07-22-2005, 02:56 PM
I just remembered that I was once fishing for bass in a lake in northern virginia when I caught a HUGE snapping turtle. My grandpa was telling me of stories "when he was a boy" and they used to catch turtles, then kill them and eat them. Well, right as he said he used to catch them on the same type of lure I was using, I noticed a huge black shadow following my lure. He took the lure and I brought him to shore after a short battle. That turtle easily weighed 30+ pounds. He was hissing and snapping. I just cut the line at let him swim off. I did not want to mess with it.