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Anyone know of a store that has a MONSTER sized slider?
Orange county area please. :)
 
the store turtle usually get sold once they hit the 7" mark.

you can try your local pond or lake, just sneak up on them(they're VERY wary) and you can catch some HUGE sliders. I've caught well over a foot and seen much bigger ones(possibly different species though)

just watch for the ones that are basking, they're easy to catch.
they can dash pretty quick to the water though.

look for the shallow areas in the water so they can't swim away


oh! they're free too!
 
pangasiusfan;1294234; said:
the store turtle usually get sold once they hit the 7" mark.

you can try your local pond or lake, just sneak up on them(they're VERY wary) and you can catch some HUGE sliders. I've caught well over a foot and seen much bigger ones(possibly different species though)

just watch for the ones that are basking, they're easy to catch.
they can dash pretty quick to the water though.

look for the shallow areas in the water so they can't swim away


oh! they're free too!
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I would, since they arnt native here, but the only wild ones are at this park on an island in the middle of a lake.. :(
 
oh, so they never come to the shore like the ones in my area do??
i'm in the bay area, so i can tell you some good spots if you come over.

can you get a canoe or float-tube or possibly swim to the island?
 
pangasiusfan;1294394; said:
oh, so they never come to the shore like the ones in my area do??
i'm in the bay area, so i can tell you some good spots if you come over.

can you get a canoe or float-tube or possibly swim to the island?
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no... they'd see you coming the entire way, and the water is NASTY with no swimming or anything..
 
I caught what I think was a cooter once that had to be 18 inches long and was quite hefty and a powerful son of a gun. It was at a Mexican restaruant where they feed the local turtles chips and they come to people for food. I think this one was passing through and wasnt familiar with people, because he did all he could to get away unlike the others, who were kinda used to kids catching them. He was pokin around some submerged roots when some kid goes 'Snapping turtle!' and then Mr. Steve Irwin wannabe (me) practically dives on it while some old ladies are goin' all PETA on me...

LOL jsut thought it put in some turtle catching wisdom ;)
 
just look around the whole entire lake then, i'm pretty sure there are banks that they use. areas like the very back, where nobody goes.
 
pangasiusfan;1296021; said:
just look around the whole entire lake then, i'm pretty sure there are banks that they use. areas like the very back, where nobody goes.
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problem is, they're a jogging trail around all of it. so it's always busy around it. :(
 
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