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I have as many Snapping turtles up here as anyone, anywhere. I have all the experience in the world catching them. Ever since I was a kid, we free handed them from the creeks and pulled them in on 8' heavy weight catfish rods with bait. It was all just for fun. If you use a very large hook and bobber, and never set it deep when they took the bait, you could pull them in after a while. The hook hung in the beak like the back of your fingernail. Then just give the line a little slack and they would swim off unharmed, just ******.
But I have never made turtle soup or jambalaya with them. The taking of snappers up here is open as long as you tend the line (no by-catch).
You guys have any thoughts or recipes for the meat? Or thoughts on the necessity of cleaning the turtles in tanks of water before butchering? It seems like a dish you could make in camp on a trek.
But I have never made turtle soup or jambalaya with them. The taking of snappers up here is open as long as you tend the line (no by-catch).
You guys have any thoughts or recipes for the meat? Or thoughts on the necessity of cleaning the turtles in tanks of water before butchering? It seems like a dish you could make in camp on a trek.