Funny story #348

Me and my friends, We used to walk our somewhat shallow river setting limb lines in the summer. sometimes you would have to swim, other times its ankle deep, and typically very muddy bottom. we would be hooking live bait onto some big salt water hooks hoping to catch the 40 to 50lb flatheads that are in these waters. we would walk about a mile of the river and set about 20 lines, go home for the day and then go back the next day to retrieve our catch. Many times, the lines will beso twisted up and tangled in the snag we have tied off to that you have to reach down, under water that you cant see 2" into to try to free the fish and pull him on out.

The SCARY moment is when your fingers are following the line and you touch a hard,....... beak, at which point you scream at the top of your lungs SNAPPER!

man, we got some big turtles in this river, and believe me, they are freaking MAD! makes me shiver every time.