pm to Titus Pullo
quote:Yesterday I gave two of the small ones to a guy that keeps them as pets. Said his love figs.
I work with a guy who found a wild one and made it a pet. He feeds it a lot of cantelope (which prob wouldn't work well for bait). Says that's its favorite food. He doesn't keep the turtle caged. It's like a damn dog. Lays around yard all day and comes in for supper.
Had T11 this morning.
He's too small to keep though. I would love to keep them as pets (the smaller ones). I have plenty of space where I live too. I just hate to keep a wild animal captive. I usually relocate them to a place I feel is VERY safe and little access to by public.
This post was edited on 7/29/12 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 7/29/12 at 12:56 pm to Geauxtiga
Kudos to you for relocating them. Conservation is a necessity, IMO.
I'm headed back from Destin now, about two hours away from attacking my new spot.
Will post updates if anything pans out.
I'm headed back from Destin now, about two hours away from attacking my new spot.
Will post updates if anything pans out.
Posted on 7/29/12 at 1:05 pm to W
quote:Hamma dem and expect great things on here in the morning!
I'm headed back from Destin now, about two hours away from attacking my new spot.
Will post updates if anything pans out.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 8:17 am to Geauxtiga
Got spanked again yesterday.
Damn, it's been a while since I've caught a snapper.
No worries, gonna regroup and attack again this afternoon after work.
Good thing gizzards are cheap, I'd be broke by now.
Damn, it's been a while since I've caught a snapper.
No worries, gonna regroup and attack again this afternoon after work.
Good thing gizzards are cheap, I'd be broke by now.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 11:37 am to W
quote:Aint that the truf. Go get 'em my man! I am about at the end of my adventure for a while but may go set a few tonight in some new places I've been wanting to try.
Good thing gizzards are cheap, I'd be broke by now.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 11:42 am to Geauxtiga
I guess my adventure will slow as soon as the bite does or football begins. Happen to know when they slow? Winterish?
Posted on 7/30/12 at 11:45 am to W
Yeah, they're cold-blooded. July and August is supposedly the prime months.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 12:39 pm to Geauxtiga
quote:
July and August is supposedly the prime months.
Gotcha, Thanks.
Gonna keep at it. As pissed as I am, Im still smiling.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 1:45 pm to W
I have no inclination to either kill or eat turtles, but I must say that this thread is like reading a reality show and has been very entertaining.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 2:04 pm to toosleaux
quote:
I have no inclination to either kill or eat turtles
Have you ever tried it?
I cooked some yesterday and it may be my favorite thing to eat
Posted on 7/30/12 at 2:34 pm to yellowfin
It just doesn't sound appetizing to me for some reason, but maybe once I tried it, I would like it.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 2:44 pm to toosleaux
As I was cooking my last sauce piquant, 11 friends watched in dismay. After the first taste, all quickly changed their minds.
Turtle, prepared correctly, doesn't taste fishy.
It has the texture of venison and tastes like a combination of duck, beef, chicken, and venison.
It's a divine delicacy only to be found in upscale restaurants and Louisiana home kitchens.
Turtle, prepared correctly, doesn't taste fishy.
It has the texture of venison and tastes like a combination of duck, beef, chicken, and venison.
It's a divine delicacy only to be found in upscale restaurants and Louisiana home kitchens.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 2:53 pm to W
Turtle prices:
Tonys Seafood (BTR):
Commanders Palace (NOLA):
Jubans (BTR:
Occasionally has turtle soup.
Ive never seen turtle sauce piquant on a menu. It's hard to come by and super expensive to make.
At $13.99/lb., it competes with choice cut steak prices.
ETA: As George Clinton would say, "Free your mind and your arse will follow."
Tonys Seafood (BTR):
quote:
Turtle Meat Boneless Turtle Meat Frozen in One Pound Packs. Raw lb. $13.99
Commanders Palace (NOLA):
quote:
Turtle Soup A Commander’s classic spiked with sherry 8.50 ~ Enjoy our turtle soup with a glass of Sherry ~
Jubans (BTR:
Occasionally has turtle soup.
Ive never seen turtle sauce piquant on a menu. It's hard to come by and super expensive to make.
At $13.99/lb., it competes with choice cut steak prices.
ETA: As George Clinton would say, "Free your mind and your arse will follow."
This post was edited on 7/30/12 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 7/30/12 at 3:00 pm to toosleaux
quote:
I have no inclination to either kill or eat turtles
At least you are open minded. I can damn near guarantee if you came to my house, or the house of any other bonafide/certified turtle cooker, and ate a turtle sauce piquant on the porch you would go home and crawl through ditches in your subdivision looking for one.
You may also become an alcoholic. Just one of the tolerable (in my opinion) side-effects I suppose.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 3:02 pm to W
quote:
Turtle prices:
I try to keep about 20-30 lbs in the freezer just in case shite hits the fan.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 3:24 pm to tenfoe
quote:I cooked some a couple days ago and while I was eating it told my wife it was definitely my favorite. Only 2nd to 7 steak in a gravy, followed by guinea- in a gravy also.
yellowfin
I cooked some yesterday and it may be my favorite thing to eat
quote:To be honest, most of the recipes I read on the net make me want to puke. Turtle SOUP!?! Gimme a break. One way I saw they scald, scrape then put the entire turtle in.
toosleaux
It just doesn't sound appetizing to me for some reason, but maybe once I tried it, I would like it.
quote:With those monster alligator snappers you catch I imagine it's hard NOT to.
tenfoe
I try to keep about 20-30 lbs in the freezer just in case shite hits the fan.
Posted on 7/30/12 at 3:27 pm to tenfoe
Best way for me to catch a lot of turtles at a time is with a hoop net with meat, liver, cut bait, etc hanging in the middle of the net. Gotta be shallow enough for the top to be showing and be able to bait the net. We use to sell them for 2.75 lb for snappers and 1.50 for red ear, sliders whatever y'all call them. Cruel but we use to nail treble hooks to the side of logs on both sides up and down the log and when they would hit the water a couple would get snagged. Fun times
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