worldtalker
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Went down the meadows yesterday looking for stinging nettle,saw this female out in the field looking for a spot to lay eggs,spotted another mess of nettles too.
My ding a ling.That pic. brings to mind, an old Chuck Berry tune. Anyone remember?
No Particular Place to GoThat pic. brings to mind, an old Chuck Berry tune. Anyone remember?
All you can do is cut the line.I hate when I get one of those on my fishing line. They are nasty.
How you been Brad?Great pic buddy.... Brings back an old nightmare I lived.
When I was about 13-14 years old my two uncles and I was seining a small pond for bait fish for a few trot lines. He ran the lines in the Grand River near Brunswick MO. The net we were using was about 12' wide X 3' tall. I was told to keep the pole on the bottom and just push it ahead to the shoreline. Suddenly I couldn't move the pole no more and I was in about 4' of water. Now I was only about 4'8" tall so just my head was above water. I tried and tried but couldn't move it. Finally my other uncle who's 6'4" tall stripped down and entered the water. He slowly moved the pole and net forward toward shore. A HUGE snapper was in the net and it wasn't happy. That thing was only about 2'-3' from my pole end. I couldn't believe the size of it...! My uncle ran naked back to the truck, got a pistol, shot the turtle, got dressed and put it in the back of his truck to butcher later. Then he wanted me to GET BACK IN THE WATER because we needed more bait fish.... NOT.... nor did I to his dismay.
Apparently , nervous when in the water!How you been Brad?
Have you ever watched one of them critters tongue fish?Apparently , nervous when in the water!
Hell I still get nervous when I take a shower.....Just the thought of being up to my neck in water and that huge turtle that close scares me. It weighed more than I did....!!!!!!Apparently , nervous when in the water!
I'm doing fine guy and hope you are too.... and no I've never watched one of those critters tongue fish. I'm just glad it didn't latch onto me in that deep of water. My best to ya friend.... BradHow you been Brad?
Barefoot a month at a time in summers.Hell I still get nervous when I take a shower.....Just the thought of being up to my neck in water and that huge turtle that close scares me. It weighed more than I did....!!!!!!
All is well.I saw one as a kid back in 1962 under a bridge,its mouth was wide open just underwater and it was flicking its tongue like a worm,nature has always amazed me.I'm doing fine guy and hope you are too.... and no I've never watched one of those critters tongue fish. I'm just glad it didn't latch onto me in that deep of water. My best to ya friend.... Brad
That would be amazing to see.... Last late fall here in Tennessee I looked out the front window and saw 12-15 turkeys walking across the lawn. That happens all the time but this time there was a totally white one in the middle of the long line of them. Didn't have phone close or camera and yelled for girlfriend to come see. We watched it walk into the woods and we've never seen it again. I looked it up and their called "ghost turkeys" here. Very rare to survive to adulthood as this one had and it was NO spring yearling. Glad I got to see one.All is well.I saw one as a kid back in 1962 under a bridge,its mouth was wide open just underwater and it was flicking its tongue like a worm,nature has always amazed me.
My grandpa who lived most all his life in Burlington, Iowa with the exception of being sent to France around maybe 1917 to fight in the trenches told me he ate snappers plenty of times. He told me before they built the locks on the Mississippi he'd gather plenty of eels in his youth out of that river which was a pretty regular food source for him back then. He'd often have a big live catfish swimming in a galvanized tub full of water on his back porch that we would have for dinner the nights we arrived. As a kid I always felt kind a sad for that catfish just swimming in circles with the last few hours of his life. I just thought it be cool to keep a live catfish as a pet.Years ago I trapped those for food. I wouldn’t take any before July 4th; usually the females have laid their eggs by then. They are delicious when cooked properly. Tougher than hell if cooked incorrectly.
Now I’m getting soft. When I see one crossing the road, I make sure it gets across. 👍🏼