turtle trapping

[ralph]

me and my buddy took our sons out to set for turtles tonight put out 4 traps and 10 or 12 lines i will let you know how the kids did tomorrow with some pics i hope my boy is 10 my Buddy's is 4 they went with us last week we got seven and they went crazy

[badger]

Good luck with the lines tomorrow Ralph!

[ralph]

we got three 1 in a trap 2 on jugs kids had a ball the 1 from the trap was about 25 lbs the pic of it is in a 55gal drum

[yankee]

For some reason that just seems crazy to me.

What does the trap look like or how does it work?

With the Jugs, you just run a piece of bait and a big hook with wire or heavy nylon cord?

I have to check my regulations here. I know we can not leave lines unattended, but not sure about trapping them.

[ralph]

trap look like muskrat trap allowed as many as you want jugs have a set number on public land but we are setting privet ponds on public water you do have to be there

[patricimo54]

Cool pics. Thanks for sharing. My bride was born in Indiana and can remember staying summers with her grandma, who fed her all sorts of of wild vittles to include snapping turtle. Her best memory to quote a cliche (tastes just like chicken). At this time in my life I don't have the freedom to pursue some of the many ventures that I would love to and that's why I love the Swamp so much. I'm looking forward to doing a little turtle trapping of my own. Karma for the pics.

[ralph]

no turtles today pulled everything maybe try again in a few days

[badger]

Good deal Ralph! That first pond looks familiar???

[ralph]

thats a buddy of marks pond out on Indian hollow rd. we have gotten 3 out of there total

[rustytrap]

cool pics thanks for sharing

[mark85]

Nice turtles! How long do you let them purge for ? Me and my brother got two snappers once and did a quick purge on them then butchered them they still had a muddy taste to them. Is there a set season in ohio for them ? Are you allowed to use treble hooks and fish for them ? Or just trap them ? Sorry for so many questions I have a huge interest in this.

[ralph]

i leave them in water for about a week,season is the same as frog starts fist Friday in June, i use both hooks on jugs and traps but you need to go to the dnr web page there are different rules for public waters and how many lines you can have it depends on how big it is

[ralph]

and i do know no treble hooks any where

[grayfox]

nice pics

[ralph]

there was a lot of questions on the laws here is Ohio's link but the numbers do not cover private ponds there is no set number of line on private property

see www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/dow/regulations/fishing_setlines.aspx

[ralph]

cleaned the rest of the turtles today may wait a week or so before going after some more

[bmiller]

me and a buddy went out last week and noodled a creek just outside of Jackson here. Got 6 pretty nice ones and yes we still have all our fingers

[ralph]

you are some brave soles i will let the jugs and traps do the work i am getting to old to do that any more and i never found the taste of them any different but karma to you for the effort

[bmiller]

come on ralph, everybody knows that they taste better when you really have to work for em.