Tuesday, August 12, 2014

71 Fish in 2 Weeks + 1 Turtle

Over the past two weeks, I've been in Kentucky, trying to hook some bluegill and largemouth bass. I have a few friends down there that let me fish on their private lakes. The first day of the trip, I went to a new friend's lake that I had never been to before. I had seen the lake, but never fished it. When I got there, I grabbed the two cane poles and the spin-cast rod out of the bed of my truck. I started fishing around 7:00 am and started instantly catching bluegill on the two cane poles. I had almost no time to throw the spin-cast rod. All the bluegill were normal sized, around 7 inches, nothing fat or long. The other private lake I fish at has 8.5 inch bluegill, so this lake was somewhat of a disappointment.

At 11:00am, I got another ordinary bite on my line, thinking it was another bluegill. I started pulling it up when a head and arms appeared out of the water. I had a turtle on the end of my line! I pulled it onto the bank, and for cryin' out loud, it swallowed the hook. I ended up cutting the line and the turtle walked itself back into the water with a big splash. I shouldn't be surprised that I caught a turtle, after all, I was fishing with live worms. I'm not sure what species of turtle it was, but if you know, please comment below. The picture to the right shows the turtle.


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