#695-699 Fishing The Rock
Fun Fact #695 Snappy Attitude Earlier this year a buddy of mine (Travis) decided to try and start learning to fish, and I and a few others have sort of tagged along trying to learn as well. Although we are still novices, we have managed to get some interesting catches, and I thought it might be fun to do a fun fact week on a few of these. However, some of these catches left us a bit shell-shocked. The Common Snapping Turtle is often among the largest turtles in the northern extent of its range and is commonly found in shallow brackish water. The reason it prefers these habitats is due to its omnivorous diet allowing it to eat both aquatic plants as well as almost anything hiding in those plants. Thankfully for people swimming they can be rather skittish while submerged, only becoming aggressive when out of the water. . . which unfortunately is exactly what happened when Travis caught him on a jig-head. Thankfully Snapping Turtles have a beak, so the Hook didn't actually set in...
