Snapping Turtle Death Match!

[Hester]

I caught these images while bass fishing one of my favourite lakes this morning.

I was in the area for over 30 minutes and they were still fighting when I left. It was kind of neat to see. I did feel bad for the little one. He was about 1/2 the size of the other one.

He would bite him in the neck, then try to sit on top and drown him.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Should've told the big one to "pick on someone your own size" and hopped in after him

[bobbymalone]

Should've told the big one to "pick on someone your own size" and hopped in after him

I'm almost more inclined to break up a couple cats fighting than a couple snapping turtles. But not sticking my hands into either one of those messes.

[KickNBass]

Are you sure they were fighting???

[PurpleFloyd]

Are you sure they were fighting???

[Scott M]

lol

[Friar_Tuck]

"bullying" if i ever saw it...

[IcePro]

Thank goodness that ObamaCare was passed.

Now the little snapper can get free medical to take of his wounds.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Really? Scroll down a little further until you find crazy town.

[Stick in Mud]

Does anyone know what these two were fighting over? I imagine the mating season is over, no? (They were up on the sand/gravel lakeshores laying eggs in June.)

[CAMAN]

Territory maybe?

[Rick G]

Are you sure they were fighting???

Now thats funny .

[RumRiverRat]

Grab them by the tail.

Hold at arms length.

Have another person use large shears to cut heads off.

Remove turtles from shells.

Slice meat into chunks.

Roll in Beer Batter.

Deep Fry.

Eat!

Yum!

[Hester]

Are you sure they were fighting???

Yeah, I know the difference between fighting and making woopie.

I know gettiing chunks taking out of your neck and being held under water sounds like a good time but it wasn't for the little guy.

I did poke him in the neck several times with a heavy action Falcon rod but he did not budge a bit.

In the one pick you can see just how extreamly large the one guy was,

I'm guessing it was a territorial fight. It was in the middle of a muddy/weedy bay.

[Stick in Mud]

Yeah, a buddy of mine catches these things by hand and eats them just like rumriverrat suggests. Mighty tasty!

[Hester]

Anything that lives to be 100 years old I don't think I should be the reason it dies. I'm not a tree hugger but that is how I feel. To each his own.

[pikerliker]

Must be the fault of the big turtles owner. No turtle would ever do something like that unless it wasn't raised right. That's nature kids!

[GSP4ME]

you should have seen the looks this guy was giving me and what they say is true, a Rouge will catch anything

[pikerliker]

Can I ask how in the bleep you got that lure out of his foot?! :0

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Im curious too. I hooked a big snapper in the mouth while panfishing once. Fought really funny and when I saw it I was a little worried. I sat there for a minute trying to figure out how I would get the hook out (right in the tip of the mouth), I didnt want to leave it unless necessary. went to grab a stick and luckily it just popped out. Whewww.

[GSP4ME]

I was in the same boat the hardest part was trying to convince the dog that I did not want to bring that thing in the boat, He was convinced that he could take it. I let the snapper grab the net handle and then used a pair of long needle nosed pliars to get the hook out, I will admit i was very nervous about it. I didnt want to lose my Rouge though to tough to find and caught to many fish on them

[DLD24]

Haha I had a scary experience in the kayak with a monster snapper. I was in this little lake casting spinner baits and all of a sudden I hooked something it felt like a snag, but it I could feel it fighting. I was like dam I got something big on, well when you get something big on when your in kayak it ends up right below you haha. So I finally got it to the surface and I was leaning over the boat trying to figure out what it was as it was coming up. Then boom lol face to face with a giant snapper head lol..Been scared of them ever since, how he hit my spinnerbait idk.